Samsung showcased foldable mobile prototypes to investors

Samsung’s Analyst Day in South Korea wasn’t only about the presentation from key Samsung executives. In fact, a report by Wall Street Journal claims, investors got a glimpse of the future at the closed door conference where reporters were banned from attending it and the investors, prohibited from taking any photographs.

The conference showcased some concept versions of foldable mobile phones with one analyst describing couple of devices on showcase.

Samsung shows off concepts for possible flexible display devices

After much rumors and speculation, a device with a flexible display was finally unveiled by Samsung in the Galaxy Round, followed by LG with the LG G Flex. However, while we were all expecting something similar to what we see in sci-fi movies, these devices don’t make much use of flexible displays, other than using them to curve the screen from a particular angle.

Curved screen on Samsung Galaxy Round not a gimmick, says DisplayMate

Ever since Samsung announced the Galaxy Round, the world’s first smartphone with a curved ‘flexible’ display, almost everyone has written off the curved screen as a gimmick, saying it doesn’t offer any advantage for the end-consumer. However, the folks over at DisplayMate, who are considered the experts on mobile displays and came away impressed with the Galaxy Note 3′s display, think the curved screen is actually more than a gimmick.

Samsung files four patents for flexible displays in the US

The Galaxy Round, the world’s first smartphone with a curved ‘flexible’ display, might be a prototype of sorts for Samsung, but it’s no secret that the Korean manufacturer is taking flexible displays seriously. On that front, Samsung has filed four new patents for flexible displays with the US Patent Office. The patents are rather broad in coverage, but it seems like Samsung is developing flexible displays that can be operated in various ways.

Galaxy Round’s battery is longer than the iPhone 5s

Samsung’s first smartphone to feature a flexible display, the Galaxy Round hasn’t exactly impressed anyone since it was officially announced, but it sure has people interested in finding out what advantages its curved screen brings to the table. Well, that’s something that’s still a mystery, but while we wait for that mystery to be solved, there’s a nice little unboxing video of the Galaxy Round that is now available online.