Manufacturers are betting on a folding smartphone with a flexible screen. VIDEO

Как и ожидалось, под самый конец презентации, открывающей конференцию разработчиков — Samsung Developer Conference 2018 — компания Samsung показала долгожданный складной смартфон с гибким экраном.

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According to ITCThe shown device is a prototype, whereas the final version should be ready only next year.

Speaking from the scene, Samsung, Justin Denison, Senior Vice President of Mobile Promotion for Samsung, announced a new type of screen, which is the main feature of the new product. His Samsung called Infinity Flex Display. In addition to the most flexible panel, the company had to invent a new protective layer with a special polymer that is flexible and rigid at the same time. Even the glue that connects the panel to the protective layer is special here. Samsung says it can begin production of the Infinity Flex Display within a few months.

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The smartphone prototype shown was quite thick, but by the time the final version is released, this parameter will surely be brought to a more acceptable value. Incidentally, as expected, in addition to the main flexible Infinity Flex Display screen, which is bent inward and in the unfolded state has an 7,3 diagonal inch, there is an additional mini-display on the outside of the device. It is even slightly smaller in size than in modern smartphones, but, in functional terms, it is probably not inferior to them in any way. As for the main one, three applications can be simultaneously displayed on it - the corresponding mode is called the Multi-Active Window.

Interestingly, Samsung is now working closely with Google in terms of supporting Android flexible displays, so in terms of the benefits of such a screen for software, everything is rather vague. But again, by the time the device is released to the market, there will be native support for such screens in Android and all the necessary optimizations for the software. By the way, Google itself has confirmed that the release of the commercial version of the Samsung Smartphone with a flexible screen, which remains unnamed, is planned for 2019 year.

Samsung will probably lead the folding smartphone race, but it’s not the only company that is working on such devices. Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi, LG and some other manufacturers have already announced similar plans. Even Microsoft is working on a multi-screen device. So in the next year or two we will see at least a few folding devices.

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