Your next Samsung foldable might look even more outlandish
Samsung showed off its first prototype fora foldable displayin 2011. While itsfirst commercial folding phonewouldn’t launch until 8 years later, that initial prototype was enough for people to start dreaming of the foldable phone era. Now that it’s here, two form factors are dominating the market — a clamshell design, like theGalaxy Z Flip3, and a book design,Z Fold3-style. But what if there were more? Samsung showed off a couple of new foldable prototypes atCES 2022in the form of its Flex S and Flex G panels — and they’re lookingreeealllyyynice.
Both the “S” and the “G” in the names already give a hint at how these displays work. The Flex S (viaSamMobile) is a tri-folding product that you can fold in and out in an “S” shape, allowing you to turn a smartphone-sized device into what is essentially a tablet. The Flex G, on the other hand, is a little bit more compact — it’s also tri-folding, but it folds inward in a “G” shape instead of outward, giving you both durability and portability advantages. Either of them work for both compact and tablet-sized devices, and they both look slick as heck.
TCL also showeda number of interesting foldable concepts a couple of years ago, and so havea lot of OEMs since. Samsung is, however,leading the charge right nowwhen it comes to foldable phones, and it also provides other manufacturerswith folding screens, so it’s good to see the company thinking outside the box when it comes to new form factors. We’re not sure when a “multi-foldable” offering from Samsung will arrive on the market, if at all — but other OEMs are also constantly coming up with new foldable form factors, so if you can’t wait for Samsung’s version, you’ll likely see some crazy stuff soon enough anyway.
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