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Nubia’s Wearable Smartphone is a Preview of our Flexible OLED Future

posted by Snow on Tuesday September 04 2018, @09:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the but-does-it-run-doom dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd:

The most interesting prototype at IFA this year was the Nubia Alpha, an Android-based device the company bills as a "wearable smartphone." The Alpha tries to realize one of the enduring gadget dreams: having a smart device with a display that wraps around the user's wrist. I checked it out at IFA in Berlin this past week, and, well, it's still at the rough draft stage of development, but Nubia is confident it'll have it ready to go on sale in China before the end of this year. If things work out, global distribution might also happen around the same time.

The demo units at IFA were behind glass, and it took a lot of cajoling to convince Nubia to even let me touch one. I was able to lay it on my wrist, but I wasn't allowed to close it up entirely, hence the semi-open position in these photos. The surprising thing was that, as bulky as the Alpha looks, it's really quite light and tolerable on the wrist. I believe fans of big watches will find this chunky beast attractive, while the rest of us should definitely be paying attention to the technological advancement it represents.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/9/4/17817416/wearable-smartphone-nubia-alpha-flexible-oled-ifa-2018

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 04 2018, @09:53PM (5 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 04 2018, @09:53PM (#730496) Journal

    There's space for a gig screen and big battery, if you go the correct way.

    Better idea, way more space for battery [wikipedia.org]

    Last time I looked at my arm, it was longer than it is wide.

    Market segment: phone for hipsters with 6-figure wages and atrophied arm muscles.
    Effect: when answering, the phone slides so that the microphone comes close to the elbow. Not a big problem for the conversation, most of the time there's nothing important to communicate anyway, but... can you imagine how a selfie taken at elbow level looks like?

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday September 04 2018, @10:24PM (4 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday September 04 2018, @10:24PM (#730511)

    For them bros, it shighlights them guns, and for them hos, it's all about sideboob.
    I may have to stay away from the internet until that fad dies.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 04 2018, @10:27PM (3 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 04 2018, @10:27PM (#730513) Journal

      I may have to stay away from the internet until that fad dies.

      Lemme guess... beer belly?

      (friendly grin)

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      • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday September 04 2018, @10:30PM (2 children)

        by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday September 04 2018, @10:30PM (#730516)

        Clothing-optional computing.

        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 04 2018, @10:35PM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 04 2018, @10:35PM (#730520) Journal

          As an aggravating factor on top of beer belly or as the sole cause?

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        • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday September 05 2018, @01:29AM

          by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday September 05 2018, @01:29AM (#730579) Journal

          Chat roulette, just like russian roulette - sometimes there is a bullet penis

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