what's up guys i'm ben from authentech and flexible phones aren't all the rage
right now in just the past couple days there's been multiple different folding
devices announced and in today's video i wanna show you guys all that was
announced and released and what i think the future holds for folding tack first
up was samsung with their galaxy fold has a massive 7.3 inch AMOLED main
display it's shaped like a rectangle when unfolded and has this upper cut out
notch for the cameras when folded you'll notice that main screen folds inside
itself which is very interesting and opposite to how the huawei did theirs
when the Galaxy fold folds down there's another display which is of course
needed on the outside and that's a four point six inch screen it has a four
thousand three hundred and eighty million powers battery inside which at
first sounds like a lot but then again to power all this screen real estate I'm
intrigued to how this will do in real life usage the cameras on here are
impressive the fold is flexing six total cameras with varying specs and use cases
of course I would be super excited to test out that ultra wide-angle and the
others as well twelve gigs of ram 512 gigs of internal
storage list prices almost 2,000 bucks also announced was the huawei mate X
another folding device but taking a different approach overall its larger in
size folded down has a six point six inch OLED screen and when unfolded has
an eight inch panel as I previously mentioned the main screen folds to the
outside which is opposite to the Samsung now just off the bat without having any
hands-on time with either this design makes a little bit more sense since you
wouldn't need a third display added to the backside the main screen is folding
outwards not inwards another key feature this offers we could finally use that
triple rear camera setup as front-facing cameras as well since there would be a
preview display right there staring back at you this would also save money
overall since there'd be no more need for extra front facing camps and no
screen notch needed as they designed the rear cameras to have a little bump
almost like a hand grip which looks nice it packs a slightly larger 4500 million
powers battery also has eight gigs of RAM and 512 gigs of internal storage
list price of about $2,600 now what do you guys think folding inwards or
outwards what makes the most sense also check out the Nubia Alpha it's a
flexible wearable device like a phone and SmartWatch had a baby this thing
definitely looks a little bulky and maybe cheesy but hey I appreciate it
when companies are experimenting and trying new things the bendable four inch
OLED panel is definitely very cool as it curves around your wrist and almost
reminds me of those old slap on bracelets if or when a company can turn
those into a display now that will be the day it's running a custom Android
based OS specs one gig of ram eight gigs of storage and 500 milliamp hours
battery definitely SmartWatch specs here the display is pretty narrow and looks
difficult to type on resolution is only 192 by 960 pixels plus I'm not sure how
enjoyable watching YouTube on here would be LG just announced their v 50 and
they're coming at the folding display from a different angle instead they now
offer a second screen that attaches on like a flip case the combo is
interesting because this gives the end user the choice to purchase this
optional add-on or not it extends out your display you could use as a
viewfinder to live preview the camera or maybe use it like a gamepad and last up
is the long-awaited Motorola RAZR v4 there's still no official announcement
yet just mostly rumors and renderings I think this one could have sweet
potential because I like the idea of having a regular-sized phone fold down
smaller rather than having it unfold in larger size our screens are pretty large
already sometimes difficult for one-handed usage pretty tight squeezing
into certain pants and I'm not sure how often I'd actually want a tablet like
size screen in my pocket everywhere I go I could be wrong though what do you guys
think I feel like most of these are proof-of-concept devices experiments
testing the market and gathering feedback also note they're all pretty
expensive and might a little while until they trickle down
to an affordable price point as mkb said why do we really need folding phones has
the market actually been asking for this well some say it'll be better for
multitasking but on androids already we can do two way split-screen and I
seriously never use this feature so I'm not sure when I would actually need a
3-way split screen do you guys use multitasking on your phones or tablets
and if so with what apps my two key takeaways are I'm really intrigued we're
folding phones we'll go and are you with me would you rather see them fold down
smaller or unfold into larger devices additionally I see this as a possible
great way to use those higher-end rear facing cameras for both the rear and
front facing this would be sweet speaking of cameras I post all my
behind-the-scenes shots on my Instagram make sure you're following me at
schminke and thank you guys so much for watching
consider sticking around for more Samsung LG and more videos coming super
soon until next time I'll see ya let's live authentic