It's an old dream of telephony!
Already in 2011, the Project Valley, initiated by Samsung, gave a preview of a foldable, translucent and flexible phone.
If it was only a prototype at the time, the models are multiplying today, as evidenced by the latest announcements from manufacturers Motorola or Honor.
Waiting for a next flexible Pixel?
This is already the case with Find N, the latest from the Chinese manufacturer Oppo, based in Guangdong province, in southeastern China. This smartphone, whose screen adapts to playing videos, displaying video games or even taking selfies, is above all impressive for its multifunctional character: it allows, by separating the screen into several windows , to perform several tasks at the same time. In addition, several manufacturers are working on models with roll-up screens.
Still, these manufacturers must innovate in a context of shortage of electronic chips, and in the midst of the Sino-American economic war.
Not to mention the climatic constraint.
In this sense, the innovations of Sunpartners, based in Aix-en-Provence, deserve attention.
This company dreams of equipping our smartphones with a transparent photovoltaic film, capable of recovering solar energy.
And if it was in this race that smartphone manufacturers engaged?
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