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Title: ZTE Axon M clamshell smartphone with 2 screens unveiled
Post by: Varti on October 20, 2017, 04:22:25 am

While waiting for the first clamshell phones with a bendable screen, Zte has launched its Axon M smartphone, featuring 2 screens that can be placed side by side, and combined into a single display:

https://gizmodo.com/this-dual-screen-smartp...d-ki-1819610427 (https://gizmodo.com/this-dual-screen-smartphone-is-weird-monstrous-and-ki-1819610427)

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I wonder if one of the screens could be used as a virtual keyboard. I anyway believe bendable screens will be a better solution, providing that they won't easily break due to the mechanical stress caused by the constant opening and closure of the clamshell.

Varti

Title: ZTE Axon M clamshell smartphone with 2 screens unveiled
Post by: speculatrix on October 21, 2017, 08:47:25 am

Sony tried this before with the Vaio P smartphone:
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/ta...-1044037/review (http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/tablets/sony-tablet-p-1044037/review)

the two halves didn't seamlessly join. It wasn't that successful. Perhaps now that people are happier to carry larger devices this ZTE device will do better?

Title: ZTE Axon M clamshell smartphone with 2 screens unveiled
Post by: speculatrix on October 21, 2017, 08:49:49 am

here's the specs of that Vaio P phone, it wasn't bad for 2011
https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_tablet_p_3g-4139.php (https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_tablet_p_3g-4139.php)
* dual 5.5" screens, 1024 x 480
* dual core A9, Tegra 2
* 1GB RAM

Title: ZTE Axon M clamshell smartphone with 2 screens unveiled
Post by: SNi on December 31, 2017, 02:16:30 pm

And in 2014 there was the NEC Medias W N-05E... NEC Medias (http://www.ph2dot1.com/2014/03/some-more-nec-medias-w-n-05e.html)

Quote from: speculatrix

Sony tried this before with the Vaio P smartphone:
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/ta...-1044037/review (http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/tablets/sony-tablet-p-1044037/review)

the two halves didn't seamlessly join. It wasn't that successful. Perhaps now that people are happier to carry larger devices this ZTE device will do better?