Discover the Latest Innovation of Motorola – a Rollable Smartphone with a vertically extending screen. Experience the future of mobile technology.
Key Points
- The mobile phone on display at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has a five-inch flexible collection that can extend to 6.5 inches by pushing upward.
- The phone is still in the concept phase. You won’t be able to buy it anytime soon.
- This design is at least innovative in a market where it has been challenging to find new features that would excite consumers.
Motorola has unveiled a concept phone that unfolds as the user slides it upward.
The mobile phone on display at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has a five-inch flexible collection that can be extended to 6.5 inches by pushing upward.
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It is designed to be compact and easy to carry in your pocket, allowing you to multitask while improving productivity.
The phone won’t be available anytime soon. It’s still in the concept phase, so it’s impossible to know how much it will be.
Statista data shows that Motorola will only ship 51 million units by 2021.
This design is at least innovative in a market where it has been challenging to find new features that would excite consumers.
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New form factors such as folding displays are hoped to help change this.
Ben Wood, CCS Insight’s chief analyst, said: “It shows the rapid innovation in flexible display technology, with many concept products that experiment with a variety of forms.”
The device comes at a difficult time for smartphone manufacturers.
Sales in the mobile industry declined 11.3% last year as consumers tightened up their budgets. This trend has continued as people hold onto their phones longer, as major phone manufacturers’ upgrades are only incremental.
Lenovo, Motorola’s parent company, unveiled this week a rollable computer at its conference. The laptop, like the phone rises slowly vertically to allow you to see more web pages or multiple apps on one screen.