This is how you use a flexible screen.
While foldables are not exactly mainstream, they are still popular and a couple of them are actually some ofin 2023. That being said, they are no longer considered exactly “niche”, which is why manufacturers are now looking to experiment with something even more daring.
Enter, rollable smartphones. The latter still feature flexible displays, but have a very different form factor. Oppo was one of the first companies, alongside, to showcase a working prototype unit and has now secured an interesting patent for a rollable smartphone. The most intriguing part of the design is that the rollable phone’s camera is only exposed when the device expands. Under normal circumstances, it remains obscured. The patent was first spotted and covered by 91Mobiles inFor reference, rollable smartphones work by extending the flexible display only when necessary in order to provide more screen real estate, while remaining relatively portable.
While foldables were once a borderline gimmicky concept, they can now finally offer a meaningful alternative to the mundane handsets most users are stuck with. Perhaps the same could one day be said about rollables as well. Lastly, Oppo is positioning itself as one of the biggest players in the foldable/rollable market. Its subsidiary, OnePlus, will be launching foldables of its own worldwide this year (i.e.
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