At the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC18) in San Francisco, Samsung unveiled Infinity Flex Display and One UI – its new vision for the next generation of mobile displays with powerful experiences. New developer tools for Bixby and SmartThings platforms were also announced.
Samsung gave the world a glimpse of its upcoming foldable smartphone with Infinity Flex Display. The device, which is rumoured to enter mass production in months, feature an elastic OLED panel which is naturally a tablet but folds into half to form a smartphone with a smaller external display.
According to sources, the device has a large 7.3-inch (1536 x 2152 pixels) display with 4:2:3 aspect ratio and folds into a single, smaller 4.6-inch (840 x 1960 pixels) display with 21:9 aspect ratio unlike Rouyu’s FlexPai which folds into a dual screen smartphone. The model showcased was housed in a case but the final design is set to be unveiled at the next ‘Galaxy Unpacked’ event (most likely CES 2019).
Samsung also introduced One UI – it’s new and intuitive user interface with clean and minimal design. It is well optimised for one-handed usage and relevant contents can be found on the bottom half of the screen. It will be used on foldable and non-foldable smartphones.
With Multi Active Window, the foldable phone will also run up to three active apps at the same time. The company is also working closely with Google and the Android Developer Community to create a fully optimised user experience by getting the best out of the new foldable form factor.
Other SDC18 News:
- With Bixby Developer Studio, Samsung is opening the door to developers and partners to bring more experiences to consumers across the Samsung ecosystem. They will be able to create Bixby Capsules and make them easily accessible in the Bixby Marketplace. In coming months, Bixby will include support for British English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
- Samsung has also redesigned the SmartThings Developer Workspace with a new set of tools to make it faster for developers to connect their devices and services to the SmartThings platform. These enhanced tools include SmartThings Cloud Connector, SmartThings Device Kit and SmartThings Hub Connector.
