Lenovo held its Tech World 2023 expo yesterday, with Motorola taking a second stab at a versatile smartphone idea that may be wrapped across the wrist like a bracelet, arched on a desk high or stood by itself base.
This isn’t the primary time guardian firm Lenovo has toyed with the thought of a flexible smartphone, Meghan McCarthy helped demo an identical idea on the 2016 Tech World Keynote.
Sadly nothing extra got here of it, although a telephone you may put on like a bracelet is clearly nonetheless being labored on, as evidenced by the reveal of an replace at this 12 months’s expo.
Few onerous specs have been shared however the newest idea incorporates a versatile 6.9-inch pOLED show out entrance at FHD+ decision. As an alternative of inflexible housing behind that, Motorola has put in a bunch of hinges to permit the machine to be bent again from the acquainted flat place and undertake totally different use modes.
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It is reported to supply a full Android expertise, although when in self-standing mode it sports activities a compact view on a 4.6-inch show. It will also be manipulated right into a tent mode or slapped onto a consumer’s wrist just like the Ritmo Mundo Reflex watch, with customers promised “an identical expertise to the exterior show on motorola razr 40 extremely to remain related whereas on the go.”
Will the second time be the appeal for the wearable smartphone? Motorola seems to be nonetheless exploring potentialities, however you may see Lexi Valasek from the corporate’s Innovation Analysis group exhibit the working prototype within the timestamped video right here. She additionally previewed a nifty AI-powered show wallpaper improvement for the style aware.
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