{"id":35,"date":"2020-02-03T11:16:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/?p=35"},"modified":"2025-05-26T09:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:50:02","slug":"leaked-video-shows-samsungs-upcoming-foldable-clamshell-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/leaked-video-shows-samsungs-upcoming-foldable-clamshell-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked video shows Samsung\u2019s upcoming foldable clamshell in action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are less than 10 days away from Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Unpacked event, and we just got a first video leak of the upcoming Galaxy Flip Z over the weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The short video shows off folding and unfolding of the device once, with its super tall screen in action. It also presents a small VGA display next to the camera to show time and notifications when the phone\u2019s folded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not clear from the video if the screen is actually using&nbsp;the rumoured bendable thin-glass display. If it ends up using the material, it\u2019ll be the first device to use glass in foldable phones. Till now, all phones in the category have relied on plastic-based material to cover the screen.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This video feels quite exciting as clamshell foldables are more pocketable than devices such as&nbsp;the Galaxy Fold&nbsp;and&nbsp;the Huawei Mate X. Both these devices were delayed several times last year due to problems in the durability of the display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Motorola\u2019s clamshell Razr phone is&nbsp;set to hit the market<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/did-motorola-razr-preorders-just-start-shipping-out\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>soon.&nbsp;Another advantage of such a&nbsp;form-factor is that it\u2019s easier to support apps, which don\u2019t have to deal with two screens and a crease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned to&nbsp;Plugged&nbsp;to get all updates from Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Unpacked event on February 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are less than 10 days away from Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Unpacked event, and we just got a first video leak of the upcoming Galaxy Flip Z over the weekend. The short video shows off folding and unfolding of the device once, with its super tall screen in action. It also presents a small VGA display [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[19,18],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-samsung","tag-flipphone","tag-mobile"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geekfreak.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}