The great thing about technology is that just when you think that the zenith point for a particular type of tech has been reached, when you think that boundaries can be pushed no further and that even if they could the results we be far too over designed to be useful, a new fandangled contraption comes along and causes your jaw to descend to previously uncharted depths of awe.
Such is the case with Philips’s new folding-screen phone (developed in part by Polymer Vision). Forget touchscreens, what you want is a five inch foldable screen that wraps neatly around your phone for a slender form factor that the iPhone could only dream of.
Maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration, but the imminent release of Philips long time coming READiUS concept is sure to shake things up in the display department. Although the specs of the phone are still a mystery, it is known that the folding screen will be black and white only.
So basically the first run of this tech will be a bit rubbish but there is promise of bigger, colour variants arriving on handsets in as little as five years. If you simply have to have the first out of the gates however, you need only wait until the middle of this year. Now if only someone could invent a folding colour multi-point touchscreen display with tactile feedback…
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