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LOS ANGELES, Nov 3 – Yesterday, Royole beat Samsung and Huawei to reload the first-ever commercially available smartphone-tablet hybrid.
California-based start-up Royole may not be so well known. Samsung or Huawei to unveil the world's first foldable smartphone-tablet, but it's easy to do it.
Similar to what Samsung has been teasing about its model, this next-generation smartphone can be used either folded or unfolded, "giving it the portability of a smartphone plus the screen size of a high-definition tablet."
Certainly, Samsung's thunder has been stolen. Though Royole has a much smaller development team, the device has an impressive array of features to help with mobile giants across the globe.
The 7.8-inch AMOLED screen supports split screens and multi-tasking – you can even drag and drop just like your computer. The screen automatically adjusts the display size to your movie or video game.
When the FlexPai is folded, both sides of the front and back can work together or independently, depending on what you're doing. The side edge where the phone is not going to be a smartphone, it's not a smartphone, it's not a smartphone.
That hinge, by the way, is sturdy. It can withstand 200,000 folds and even twists. The device can be folded at different angles, which the operating system, Royole 's own Water OS, will conform to.
The FlexPai uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 series SoC, which brings impressive and industry-leading AI to the device. The dual-camera setup is on with other smartphones with its 20-megapixel telephoto and 16-megapixel wide-angle lenses, as well as stereo speakers and a fingerprint ID – features that define smartphones nowadays.
Royole has made its mark with the world's first commercially-available folding smartphone-tablet hybrid, a massive feat and a mobile phone manufacturers have been racing towards for years. Will the device be able to hold its ground when Samsung releases its own mobile device at the Developers Conference next week? The race has officially begun.
The developer model of the FlexPai is available now for $ 1,388 (RM7,496) on the Royole website. The consumer model is also available for the Chinese market now. – AFP-Relaxnews
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