Smartphone of the future is foldable
Smartphone display manufacturer, Japan Display, has unveiled a
prototype for a phone that's able to fold open and close like a book.
The display comprises two
LCD panels, hinged together with a gap of less than 2 millimetre between
them.When the smartphone is unfolded, the screens can be used as one large
display that would be suited to watching videos or reading.The screens can also
be used separately, perhaps to watch media on one side while taking notes on
the other.
Shaping up nicely
According to Nikkei, Japan
Display is working with a Chinese smartphone manufacturer to create a handset
that will use this kind of display and debut in the summer of 2017.
The smartphone maker, which
is yet to be disclosed, is a global brand which would mean that the order
numbers for these displays would be consistently high, giving Japan Display
good reason to have interest in the partnership.
Unfolding future
Japan Display isn't the
first display manufacturer to work on a folding display of this nature; Samsung
has filed several patents for folding displays, showed off a prototype at CES
in 2011, and even created an ad for a concept folding smartphone that was shown
at CES 2013.
Samsung's journey to
creating a folding smartphone has been a long one but there are rumours that
the company will launch its folding device, named the Galaxy X, next year.
It'll be interesting to see
the result of the partnership between Japan Display and the mystery
manufacturer, if the launch coincides with a similar release from Samsung .
|
in.techradar.com
|
No comments:
Post a Comment