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Samsung finally unfurls its folding phone screen prototype

Michael Irving November 7, 2018

Samsung’s long-rumored folding-display phone has finally become a reality – well, almost. During the keynote for the 2018 Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) today, the company demoed a prototype of what it calls the Infinity Flex Display, which can fold from smartphone- to tablet-sized.

Samsung has shown off a prototype of the Infinity Flex Display, a device with a folding ...

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Samsung's updated VR headset kicks out the "Screen Door Effect"

Michael Irving October 22, 2018

Samsung is updating its VR headset, announcing the HMD Odyssey+, which targets the dreaded “Screen Door Effect” with a clever new tactic and adds a few ergonomic improvements to the outer shell.

Samsung has updated its VR headset with the HMD Odyssey+

Computers

Dell's bright new monitor should be a sight for sore eyes

Michael Irving August 29, 2018

Dell has pulled the wraps off a shiny new monitor at IFA in Berlin this week. The 27-in display is designed to be crisp and bright, with an ultra-thin profile. Dell calls it the “world’s brightest in its class,” but there’s a few caveats to that claim.

At IFA this week, Dell has unveiled a new 27-in monitor that it says is the ...

Computers

LG gets its game on in Berlin for launch of UltraGear monitors

Paul Ridden August 28, 2018

Combining "powerful performance, superb picture quality and speedy refresh rate," the UltraGear line of gaming monitors will debut at the IFA 2018 consumer tech expo in Berlin, Germany, this week.

The flagship UltraGear gaming monitor has a 34-inch QHD screen, 120 Hz refresh rate and ambient ...

Computers

Samsung's curvy new QLED monitor packs Thunderbolt 3 ports

Michael Irving August 27, 2018

With IFA 2018 about to kick off, Samsung is launching a new line of ultra-wide, curved, quantum dot monitors. But the main new addition is the Thunderbolt 3 port, which can transfer power, data and display much faster.

Samsung is launching three new curved QLED monitors, including a model with built-in Thunderbolt 3 ports

Mobile Technology

Samsung's "unbreakable" OLED screen aces military-grade testing

David Nield July 26, 2018

We keep on dropping our smartphones, so manufacturers keep on trying to find ways to make the displays on them tougher. Just a few days after Corning unveiled its improved Gorilla Glass 6, Samsung has shown off an officially "unbreakable" OLED panel destined for the Galaxy smartphones of 2019.

Samsung's new OLED panel ditches glass for a flexible plastic cover

Computers

Duo adds a slide-out second screen to laptops

Ben Coxworth June 22, 2018

Having a second monitor hooked up to your laptop certainly can make life easier, although toting that monitor around and repeatedly setting it up would be a hassle. That's why MIT-backed startup Mobile Pixels created the slide-out Duo, which can be attached to the back of any laptop.

Duo's screen be can set to slide out from either the left or right of the ...

Home Entertainment

Samsung's 2018 QLED TVs blend into the background when idle

Michael Irving March 8, 2018

Samsung has whipped the covers off its lineup of 2018 TVs. The flagships of the range are built with QLED displays, varying in size up to a monstrous 88 in. Taking up so much living room real estate, Samsung has also packed in a few new features to let the TVs earn their keep even while not in use.

Samsung's new wall-mounted QLED TVs have an Ambient Mode that mimics the pattern behind them, allowing ...

Drones

Samsung patents flying screen that follows the eye

Michael Irving February 19, 2018

If you’ve ever wished for a third hand so you can watch your phone while doing the dishes, Samsung might be answering your prayers in a roundabout way. The company has just been awarded a patent for a “flying display device” – a screen mounted on a quadcopter that follows your gaze.

Samsung has been granted a patent for a "flying display device"

Home Entertainment

Samsung's massive Cinema LED screen goes 3D

Paul Ridden February 7, 2018

Less than a year ago, Samsung unveiled a cinema-sized LED screen capable of 4K resolution, and followed this in July with its first commercial installation at a theater in Seoul, South Korea. Now the company has revealed a 3D version at the Integrated Systems Europe 2018 expo in Amsterdam.

Samsung's 3D Cinema LED screen has debuted at ISE 2018 in Amsterdam