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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: 2) by Tork on Tuesday June 07 2016, @06:50PM
Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday June 07 2016, @07:30PM
Phones now are already as durable as they really need to be. Just get an Otterbox.
(Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Tuesday June 07 2016, @11:34PM
yeah, but if water proof it would be better for sports - wrap on to arm, chest?
Not joking but all advances help us in some way - mobile phones are rapidly become the proxy technology for medical diagnostics - blood glucose and other biodata is at the heart of the move to precision medicine.
Flexible tech, is easy to make stiff, as you point out....stick it in a box ;-)
(Score: 2) by ledow on Wednesday June 08 2016, @07:22AM
Except not one of those devices is medically certified in any way and their accuracy is questionable even in an ideal environment - let alone after having been bent around your arm while you, say, go surfing.
And just measuring your blood glucose or anything that you can obtain non-intrusively, even to high accuracy, isn't going to do any more than a 1980's watch would have told you (what's the movie where the guy collapses of a heart attack while jogging because he ignores the watch?) and certainly isn't any form of precision medicine (it's like saying that automatically reading the dipstick on a 747 is "precision diagnosis"... not really).