At CES 2024, the new Samsung Flip phone concept is on display and it is turning heads. This new concept envisions a clamshell folding device that turns the screen outwards. With this new concept, attendees at CES 2024 are already envisioning a new era for foldable devices.
Unlike other foldable devices that are currently in production today, this new concept from Samsung folds both ways, in and out. So the screen is not only flexible to bend forward hence folding in, but also to bend backward hence folding out. Now that’s an impressive concept device on display at the CES 2024 and in the coming years, it might enter mass production as the new era for clamshell folding devices.
For more technical details on this foldable device, it’s obvious that Samsung uses a 360-degree folding hinge. Currently, clamshell folding devices like the Samsung Galaxy Flip 5 use a 180-degree folding hinge. This hinge helps the device’s display to only bend forward, hence folding in.
With the display on the Samsung Galaxy Flip 5 folded in, users can then rely on the external display for usage. But with the new Samsung Flip phone concept on display at CES 2024, users will still be able to use the internal main display while their device is folded. For this reason, some might wonder if there’ll be a need for an external display since users can still access the internal display after folding it outward.
Well, this folding technology is currently a concept and not an actual product, so there’s not much information on it. However, Samsung won’t be the first firm to try out an outward folding screen, as the Huawei Mate X and Xs make use of outward folding screens. But, Samsung might just be the first to bring in 360-degree folding hinges that fold the screen both inwards and outwards.
Regardless of how impressive this concept is, it might take a while before Samsung pushes it into mass production. The purpose of the new Samsung Flip phone concept on display at CES 2024 is to give netizens a vision of what the future holds. In the coming months, more details on the advancements of this technology might become available on the internet.