Mobile Technology

Samsung Display is at SID Display Week with a bunch of OLED innovations including a future laptop screen that expands to offer five times the display real estate, and a sensor-packed panel capable of reading fingerprints and checking blood pressure.

Pretty much ever since Samsung launched its first Galaxy Fold in 2019, there have been rumors that Google will join the folding party with a Pixel model. Now that day is finally upon us as the Pixel Fold goes up for pre-order.

Recent advances in ePaper technology have allowed for displays to move beyond e-readers and into tablet territory. Onyx International already has a monochrome 13.3-inch slate in its range, and has now added a 10.3-inch color E Ink tablet.

Late last year, Chinese consumer electronics brand Xiaomi cemented its relationship with Leica when the company launched the camera-focused 13 Series smartphones. Now the 13 Ultra joins the pack to take the flagship spot.

Motorola is set to take on the likes of Samsung and Google in the flagship Android handset space with the Edge 40 Pro, which is built around the latest Qualcomm mobile platform, features a 165-Hz OLED display and sports a tasty 8K camera around back.

Oppo has joined the likes of Xiaomi and Vivo in the 1-inch-sensor club with the launch of the Find X6 Pro in China. Other highlights include a 510-ppi OLED display with adaptive refresh, flagship Snapdragon processing, and a fast-charging battery.

Honor has announced the global launch of its latest flagship smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona. The star of the Magic5 Pro show is the rear triple camera array, which has taken the top spot in DxOMark's global rankings.

Smartphone manufacturers have been steadily increasing fast-charging speeds of late, making full top-ups possible in minutes. The fastest to date has just been launched by Shenzhen's Realme, promising to take the battery to 100% in under 10 minutes.

Back in January, OnePlus announced the Chinese launch of a new flagship phone. Now the OnePlus 11 has launched globally, and the company has also pulled back the curtain on its first tablet – the OnePlus Pad.

Following a November 2002 launch in China, the Vivo X90 series flagship smartphones have now gone global. With the focus very much on photography, the X90 Pro features a Sony 1-inch-type sensor and Zeiss optics.

Samsung has held its first in-person Galaxy Unpacked event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, launching new premium smartphones and a trio of 2-in-1 laptops – though the Galaxy S23 Ultra stole the limelight with its 200-MP camera.

There are a few options available for folks looking to supersize their e-reading experience to tablet proportions, including the Remarkable 2, Kindle Scribe and Lenovo's new Smart Paper. Onyx International has gone bigger with the launch of the Tab X.

Last year, Samsung demonstrated the power of its monstrous 200-megapixel camera sensor by printing a billboard-sized cat photo taken on a phone. Now the company has started mass producing its successor, the Isocell HP2.

OnePlus has once again tapped Hasselblad for the camera system of its new flagship smartphone. The camera array gets a resolution bump, the 11 5G is powered by Qualcomm's latest chipset, and fast charging juices the battery in under 30 minutes.

Smartphones with a large internal screen that folds out across a hinge have been available for a while now, and we've seen sliding concepts expand display real estate too. Now Samsung Display has combined the two for the Flex Hybrid.