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Samsung Says It's Working On Foldable Laptop Displays (theverge.com)
In addition to the foldable smartphone that's currently in the works, Samsung says it is also working on foldable laptop displays. "Like foldable smartphones, Samsung is collaborating with display makers to develop laptops with foldable displays that will not just simply fold in and out but create new value and user experience, amid the changing market trends for laptops," said Lee Min-cheol, vice president at marketing for PCs at Samsung, during a laptop event in South Korea earlier this week. The Verge reports: Foldable displays in laptops could transform the market for 2-in-1 devices. Existing convertible laptops attempt to flip and twist into tablet and media modes, but a foldable display would certainly help create new designs. Samsung hasn't revealed which companies it's working with, or any expected date for a prototype or retail device. Still, laptops like HP's new Spectre Folio would be an ideal candidate for a flexible and foldable display, or even potential devices like Microsoft's "pocketable" Surface.
Ah we can fold if we want to, we can leave your LCD behind
Cause your LCD don't bend and if it don't bend
Well then that screen's not fine.
I say, we can bend what we want to, with techniques that blow the mind
And we can make products from out of this world
Leave the flat screens far behind,
And we can bend
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Foldable laptop displays have been around for twenty years. I had one.
The tricky part is making them work again once they're unfolded.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."