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Quirky Samsung Flex S and Flex G foldable device prototypes display the Fold and Flip's future

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By Daniel Petrov

Updated: Jan 19, 2022, 2:52 AM

UPDATED: with Samsung's slidable/rollable display prototype video

Samsung's CES 2022 roster is the gift that keeps on giving as the company announced things like a quirky Freestyle projector/smart speaker or a new Smart Home Wi-Fi System to control your clever abode.

Tucked among all the TVs and household appliances, Samsung allowed us a sneak peak of its next generation of flexible and rollable displays that give a hint where its design plans will be heading next.

Besides the obvious tri-folding displays, of which we've seen many a Samsung patent before, there are now ones for bendy laptops that Samsung calls Flex Note, as well as a sliding display prototype that you can preview in the video above.

The Flex Note unfurls to a 17.3" OLED panel and then shuts down to something akin to a 13" laptop, and if the CES 2022 expo and its crazy laptop form factors is any indication, Samsung is already planning a retail device based on the prototype.

The sheer number of different variants shows that Samsung Display, the company's screen-making subsidiary, is very far along its shape-shifting panel plans, as these went from concepts to patents to prototypes to retail devices like the Galaxy Z Fold 3 in the span of just a few short years.

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Daniel, a devoted tech writer at PhoneArena from 2010 to 2025, has been engrossed in mobile technology since the Windows Mobile era. His expertise spans mobile hardware, software, and carrier networks, and he's keenly interested in the future of digital health, car connectivity, and 5G. Beyond his professional pursuits, Daniel finds balance in travel, reading, and exploring new tech innovations, while contemplating the ethical and privacy implications of our digital future.