Check It Out: Samsung Wows With Stretchable, Rollable, and Foldable Screens at MWC

BARCELONA—Samsung Display unveiled its latest concept devices at Mobile World Congress, highlighting its advancements in flexible screen technology. The ideas showcased are more for Samsung’s potential partners than for you and me (Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, for instance, features a Samsung scrollable screen that extends from 14 inches to 16.7 inches). Still, they’re a pretty cool sight to behold, so I’m sharing some of the most impressive demos here:

Flex G concept (Credit: Alex Humphreys)

Samsung introduced two trifold tablets, the Flex G and Flex S. The letters vaguely resemble how these two devices fold. The Flex G features two wings that open up from the center; the other bends like a letter S or Z with hinges at the angled areas. This demonstrates how large and flexible a display could be.

Asymmetrical concept phone (Credit: Alex Humphreys)

Asymmetrical concept phone (Credit: Alex Humphreys)

Another concept on hand was a variant of a flip phone with a screen that folds at two points asymmetrically, leaving part of the display exposed.

Intriguingly, Samsung also showed a portable gaming machine similar to a Steam Deck with a folding screen—a great idea that would allow you to bring big-screen gaming with you on the go.

Stretchable display concept (Credit: Alex Humphreys)

Samsung revealed an even wilder concept screen: an 11-inch stretchable display, distinct from a rollable one. In a demo, the company showed a video with a soccer ball being kicked at the camera. The part of the screen with the ball protruded out in a spherical shape, and then it retracted back to a flat screen. The company said the screen could stretch up to 25% without damage. How this kind of technology will be adapted remains to be seen.

Foldable briefcase display concept (Credit: Alex Humphreys)

Last, the company packed an 18-inch foldable display into a briefcase. Perhaps this could be turned into a portable entertainment device, but the briefcase form factor is either brilliant or silly.

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About Iyaz Akhtar

Mobile Analyst

I’m one of PCMag’s mobile analysts. That means I check out phones, hotspots, and mobile networks. Technology has been my passion and hobby since I was a child. I’ve covered tech professionally for over 15 years at outlets including The Apple Blog, This Week in Tech, and CNET.

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