According to JS Choi, head of Samsung, its screen can increase from 13 to 17 inches, which would allow a more or less large tablet to acquire the dimensions of a compact desktop monitor, “satisfying the diverse needs” of an audience that Now it has not been described, but in theory it should require highly versatile portable equipment.
This peculiar form factor would compete in a certain way with that of proposals such as the recent Thinkpad X1 Fold, which has a folding OLED screen to use it as if it were a tablet or a conventional laptop even though the physical keyboard module is not attached. Interestingly, Intel also explored the use of foldable OLED screens at the time. It is not clear if the company will bet in the future on the manufacture of both types of laptop through its partners or if, on the contrary, Samsung’s proposal has displaced the rest.
Be that as it may, it is not convenient to think that the possible products derived from this prototype must maintain an aesthetic or practical resemblance. Each manufacturer could make a different interpretation. Likewise, the work of adapting the software remains to be seen, and that is that both Windows 11 and the corresponding programs must be optimized to take advantage of it; something that is possibly much easier said than done.1
