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this phone is not normal this tablet not

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normal but maybe we should change that because the fact that designs like this

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and this are normal doesn't mean that they're the best that is why Samsung

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display sponsored this video to show you how their latest folding and expanding

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screen designs could make your next device less normal but better suited to

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how you want to use it and we'll be giving you guys all the facts you need

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to tell which ones are gimmicky solutions looking for a problem and

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which ones are so exciting that you are going to want them in your next device

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we're starting with a design they call the flex G I think because of how it

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looks in profile view folded it's about the girth of a late 2000s era flip phone

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but folded open and it becomes a shockingly slim 7.2 inch AMOLED display

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with an accompanying stylus at least on

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this prototype that's you gotta remember Guys these are not early units of

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upcoming Samsung Electronics products these are Concepts from Samsung display

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a completely different company now some of these proofs of concept could appear

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in Samsung branded devices but they're just as likely to show up in devices

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from companies that you might traditionally think of as Samsung's

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competitors this one is impressively

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thin which helps it remain nicely compact when it's folded I'm not sure if

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I'm personally convinced of this form factor but if one of Samsung's Partners

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wants to go forward who knows and that's because as a Samsung fold user I know

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that the extra work of opening one of these devices not just me towards using

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it closed and I'm not exaggerating here about 80 percent of the time so for me

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to buy into a flex g style phone it would need to have an outer screen for

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me to shoot off text messages from since typing on any screen wider than a couple

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of inches means really long travel distances for your thumbs

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what's cool though is that when we brought up the possibility of adding an

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external display to it the response was and I kid you not why not

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I mean leave it to a display company to say oh you want more displays well no

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problem sir next up is the flex G tablet concept and

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I think this design makes a lot of sense I love how the screen is fully protected

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when it's not in use and I love how small it packs up this is like sci-fi

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guys a 12.4 inch tablet that can be

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folded up and packed into a purse I mean it's easy to forget how much our clothes

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and our accessories are impacted by our devices like we take for granted that we

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need a backpack now or at the very least a messenger bag to

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hold on to our laptops and our tablets but if these go mainstream maybe it'll

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be the Catalyst we need to finally bring the fanny pack back

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next up there's the flexess style where my opinions are actually kind of flipped

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with this config you always end up with an outer screen which I think is

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probably not that useful on a tablet though it could be good for typing or

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reading but on a phone well now you've got a single screen doing everything

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whether the device is open or not I like this a lot and check out how awesome it

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is to close with one hand like how could you do this without thinking later

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peasants future man has places to be slip slip flip see you later and you'll

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definitely feel like you're in the future when you see Samsung displays expanding screens these are exactly as

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trippy to look at in person as they are on camera they have a couple of displays

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that are motorized but the prototypes here are manual requiring very little

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but not too little Force to manipulate them the idea is simple want a couple

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extra inches for some extra tools just pull the screen apart want to get rid of

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those pesky black bars and watch the content at its native aspect ratio push

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it back together they even have Concepts that can both expand and fold

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as mind-bending in sci-fi as this Tech is though there are a couple of things

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to keep in mind number one these demos are a little more slick than what I

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would imagine real software is going to look like especially at first I mean yes

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operating systems like say Android are designed to be responsive but that

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doesn't mean that the developer of the app you're using has implemented a way

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to thoughtfully use extra real estate that you randomly stretch out the phone

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into and even if they have there's a good chance that the UI is going to bug

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out for a second before it adapts similar to how our phones stutter when

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they're rotated between portrait and landscape which has been a feature for over a decade and yet it still happens

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second the expansion is made possible by a slide out mechanism that does make the

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device thicker it's a thing not only that but the expanded area of the screen

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is a bit warped and sloped compared to the more stable Parts at least for now

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it should be noted that this was a non-issue when we were looking at it

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directly but it is something that you have to consider if say you're sitting

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on a plane and you want to prop it up in between the two of you and enjoy a movie

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together with your seat mate I think the main reason these things are worth

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noting here is because I'm still trying to figure out if an expanding or a slide

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out display makes sense on principle if the screen can be bigger won't people

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just want that extra space all the time and if you can fold the display wouldn't

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be better to just whip it out rather than stretch it out like like no really

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I'm actually just asking you guys let me

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and let Samsung display know how you imagine using these displays in the

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future in the comments below there's a good chance pretty much a 100 chance

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that someone at Samsung display or maybe more importantly their Partners is going

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to see your ideas and they could make their way into your hands in the future

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back in folding land here's one that's a bit confusing at first the flex in and

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out is like my Galaxy Z fold except

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after it's open you can just keep on

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opening it why you may ask that's exactly what we

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asked and the answer was that there's no

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new thing that this really allows you to do but you can do all of the regular

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stuff that you could do with something like a z-fold with less

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see unlike my daily driver this concept has no second external screen but you

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could still use it one-handed and fold it over so maybe you have it fully open

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when it's in your pocket like at a convenience mode or fully closed when

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it's anywhere else and it could be in protected mode it also only needs one

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camera instead of five like mine but still easily allows you to take selfies

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or um elsies by flipping the device around

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so I am excited by how bendable this screen is because it could be the

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concept that brings folding Foams like this to more mainstream prices

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I can't say this one looks like it'll come into the mainstream price though

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the flex note is basically a ginormous

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17 inch tablet that in theory you could prop up and use like a laptop it's a

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head turner for sure but I gotta admit that on-screen keyboards are a bit of a

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turn off for me so I personally wouldn't be too interested in this concept as it

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is but it if it has inputs that allowed me

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to use it as a foldable portable monitor whoa now it's getting cool maybe I'm

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just lacking an imagination though so if you guys can think of another way that

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this form factor would change your life you gotta let us know down below

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speaking of external monitors they did actually have one monitor on display it

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doesn't fold but the OLED color performance and Pencil Thin form factor

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still made it worth including here not everything Samsung display showed was

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focused on mobile devices though the digital cockpit showed off a concept for

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what a future car absolutely full of screens could look like this one in the

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front is particularly cool because like the xenion flex monitor that we saw

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recently it can be curved or flattened depending on the driver's preference

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finally we have a gaming concept that I think is way more compelling than you

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might at first realize we've seen dual screen handhelds before and while I can

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immediately imagine this being great for emulating said device the more

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day-to-day useful thing about this one for me is the way it moves your eye line

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as I noted in my recent ShortCircuit on the GPD Win 4 the display of which

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slides up to reveal a keyboard having the screen higher than your hands does

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wonders for ergonomics and as an added bonus the flip serves as a built-in

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screen protector now anyone who's been a fan of small

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phones over the years but has had to upgrade recently can tell you that the

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market is moving towards bigger screens and that's awesome you know from a

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certain perspective except when it isn't awesome not everyone has deep pocketed

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Costco jeans and likewise not everyone has giant MKBHD hands so I think the

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best thing about what Samsung display is creating here is the flexibility pun

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intended to build devices that can serve a broader range of users without

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compromise thanks again Samsung display for sponsoring this video and I think

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even more importantly giving us real Hands-On time with these Concepts I'm

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actually super jelly that James got to be the one up close and personal with

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them don't miss any of the rest of our CES coverage by the way from the away

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