Fucking gimmicks.

You know what the worst experience in technology is? A virtual keyboard. FUCK typing on a smooth piece of glass.

What's the solution? Attachable real keyboard. That blocks the bottom of the screen. Making it a normal laptop. Fuck off.

Oh and while you're at it, the whole "folding" thing is so stupid. If we're making malleable displays.... why not make ones that roll up like a yoga mat? Currently the most impressive foldable laptop display goes from 12 inches to 17 inches. That's it's main selling point! It's still got some serious surface area!

@AlgoRythm
I'm kind of digging the Nokia razr foldable, primarily for its space reduction and screen protector potential. Then again I'm an outlier in that regard, I still love fliphones in general (including the Samsung w2019).

It actually seems like the form factors making the best use of flexible displays are TVs. CES saw a lot more people getting in on the "hideable screen" tv concept we saw surface in early 2019.

https://lg.com/uk/lg-magazine/...

@SortOfTested Rollable TVs look great, I've always wanted a TV that hides itself. Way before foldable tech was a thing, I wanted those TVs that slid down into their stand via a thin slot. Was always very James Bond-esque.

Foldable phones are okay. Personally, I like a thin phone, but if you can get over the... girth... of these things, they're pretty neat.

Foldable laptops should not exist!

If you type hard enough, the screen wont be smooth anymore :)

I think this one could be quite neat actually. With the hw keyboard you can put on the lower half it would serve as a laptop, while you can use the same keyboard in front of the extended screen if you have a desk, thus giving you some more screen estate. The big issue is that the keyboard most likely sucks (since it has to be very thin) and that it's probably so expensive that you could just buy a monitor for wherever you are. Still it'd be useful if you are traveling to a lot of different places and possibly for presentations at clients - at least you (your laptop) would be remembered.

So if they can somehow make a great physical keyboard which fits in between and it comes to an affordable price region, I can see its appeal. It's obviously not meant for an office setting with multiple (big) screens and a proper keyboard - personally, I wouldn't want to work on any laptop.

Sounds like a solution asking for a problem. Which, sadly, is starting to get pretty common in the tech industry.

Perfect example of the "design over convenience" trend of the tech