Samsung Display shows foldable 10.5″ screen that can extend to 12.4″ screen

Samsung Display has shown the Flex Hybrid, a screen with a foldable and an extendable part. The laptop-like device has a 10.5″ screen on the inside of the fold that can be opened to a 12.4″ screen.

The company isn’t sharing many specs about the screen yet, but says that the OLED display has an aspect ratio of 4:3 in the expanded 10.5″ position. The right screen part of the Flex Hybrid can then be extended, creating a 12.4″ screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio. The right half of the Flex Hybrid is thicker than the left half, to provide space for the slide-out element.

Samsung Display has been showing foldable OLED screens more often in recent years, with which the company wants to show what kind of screens it is developing and what is possible with foldable screens. This also includes the Flex Slidable Solo and the Flex Slidable Duet, two foldable screens that Samsung showed earlier in September. The Solo has one extendable element, the Duet can unfold on both sides of the screen to turn a 13 to 14″ screen into a 17.3″ screen. Samsung Display will take the two Slidable screens and the Flex Hybrid to the CES fair. It is not clear whether and when the Flex concepts will become available to consumers.