{"id":18698,"date":"2019-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/2019\/01\/25\/da-las-vegas-royole-flexpai-il-primo-smartphone-pieghevole\/"},"modified":"2019-01-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:00:00","slug":"da-las-vegas-royole-flexpai-il-primo-smartphone-pieghevole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designdiffusion.com\/en\/2019\/01\/25\/da-las-vegas-royole-flexpai-il-primo-smartphone-pieghevole\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas: Royole FlexPai, The First Foldable Smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>At CES, Royole has presented FlexPai, the device as big as a tablet that turns into a smartphone when folded<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another product presented at <\/span><b>CES in Las Vegas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that has caused a lot of excitement is <\/span><b>Royole FlexPai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>first foldable smartphone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equipped with a <\/span><b>7.8-inch AMOLED screen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Royole FlexPai relies on a custom version of <\/span><b>Android 9.0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with user interface that rapidly switches between tablet and smartphone mode. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The technology developed by Royole, a California-based US company, is able to handle <\/span><b>flexible screens as thin as 0.01 mm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and with a bending radius of 1 mm. Its secret is the <\/span><b>flexible sensor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a technology on which the company has been working for years and which today is finally able to offer the long-awaited advantages, compared to traditional touch screens.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This device is <\/span><b>the same size as a tablet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it <\/span><b>turns into a smartphone <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when folded. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is still room for improvement from the aesthetic point of view, but let\u2019s imagine the impact and influence that the technique applied for FlexPai can have on technological development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><b>design<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> field, a similar technology can offer important differentiation options for developers of <\/span><b>technology 3.0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and most efforts will certainly focus on this field, offering products with an increasingly sophisticated look and new functions.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giants such as <\/span><b>Samsung, Google<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or<\/span><b> LG<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which at CES 2019 presented <a href=\"\/?p=103047\">the first rollable TV<\/a>), along with many others, have been working on <\/span><b>foldable displays <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a long time, but Royole FlexPai is <\/span><b>the first <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that has ever achieved a concrete result. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the question here is, will FlexPai be able to stay as popular even after the success achieved in Las Vegas? [Text: Giuseppe D\u2019Orsi]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At CES, Royole has presented FlexPai, the device as big as a tablet that turns into a smartphone when folded Another product presented at CES in Las Vegas that has caused a lot of excitement is Royole FlexPai, the first foldable smartphone. 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