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Bloomberg reports that Samsung could launch new smartphone models with significantly more bendability than its previous "Edge" models:
Samsung Electronics Co. is considering introducing two new smartphone models that will feature bendable screens, including a version that folds in half like a cosmetic compact, people familiar with the matter said. The devices using organic light-emitting diodes could be unveiled as soon as early 2017, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. That would likely give it a head start on new Apple Inc. iPhones. The second Samsung model will have a 5-inch screen when used as a handset, that unfurls into a display that's as large as 8 inches, similar to a tablet, the people said.
Samsung, the biggest supplier of OLED panels for mobile products, has pioneered the development of new screen formats with its multi-sided Edge smartphones. Using advanced display technology may help the company recapture customers from Apple and boost earnings that have slumped for the past two years.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2016, @06:40PM
a version that folds in half like a cosmetic compact
Yay! Finally we can have cool phones like Captain Kirk uses in Star Trek. We can call them "flip phones"!
I guess "cosmetic compact" is a far more apt. analogy for the troglodytes who have been living under a rock for 60 years.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2016, @07:02PM
Gurgeh carried a bendable (and breakable) terminal in The Player of Games, published in 1988. Terminals in the Culture novels are exactly like modern smartphones. Terminals make phone calls, deliver messages, connect to the infonet, answer spoken questions, serve as tracking devices in emergencies, and everyone in the Culture carries a terminal everywhere.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Nerdfest on Tuesday June 07 2016, @07:16PM
Stop being silly people. Everyone knows that in the media, no technology actually exists until Apple invents it.
(Score: 5, Funny) by choose another one on Tuesday June 07 2016, @07:47PM
Apple already did a bendable phone - but it didn't do well in the market and eventually they fixed it to make it non-bendable.
For the pre-apple diy fix see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYo72E7ZMHM [youtube.com]
[disclaimer: I don't do i-thingies and have no idea if this works or not, your phone is your problem]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2016, @07:40PM
Everyone except Gestra. The Culture still has its socially awkward recluses.