One of my favorite cabins to visit every year at MWC in Barcelona is the Samsung Display, where we have to see the biggest developments in screen technology located on the most cute and strange concept devices. This year the company did not disappoint, with some concepts we have never seen before catching my eye, along with some we have – like the stretched screen we have seen in CES in January.
The boss among them was a Candybar-style concept phone that folded twice-once from above and once from the bottom. Pincer movement reminded me of a crab claw that closes itself, or a book used to laminate the dough. The phone had a strange resemblance to the Samsung Galaxy Z rolling, but with two folds than one.
Samsung’s double concept was like a change in Galaxy Z Rolling.
It is not the first time we have seen a change in the Galaxy Z Rolling, but this, which I was able to see only from behind the glass, is a challenge of sustainability for Samsung. For any additional folding you present on a device, it feels like it will be easier to break. Despite this, I will say that it looked good and unlike any phone I have seen before.
Why exactly would you like a phone that is folded twice when you can have one that simply folds once and otherwise it’s the same size and shape is not a question for Samsung Display to answer. The purpose of the concept is to show what is possible, not what is possible.
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This is something to keep in mind even when considering the flexible cabin of Samsung Display, a thin metal bag that folds open to detect a flexible OLED screen 18.1 inches. It feels like something that a traveler from the future can carry with you to slide open into a board room or on a dish table to display their products for potential buyers.
Another concept that caught my eye was a folding game keyboard, little like a Nintendo switch that can be closed as a book. We already know that the next switch will not look like this, but there is nothing to say that future repetitions cannot. It is important to note that the Samsung Display is divided to the company you know that makes the phone, TV and home appliances. On the contrary, it develops screen technology that can be purchased by many telephone manufacturers and other technology companies.
A more travel -friendly switch would be appreciated.
The idea of a folding switch that has a smaller trail is attractive to me – a person who has occasionally decided not to travel with my key because of his size. I was not allowed to play with the concept because of his fragility, but I saw a Samsung screen employee to handle it, and I especially liked the small holes that were carved to accommodate levers when the device was folded and closed.
One last idea that caught my eye was a folding style phone with a polygon -shaped screen at the front. It’s been a long time since I saw an advanced screen in the unusual shape at the top of a flip phone-reminded me of the Samsung type of yore rolling (that is, early noughties). And who does not love a little nostalgia when it comes to the design of the phone?
If you were supposed to guess, would you say this is a phone from the past or the future?
It is impossible to say if any of these concepts will ever see the light of the day, but in the meantime it is interesting to think about how radically different phones of the future can be potentially thanks to these new bent, flexible developments in screen technology.
Look at this: The stretched, rolling and folding screens of Samsung are on screen in MWC 2025