ISSUE 73 • ANDROID ADVISOR 11TCL’s folding phone concept
lies flatter than the Galaxy Fold
To be clear, these are concepts in every sense
of the word. They have no names, no specs and no
chance of being sold anytime soon. The models we
saw were basically movie props with few working
parts, but they’re certainly intriguing. And if they’re an
indication of what TCL has in store for future phones,
it won’t be an unknown name for very long.
While we’re somewhat accustomed to folding
screens at this point, TCL doesn’t think simply folding
in half is enough. To be fair, the company does have
a single-folding phone in development that folds
completely flat with ‘zero gap’, but TCL is staking its
reputation on two moonshots: a trifold display that
opens like an accordion and a rollable display that
slides out like sideways windows blinds.
If it can actually be mass-produced at a reasonable
price, the rollable display could be a game changer.
The idea is that most of the time, the phone looks