Until now, the only gadgets that are worn on the wrist are wearables like smart watches or bands. That may change soon, as Motorola unveiled a prototype rollable smartphone that can also stick to your arm if you bend it.
Yes, just as it reads. During Lenovo Tech World 23, the company presented a cell phone that literally rolls up like paper and folds enough to fit like a bracelet on the wrist.
Lexi Valasek, Product Research and Innovation Strategy Labs leader at Motorola Mobility 312, placed the prototype on her arm. While she was like this, the cell phone showed the time.
“You can hold it on its own (folded) or wear it this way (on your wrist) for a hands-free experience,” Valasek said.
The Motorola executive stated that the company continues to break down the limits of flexible hardware with this device, of which not many details were given such as its approximate launch date or price.
Motorola released information in dribs and drabs. The confirmed data are some specifications of its screen, which will be 6.9 inches, FHD+ resolution and pOLED type.
This is not Motorola’s first foray into the field of rollable devices. Since the beginning of the year, the brand showed its fang in rollable innovation with another prototype presented during the Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC), held last February.
That device was capable of transforming its 4-inch panel into a 6.5-inch one, increasing its size by 61.5 percent. In addition, the smartphone adapted to the user, for example, if you wanted to watch a video, the screen would lengthen, which did not happen in basic functions such as answering messages or calls.
With what was presented today, Motorola opens an unexplored path. We will have to wait if it generates interest in the competition and expands the flexible device sector.
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Motorola presented various generative AI tools that will enrich this and its upcoming devices. This AI, Motorola presumes, will not run in the cloud, but locally on each device.
Among the functions enhanced with AI are the generation of personalized wallpapers from a photo of a garment. The cell phone will analyze the pattern of the outfit to create an image intended to be a wallpaper.
MotoAI, a personal assistant in development by Lenovo that will integrate both cell phones and computers. Users will be able to interact with the assistant to answer questions, compose messages, and schedule tasks.
2.0 Mobile Doc Scan, an AI-powered scanner built into Motorola camera systems designed to reduce wrinkles, shadows and improve document sharpness.
AI Text Summarization, a feature that will summarize chats, emails or create reports to save the user time.
Finally, Privacy Content Obfuscation, a tool that will protect people’s information by intelligently identifying and blurring areas that contain profile photos and names in social posts.
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