Samsung’s Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong seen with a device presumed to be its rollable prototype
The photograph doesn’t really tell us anything about Samsung’s rollable phone, but if previous reports are to go by, it will have a flexible panel made of plastic, allowing it to expand from a 6-inch phone to an 8-inch tablet.
The word on the interwebs is that rollable panels will not be prone to creasing like foldable screens are and LG says that “stretchable displays are considered to be the ideal next-generation technology because they can shift in ‘free form’.”
It goes without saying that expandable phones will likely also have their own set of challenges, and we hope that Samsung resists the temptation of releasing a half-baked product in a bid to beat rivals to the punch.
