Someone got a hold of the LG Rollable to show us all how it works, and it makes me wish LG were still around. But would you buy it?
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Key Points:
- The LG Rollable, teased at CES 2021 but never launched due to LG exiting the smartphone industry, was poised to be the first commercially available rollable phone.
- Zack Nelson of JerryRigEverything conducted a detailed teardown, revealing a sophisticated internal mechanism with three spring-loaded arms and dual motors that expand and retract the display smoothly.
- The phone features innovative design elements such as a rear active display section for widgets and selfies when retracted, a 64MP primary camera, a 12MP ultrawide sensor, a 4,500mAh battery, and a rear fingerprint sensor doubling as the power button.
- Despite other companies showcasing rollable concepts, LG came closest to releasing a rollable phone, which might have offered consumers a unique alternative to foldable devices if it had launched in 2021.
- The teardown highlights LG's engineering prowess and raises curiosity about the potential impact rollable phones could have had on the smartphone market.
