This is how Android will work on the Samsung Galaxy Fold and other foldable phones

While mobile phones used to come in all shapes and sizes, device makers have largely standardized around the flat glass slab. But we could be looking at another big shift in smartphone design now that the Galaxy Fold has arrived, bringing a brand new way to work and play on our phones.Parts of the necessary technology have existed for years, but with Xiaomi, Motorola, and others expected to follow Samsung's lead in 2019, how will Android handle this shift? Well, that depends.The current state of Android
OLED panels are flexible by their very nature—you’ve probably seen demos of bendy screens for years. But to deploy a flexible OLED in a phone, manufacturers need to ensure the display can fold multiple thousands of times without failing. This entails reengineering the lamination between layers, along with new display drivers, of course. The technology exists to make this work (Samsung has already shared details about its Infinity Flex display), and some OEMs are wasting no time.To read this article in full, please click here