Flashback: the Samsung and LG phones that learned to flex so that future models can fold

22 August 2021
The Samsung Galaxy Round was the first phone with a flexible screen, but it wasn't the first flexible phone - that was the LG G Flex.

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Forget curved screen, curved phone is the way to go. I also remembered how the curved side screen of Edge-branded Samsung is used for notifications, very novel.

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    Kangal, 22 Aug 2021What about the iPhone 6...? That did the whole bend thin... moreYes. Experiential bending, display functions, and even listing touch so you could learn to interact with external monitor and mouse!

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      Kangal, 22 Aug 2021What about the iPhone 6...? That did the whole bend thin... morelol yes it does

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        Anonymous, 22 Aug 2021That's two screens. Completely different. And not the firstIts a first foldable phone. And yes it was first.
        Clamshels are something else.
        This was foldable.

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          Anonymous, 22 Aug 2021Essential is considered first notch. Yep thats what i mean essential by Sharp

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            AnonD-762416, 22 Aug 2021That was a split screen, this is about bending displays.The phone were folding it was a foldable device.

              I owned a red GFlex 2 back then. It was surely an eye caching phone. It was a good phone too. Aside from mediocre battery life, I don't think it had any other flaws.

              I'm certainly gonna miss LG. They were one of the few companies which experimented with new concepts & designs every once in a while.

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                AnonD-731363, 22 Aug 2021Dear team from GSM Arena when comes to foldable things Kyoc... moreThat's two screens. Completely different. And not the first

                  PorkHotdog, 22 Aug 2021Lol these articles are so cringe now. Suddenly praising LG ... moreUnfortunate that such a great company had to shut down their phone division.

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                    AnonD-731363, 22 Aug 2021Dear team from GSM Arena when comes to foldable things Kyoc... moreEssential is considered first notch.

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                      [deleted post]Android is the best. You're right bro.

                        And Apple would be the one that reinvent and perfected Folding phone, im pretty sure of that.

                        It always been like that.

                        Good for the industry, phone technology has been stagnated for ages now.

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                          AnonD-731363, 22 Aug 2021Dear team from GSM Arena when comes to foldable things Kyoc... moreThat was a split screen, this is about bending displays.

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                            PorkHotdog, 22 Aug 2021Lol these articles are so cringe now. Suddenly praising LG ... moreLots of youtubers made video to say how sad it was LG shutting down mobile.
                            Same people that were always bashing the phones.

                            V60 same price of pixel 5.
                            Much better phone.

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                              Dear team from GSM Arena when comes to foldable things Kyocera Echo were first back in 2011 i think. That was a start.
                              Samsung and LG just help popularize.
                              Like Sharp had irst phone with Notch but it was Apple X who helped popularize stupid notch trend.
                              And so on.

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                                From when there was personality ... Now everything is to draw to see numbers!

                                  Love that self-healing material from the G Flex. It's like Wolverine.

                                    Lol these articles are so cringe now. Suddenly praising LG after you all laughed at it when it was still in the mobile business? Shame on you

                                      What about the iPhone 6...?

                                      That did the whole bend thing before it was cool ; )

                                        yes, and for this kind of experiments people mock companies, they forget that without trying nothing can be accomplished.
                                        samsung was hated for their curved screens, but thats what laid ground for foldable phones, now when they'll pioneer the thechnology then iPhone will order the foldable display's for their iphones.