Published 15:51 IST, April 11th 2019

New Vertically Folding Smartphone From Sharp Comes To The Fore

An apparent prototype from Sharp shows off a vertically folding smartphone, are you expecting this?

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As more smartphone brands join “foldable phones” bandwagon, it seems that Japanese brand Sharp is also rey for plunge in form of a smartphone that could be folded vertically. A proto of this smartphone has also surfaced.

Sharp smartphone with vertically foldable screen proto has AMOLED display and smartphone’s display is rumoured to be strong eugh to withstand 300,000 bends. Check out, a video of this purported smartphone below, that has surfaced via OLED Info, :

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In video, smartphone - believed to be that of SHarp vertically folding handset is folded inwards and brought back to original posture - just like a tebook. When completely folded, smartphone resembles that of a compact wallet without showing any trace of being a smartphone. Here, this looks impressive on paper considering fact that re has been a flurry of smartphones offering a foldable display folding horizontally.

As per reports, above Sharp vertically folding smartphone is a proto which means that device would t be sold commercially any time in near future. However, it is possible that smartphone could be released in distant future when comparatively more number of foldable smartphones become commercially available with people taking to accepting e devices.

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This Sharp foldable smartphone also reportedly features a 6.2-inch display with resolutions of 1440 x 2992 pixels. In this regard, do let us kw what you expect from futuristic foldable smartphones.

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15:45 IST, April 11th 2019