00:00 Samsung Display never fails to impress at CES,
00:03 and this year the division has brought a ton of OLED concepts to the show,
00:07 reimagining foldable phones, tablets, and more.
00:10 There's even one prototype that seems closer to market than you might think.
00:13 Let's go take a closer look.
00:15 Samsung Display is the division of Samsung that drives the innovation in display form factors.
00:23 The first folding screens that we saw from Samsung Display
00:26 eventually developed into the likes of the Z Fold and Z Flip.
00:29 Again, Samsung has that claim of bringing the first foldable phones to market.
00:33 A lot of what we see here are just prototypes,
00:35 so it's not like these phones are coming in 2024, 2025,
00:39 but it gives us an idea of what some of our future smartphones could look like.
00:42 There were two here in particular that have never been shown before.
00:45 Over here we have what they're calling the Flex Lipple.
00:48 I promised them I wouldn't make fun of the name until I could come up with a better one on my own,
00:53 but basically it's a combination of light and simple.
00:56 The idea that you can have a clamshell foldable that's even more lightweight and easy to carry around
01:01 than the Samsung Z Flip.
01:03 What's cool about this one, though, is instead of having that big external display,
01:07 which some people obviously like,
01:09 it's kind of pairing that down into a display that comes over the lip of the phone.
01:14 So it kind of reminds me of an infinity pool.
01:16 And the idea is that you'll see little bits of information while your phone is closed.
01:20 It kind of peeks up from the top, too,
01:22 so you can get that little glance of information that you might need at any given time.
01:26 It's a really cool proof of concept.
01:27 I don't know how people would feel about having a clamshell that doesn't have a display on the outside
01:32 now that we had that with the Galaxy Z Flip 5.
01:34 That said, if you want a more minimalistic look, I could see this being a cool smartphone for you.
01:39 So we had a minimalist foldable phone, and now there's a maximalist foldable phone.
01:43 Samsung Display is calling this the Flex In-N-Out,
01:46 and that's because the phone folds not just in a clamshell,
01:50 but you actually can fold it all the way around.
01:52 So it flexes both ways. The phone is pretty much entirely screen.
01:56 And if you fold it in instead of folding it out,
01:58 you get a bar of information that peeks up from the top,
02:01 kind of like how we saw on the other phone.
02:03 The hinge here looks kind of clunky.
02:05 Again, it's just a prototype.
02:07 I imagine that if Samsung Display were to see this into an actual Samsung phone,
02:11 the whole technology of it would be trimmed down.
02:13 If these types of phones were actually to come to market,
02:16 they would have to undergo Samsung's rigorous testing.
02:19 They set up this cool demonstration showing how the OLED displays
02:22 are protected from extreme heat and extreme cold.
02:25 I got to drop one in the sand, which has always been a concern of mine with foldables,
02:29 but sure enough, it was fine.
02:30 Of course, we got a water dunk test and even a different kind of dunk.
02:34 Well, kind of.
02:35 We saw a basketball bounced on the OLED display to show its durability.
02:39 In the meantime, there's actually a Samsung Display concept
02:41 that seems like it could already be viable in the market.
02:44 Essentially, it's a pair of Galaxy Buds with an OLED display on the case.
02:49 Now, we've seen other earbuds come out last year that had displays on the case
02:54 so you can check the battery life, pairing information, even pause and play your music.
02:58 This looks like that. We're seeing here the battery life.
03:00 But when I tap this one, it looks so much like a Galaxy Watch.
03:04 I'm guessing that there's going to be some learnings there, sharing the technology.
03:08 Maybe these are the Galaxy Buds 3.
03:10 What do you think of the concepts we've seen from Samsung Display at CES?
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03:24 Thanks for watching. I'll catch you next time.
