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Samsung always wins in the cheesy ad category.

BTW, the only two electronic devices that ever got me some interest like that were the 2001 iBook, and the iPhone 3G.

The next closest was a laptop handbag. They didn't care about the laptop inside though.
 
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gorcorps

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I really don't understand Samsung's screen gimmicks. I don't see much of a use for edge displays, curved TVs sound dumb, and I don't really see flexible displays being used in any meaningful way without new battery technology.
 

dawheat

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I really don't understand Samsung's screen gimmicks. I don't see much of a use for edge displays, curved TVs sound dumb, and I don't really see flexible displays being used in any meaningful way without new battery technology.

The first couple gensWill be pointless, but I've always wanted a phone that could fold for standard, compact use as well as be easier to carry and then unfold for phablet/mmini tablet usage. Don't be stupid heavy or thick and make display quality equal regardless of usage.
 

hans007

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not sure how useful this is, and i've noticed a lot of samsung features are kind of gimmicks and "tech showcases" that people pay extra for (same with LG really and the LG flex screens). i suppose if you have really shallow pockets you could fold your phone and it'd just be thicker and not stick out? otherwise not really sure since this would have to make designing batteries and circuit boards harder and make the phone volume wise a little bigger

ive got an S6 edge at work (and actually we have a few of the curved UHD tvs from samsung too yet another gimmick samsung thing). and honestly it seems slightly more awkward to hold and use the screen. the edge is harder to catch a swipe from off screen, for opening things like left drawers so sometimes it doesnt open.. kind of annoying. the tv looks cool, but honestly it doesnt make watching a movie any better at all (maybe if we had like a 100" one , but think we only have a 9500 series 55" and it seems to be useless at that size)
 
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Red Storm

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Phone on one side, tablet on the other? Yes please!

Though I know we're quite a bit off from having such capability, I can't wait.
 

mnewsham

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we have a few of the curved UHD tvs from samsung too yet another gimmick samsung thing

not really fair to blame samsung for that, they announced their first curved display the same exact day LG announced their first curved display, it isn't like samsung started the trend.
 

rituraj

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The only major challenge before releasing a fold-able/bendable display is making it scratch and penetration resistant. The tech has been there since last couple of years and are used in all these devices like curved TVs, Edge phones with glass or other kind of protection. But I am yet to see any usefulness as a foldable screen, especially touch, if it is not durable against the wears and tears. I will be one of the happiest persons if the devices in the ad film see the light of day, but it'd be a shame if I made a hole in it by dropping my pen. I would definitely love a phone that can transform into a tablet.
 

Roland00Address

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Something like this trifold phone and tablet makes sense if they put a screen on one of the thirds so you can have a pocketable phone that can expand into a tablet.

http://www.eyebeam.org/reblog?page=0,127

So if you take a galaxy note 5 which is 6 inches tall and 3 inches wide and then do a tri fold display you can get something like a 10" 4x3 tablet since 6 inches by 8 inches is literally a 10" diagnoal 4x3 tablet

Now currently the ipad air is a 6.1 mm device, and the galaxy note 5 is a 7.6 mm device.

So depending on how thin they can make a trifold phone we are talking 1 inch thick with a 8 mm thickness for each third or a 3/4 of an inch with a 6mm thick third. Most slider phones are 5/8ths to 3/4ths of an inch thick so we are still talking about a pocketable or small purse device but now you can get something that is like an ipad air in an easy pocket.

Oh since the tech that apple pencil uses, n-trig, and wacom es uses puts much of the sensors in the pen you can also have an active stylus for that 10" 4x3 tablet that folds into a galaxy note size but slider or slightly thicker thickness. Now a stylus is a second thing to carry but we are talking a lot of functionality in something you can easily keep in a male's pocket in not skin tight genes or a small women's purse.

The real question is the material science up to task, not necessarily the screens but the rest of the material that will give the device form and structure some of the time and no structure some of the time.

Now such a device would actually have amazing battery life in phone mode but crappy battery in tablet mode due to the extra thickness allowing more battery per device.

You could also implement a eink display for another 1/3rd of the screen opposite of the tablet and phone side.
 

Anubis

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The only major challenge before releasing a fold-able/bendable display is making it scratch and penetration resistant. The tech has been there since last couple of years and are used in all these devices like curved TVs, Edge phones with glass or other kind of protection. But I am yet to see any usefulness as a foldable screen, especially touch, if it is not durable against the wears and tears. I will be one of the happiest persons if the devices in the ad film see the light of day, but it'd be a shame if I made a hole in it by dropping my pen. I would definitely love a phone that can transform into a tablet.

the same company that makes the scratch resistant glass in normal smartphones has a bendable product that is supposed to maintain the same properties
 

Oyeve

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How old was that ad? at the end there was an ad for the s4 on the screen.
 

sm625

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It folds. Yay! And if you close it the wrong way or there is a tiny piece of debris stuck in there when you close it then you get two cracked screens. Yay!
 

s44

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The point wasn't the embedded ad, it was the news that a device is set for early next year.

It may or may not end up looking like that.
 

Mopetar

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While it's pretty frick'n sweet that we have technology like this, this is the kind of thing I'd probably avoid in the first generation because it's so new that it's bound to have problems, especially over time. But in two or three years any kinks will have been worked out.
 

Strk

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If only geeking out on things worked like that....

However, folding displays could be pretty awesome. 6" phones that can fold down to the size of a wallet would be pretty useful.
 

lopri

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I would rather like to see Samsung perfecting the existing Edge/Edge+ design before they introduce foldable/bendable anything.
 

WelshBloke

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It folds. Yay! And if you close it the wrong way or there is a tiny piece of debris stuck in there when you close it then you get two cracked screens. Yay!


Yeah, because clamshell phones used to regularly explode into shards when you folded them. :|

If they can pull off the foldy phone/tablet thin that would be seriously cool. I would have doubts on the longevity of the display at the fold though.
 
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