Microsoft had a dual screen foldable like that, then stopped supporting it
What I don’t understand is why nobody makes a foldable phone where it’s just two flat screens with an invisible bezel along one edge so they fit seamlessly together when fully opened.
It’s not like there’s a use case where you operate the phone half unfolded and require both halves of the screen to be seamlessly connected.
If the flexing feature wasn’t a gimmick and there was an actual use case for a foldable pocket iPad, someone would have released a phone like the Kyocera Echo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyocera_Echo to commercial success.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
ravhall@discuss.online 1 month ago
Exactly. And it wouldn’t have to be double wide since some components could be pushed to the other size. I’m fine with it just being like two apps open and not even one big one. Multitasking.
I guess what we really need is a phone case that has hinges and we can just buy two phones!
EvilBit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Interesting idea. Bezels have been made pretty thin and there have been curved display edges, but I don’t know if anyone’s ever tried a one-side zero-bezel design that you could hinge together. Bezels in the other sides are fine, but could we create a flush edge with no gap to click two screens against each other?
njordomir@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The first time anything got caught in the gap, it would probably shatter the screens. I do like it better than the crease though
EvilBit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I was actually thinking of hinging it the other way, having the screens fold to the outside.
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 1 month ago
not invisible, but the Surface Duo line was pretty much that.