Samsung patents a rollable display with fingerprint sensor

0. phoneArena posted on 01 Jan 2018, 17:59

The company recently filed a patent for a rollable display that can be activated by fingerprint. Unlike LG's rollable display that uses a very small rotating motor, Samsung's features magnets that are positioned along the main body that houses the display...

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posted on 01 Jan 2018, 18:32

2. Diego! (Posts: 805; Member since: 15 Jun 2009)

Well.. We've seen this already. Some years ago Samsung issued a video of the new products they were going to launch and this model was among several with foldable / rollable display.

posted on 01 Jan 2018, 18:55

4. Supah (Posts: 375; Member since: 08 Mar 2017)

Are you talking about this video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKG7XRsG9KQ

Those weren't real.

posted on 01 Jan 2018, 19:14 2

5. makatijules (banned) (Posts: 835; Member since: 11 Dec 2017)

Wow. They had this in one of their demos, with a guy who had a phone that he pressed a button and it unrolled the display.

The fact this could actually happen is so cool!

True innovation from a real innovator.

posted on 01 Jan 2018, 22:36

9. cnour (banned) (Posts: 2305; Member since: 11 Sep 2014)

As usual: they need to wait Apple to know how they do it in a perfect way.

I cannot forget the first finger print done by Samsung.......

If the others did, Apple does perfectly, the others then follow.

posted on 02 Jan 2018, 08:34

17. applesnapple93 (Posts: 178; Member since: 06 Jan 2016)

and after each software update the display rolls out slower and slower to "preserve user experience" right?

posted on 02 Jan 2018, 09:33 1

19. makatijules (banned) (Posts: 835; Member since: 11 Dec 2017)

Apple will never make anything like this.

posted on 01 Jan 2018, 23:10 5

10. Skizzo (Posts: 318; Member since: 14 Jul 2013)

I cannot believe how many children there are on this site as of late. Fanboyism has always plagued the tech world, but I swear it's getting worse on this site. Some users are only known to the rest of us because they troll every article, and this is on both Android and iOS sides of the coin. It's getting out of hand. I am tired of having to scroll past the obligatory "Your OS/phone of choice sucks, so you suck" "no, your OS/phone of choice sucks, thus you suck" comments on every goddamn article. Mine is the 10th comment here, and not a single comment yet has discussed the tech in any non inflammatory way. PA, please, I beg of you, do something..this is getting ridiculous.

posted on 01 Jan 2018, 23:45 1

11. gigicoaste (Posts: 362; Member since: 21 Feb 2016)

I agree! Commentaries should be way better moderated and trolling should be forbidden.

posted on 02 Jan 2018, 01:29

12. BuffaloSouce (Posts: 661; Member since: 01 May 2017)

But what would be the use for this? I just don’t see it working out as a phone or tablet

posted on 02 Jan 2018, 02:00

13. gigicoaste (Posts: 362; Member since: 21 Feb 2016)

actually is great as a table, while you are traveling, plane or train, fits in your pocket easily while you do browsing on bigger device.

posted on 02 Jan 2018, 07:40 1

16. Joulukas (Posts: 83; Member since: 05 Jun 2013)

Really, no use for a device, that is small, but convertible in to a much larger device, with large screen? These are to comments that angry me the most, due to beeing simply dumb. Do you really think first touch screen got heavenly ovations? It was seen as the most stupid thing possible - who would be stupid enough to get a device with huge 3,5" breakable screen?. This probably applied to wheel also, when first guy came around the corner with a rolling cart - look at that idiot with round them round things.

Those comments are especially dumb, cause they are usually made about concepts and drawings, that only show new plan, not a live ready device.

Ability to convert devices between small and compact or large media ready device, seems exactly the concept that is missing from absolute bliss. Of course implementation is the key here, but shutting down a concept is kind of ...dumb!