Samsung Galaxy Skin (Best Of CES 2013)

Samsung Galaxy Skin

Technology changes every two years. Just comparing the iPhone 4 that was released the June of 2010 and the iPhone 3G from 2008; the difference is so major that even seeing the 3G reminds someone of the ‘old days.’ Blackberry has been around since 1999, but their Curve series that began in 2007 changed greatly within two years. RIM was getting rid of the little white touch balls and replacing them with black touch pads. Then, of course, there’s Android. The Captivate came out in 2010 which is pretty much the first generation of Galaxy devices and not everyone would recognize it if they saw it. In 2012, they came out with the Galaxy S III, in which one out of every nine people buying a smart phone chose the S III for its display size and updated software.

Think a flexible smartphone is just science fiction? You might have to think again, thanks to Samsung. The Korean company recently unveiled Galaxy Skin, an Android smartphone that can take on different shapes and take on even hammer blows, set to begin production in 2013 Q2 with murmurings of a release sometime thereafter.

At this year’s CES in Las Vegas, Samsung revealed a new, flexible AMOLED screen that portrays vivid images on a flat, bendable display. These screens also happen to be very energy efficient and unbreakable – quite the feat! , they look amazing, an almost Daliesque, surrealistic view of our phoning future.

This fantasy phone can be shaped into the form of a boombox or projector. Or perhaps you’d rather a stand-alone clock for a phone. With a bendable AMOLED display, the possibilities are endless.


After flexible-screen mobile phones roll out, the company plans to introduce the same technology for tablets and other devices.


Samsung Galaxy Skin was just a kind of rumors, but the flexible smartphone arrives sometime next year.
Using the material ‘graphene’ for its display, this has been touted to be “the miracle material” which will make flexible displays a reality by the time the Skin hits the market.
This polyimide substrate will replace the glass. It is soft enough to be rollable and bendable without making any damage to image quality.
The display will have double the length when unfolded.


Specs:
 
-221mm x 67mm x 8 mm
-16GB and 32GB
-4" 800x480 flexible AMOLED
-8 MP camera + VGA camera
-1.2Ghz processor, 1GB of RAM
-1500mAh battery

See it in action at CES 2013:

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http://www.preorder.it/en/product/samsung-galaxy-skin