US EditionTeardown of Unreleased LG Rollable Shows Why Rollable Phones Aren't a Thing
The teardown reveals two motors, spring-loaded arms and dust barriers, underscoring why the prototype would have been costly and hard to mass-produce.
- JerryRigEverything recently provided an in-depth teardown of the unreleased Rollable, revealing the complex internal engineering of a device that appeared ready for market.
- This past weekend marked the five-year anniversary of the end of the company's smartphone business, yet the video demonstrates that the device was an impressively over-engineered concept designed to stand out.
- The unit utilizes two motors on a geared track to expand the frame, while internal bristles and zipper-like supports protect the display from dust and mechanical failure.
- High manufacturing costs and durability concerns regarding the soft, outward-facing display likely prevented the product from ever reaching the market.
- Even as Samsung, Oppo, and Motorola continue to focus on foldables, no company has successfully released an expandable phone, highlighting the unique nature of the hardware.
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Five years after cancelling its telephony division, a prototype of LG once again exposes today’s industry. The well-known JerryRigEverything channel has just dismantled the LG Rollable, a terminal with an extendable screen that never reached the market and whose internal mechanism is surprised to lack the annoying modern hinges. By reviewing the images published by Zack Nelson, we see that the device miraculously survives a complete dissection. …
The LG Rollable, the never-released rollable smartphone, resurfaces in a teardown, highlighting the complex internal mechanisms that would have made it very expensive to build. - on macitynet.it Rollable smartphones are impossible: the LG Rollable teardown video explains why.
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