At this year’s CES, Samsung Display showcased a couple of striking display ideas, including one that can both fold and slide(Opens in a new window) in and out.
An interesting innovation that somehow fell through the cracks (and has now been unearthed by The Verge(Opens in a new window)) is a new version of Samsung Display’s Flex-In-N-Out display. It’s a foldable display with a new type of hinge that allows the user to fold it both inwards and outwards.
Samsung Display’s Korean newsroom says(Opens in a new window) that the display folds and unfolds 360-degrees, “maximizing user convenience,” with an aspect ratio that can be changed depending on what you’re viewing on the display.
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The Verge has a few more details about the hinge that makes this display tick. According to the outlet, the hinge is different than that used in the first version(Opens in a new window) of the Flex In-N-Out display shown in 2021. It adopts a water drop design that puts less stress on the display and greatly reduces the crease seen on Samsung’s previous foldable phones, such as the Galaxy Z Fold 4. It also folds flatter than Samsung’s currently available foldable phones.
Notably, a recent report claims that Samsung will use this type of hinge in its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 5 device. This might mean that not only will this new foldable phone have a less visible crease, it might also fold both ways.
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This takes us back to the very first foldable smartphone models we’ve seen. Back in 2019, Samsung’s first foldable phone, the Galaxy Fold, had a display that folds inwards. Huawei’s first model, the Huawei Mate X, which hit the stores a little later that year, had a display that folds outwards, sparking a debate on which approach is better. In the end, we might just get the best of both worlds.