Samsung’s Foldable Smartphone Can Fold Out Into a Tablet

It’s 2018, and the newest technological fad is upon us: Folding smartphones. Yes, we may have already gone through this phase with flip phones, but if you’re thinking it’s not impressive, you almost certainly haven’t seen what Samsung’s had up its sleeve lately. We got our first look at what’s coming from the mobile phone giant recently, and consumers will get their hands on it a lot sooner than they may have imagined: It’s coming to the public in the “coming months.”

At a special event, Samsung’s senior vice president of global marketing, Justin Denison, showed off the phone to an eager crowd. It resembles a smaller smartphone when folded in half, but can easily unfold out into a larger tablet when it’s unfurled all the way. A new type of tech that Samsung has dubbed Infinity Flex Display powers the jaw-dropping folding screen. It’s durable, bright, and surprisingly malleable – you can fold it and unfold it as many times as you like without having to worry about ruining the screen’s fidelity.

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As far as apps go, the tech is able to run three apps simultaneously via Samsung’s new “Multi Active Window” system. It should be able to accomplish quite a bit when it comes to software as well, considering Denison’s mention that Google’s Android platform will be behind the new foldable display tech all the way.

Of course, the product shown off during the event was only a prototype for what the final project will eventually look like. It could be even more polished from there. Currently, the Samsung team is looking to offer battery life that’s comparable to what its Galaxy phones already feature, with a closed display size of 4.58 inch with a 21:9 aspect ratio and resolution of 840 x 1960 and screen density of 420 dpi. When unfolded, it sports a 7.3 inch screened a 4.2:3 aspect ration with a 1536×2152 resolution and screen density of 420 dpi.

There’s more information to come as Samsung continues to perfect the newest addition to its latest and greatest product, but we’ll have to wait and see what happens as the months march on. Things are only going to get cooler from here.

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