Samsung is cooking up a few new foldable screens

James Pero May 17, 2021 Design The tech giant has some interesting plans for its foldable (and slidable) future.

Samsung might have some innovative foldables on the way.

In a showcase from Samsung Display spotted by SamMobile , the tech giant gave a look at some never-before-seen foldable prototypes that could potentially capitalize on the commercial success of phones like the Galaxy Z Fold and the clamshell-style Z Flip. NurPhoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Some of them are pretty rad.

S-Foldable OLED panel

The panel that folds so nice you can bend it twice. Samsung could use the new S-Foldable panel for a foldable phablet. When collapsed, it would stack up for as a standard display, but when unfurled, it would expand into a 7.2-inch, big chonkin’ phablet.

Slideables

It’s not all about folding per se, there’s also a slidable display, that slips out horizontally to provide more screen real estate. This form factor — like the multi-fold display — has been the subject of rumors for a while now, so it’s nice to see Samsung finally putting some official weight behind a unique concept.

Foldable tablets?

This 17-inch foldable OLED display is designed specifically for foldable tablets. The idea here is that it could expand into a monitor with a 4:3 aspect ratio, making it a nice middle ground between laptop and tablet.

As prototypes, there’s of course no guarantee that any of these displays will find their way into a real, functioning Samsung device, but clearly the company is at least thinking about expanding its lineup of foldables in some capacity. Personally... TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images

I’m here for a sliding display.

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