{"id":802403,"date":"2026-07-15T00:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802403\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T00:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:24:16","slug":"i-just-saw-the-future-of-phones-inside-samsung-display-with-2-jaw-dropping-slidable-concepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802403\/","title":{"rendered":"I just saw the future of phones inside Samsung Display with 2 jaw-dropping \u2018slidable\u2019 concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right now the best foldable phones<\/a> are considered leading edge when it comes to phone design, but that might not be the case for long. I was one of the first people in the world to go inside Samsung Display\u2019s headquarters in South Korea, and I got a sneak peek at new concepts that take things in boldly weird new directions.<\/p>\n

Samsung Display showed us two so-called \u201cslidable\u201d designs. The first looks like a compact slab phone, dubbed the Flex Slidable. Starting at 4.7 inches, it expands via a sliding mechanism to reach a mammoth 7.2 inches.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Samsung Display)<\/p>\n

According to Samsung, pulling one end of the device causes a hidden display to slide out. But I could see there being a button to let you slide the display on command. The actual process of unfurling was on the slow side, but again this was a demo concept.<\/p>\n

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The second slidable was even more intriguing, called Flex Hybrid. This concept also has a sliding display that grows to 7.2 inches, but it\u2019s also foldable for even more versatility. It\u2019s the first mobile device I\u2019ve seen that combines the two technologies \u2014 foldable and slidable \u2014 into a single product. Foldable tech is applied to the left side of the screen and slidable technology to the right, which according to Samsung makes this a product \u201cthat can satisfy both portability and entertainment needs simultaneously.\u201d<\/p>\n

When are slidables coming?<\/p>\n

So my question for Samsung Display was, how close are we to slidable phones actually becoming real shipping products?<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have to consider the real-world usage pattern,\u201d said Byung Duk Yang, executive vice president at Samsung Display. \u201cSo I think the display might be ready, but we should consider many aspects of the usage. When we have confidence that we can deliver meaningful innovation to users, then we are going to release the product.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy, the slidable form factor. I know many people are very interested in slidable and stretchable (phones). But I\u2019m an engineer, and from the engineer point of view there are many obstacles we have to overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Byung Duk Yang, Executive VP, Core Component Technology Team, Samsung Display<\/p>\n

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Byung Duk Yang, Executive VP of the Core Component Technology Team, Samsung Display (Image credit: Samsung)<\/p>\n

Of course, it\u2019s one thing to be able to show off a slick demo device. It\u2019s quite another to deliver a sliding form factor that reaches the level of reliability Samsung Display has achieved with foldable panels.<\/p>\n

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We saw a mini torture chamber at Samsung Display<\/a> that folds displays up to 500,000 times.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy, the slidable form factor. I know many people are very interested in slidable and stretchable (phones). But I\u2019m an engineer, and from the engineer point of view there are many obstacles we have to overcome,\u201d Yang said.<\/p>\n

Zero bezels are (almost) here<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Samsung Display)<\/p>\n

Last but not least, I checked out Samsung Display\u2019s nearly bezel-less display. How small are we talking? The 6.8-inch OLED screen\u2019s bezels are so tiny I could barely make them out as I got up real close. Samsung positioned the panel behind a tablet-size display on purpose so you couldn\u2019t tell where the small screen ended and the big one began.<\/p>\n

The top size has a border of just 0.4mm, and the left, right and bottom have bezels that measure 0.6mm.<\/p>\n

Samsung achieved this feat through advanced designed techniques, including minimizing the width of the outer wiring and using sophisticated module technology. The result is bezels that are up to 40% smaller compared to the phones shipping today.<\/p>\n

Apple is rumored to be working on a nearly bezel-free handset for the iPhone 20<\/a>, but Samsung could beat them to the punch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Right now the best foldable phones are considered leading edge when it comes to phone design, but that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[49,48,190,61],"class_list":["post-802403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}