The Intricate Engineering Inside Foldable Smartphones

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Have you ever wondered what is inside the hinge in a foldable smartphone? With the release of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, and the Motorola Razr, foldable smartphones are becoming more popular, and soon every company will have their own version of a foldable smartphone! In here we explore the engineering inside foldable smartphones.
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Made by Teddy Tablante
Most of the findings and interior elements were done using a teardown from Zack at the channel JerryRigEverything / jerryrigeverything . Much thanks to his hard work at opening up and showing us the details inside smartphones.
Key Branches from this video are: Touchscreen Displays
Erratum:
Animation built using Blender 2.81a www.blender.org/
Post with Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects
Sound editing with Reaper
Work Cited:
ALON: www.surmet.com/technology/alon...
Samsung Galaxy Fold: www.samsung.com/global/galaxy...
Smart Glass: www.smartglassinternational.c...
Motorola RaZR: www.motorola.com/us/home
Wikipedia Commons. "Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Ultrabook" from Intell Free Press. "The Nintendo Dsi XL in burgundy" from Evan-Amos. "A Motorola flip phone, open" from Jud McCranie. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Visited February, 2020
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@BranchEducation 4 роки тому

Would you be interested in a dual-screen smartphone? Edit / Additional details: Over a few iterations of design, the bezel and hinge could be shrunk down. The secondary screen would have a small metal bezel with shock absorption foam to help increase durability. This screen could be made very easily replaceable. This concept was inspired by the phones used in HBO’s West World. This phone would have amazing applications in AR as it can have the display active while the liquid crystal is transparent. Finally, when the 2nd screen is closed, there could be potential for using the 2nd screen and primary screen in a 3D viewing format.

@Jesse_Carl 4 роки тому

Seems pretty cool to me although the videos of clear screens I have seen so far are not nearly to the level of a production product

@AnonymousAnonymous-cb8eg 4 роки тому

Great idea

@HKGoldenMrA 4 роки тому

The dual-screen design is a better design compare to foldable screen, but it maybe more easier to break when it is fallen.

@tobias7166 4 роки тому

Whats about the new Samsung Foldable ? It now has flexible glass on top

@dannunes652 4 роки тому

It's cool tech, but all the stuff that needs to work properly seems ripe for failure. Now where are those hologram phones?!

@JerryRigEverything 4 роки тому

Awesome video man. Your concept phone is way cool. When you get it built, send it on over and ill 'test' it out ;-)

@BranchEducation 4 роки тому

Thanks JRE! I appreaciate it! For one, it will use actual hardened glass. Also a cylindrical hinge is fairly straight forward in it’s ability to keep out dust. As for a drop test when it is opened, I’m not sure how it will fare, but it’s worth a shot. If one of the companies makes a dual screen phone using a transparent AMOLED display with a liquid crystal layer, I’ll make sure they send one over.

@awaisjatt1499 4 роки тому

Oh JRE sir love you. 😍

@nickolazcarters 3 роки тому

idont think its an good idea 🤣

@awais_sandhu 3 роки тому

Why would he want his dream phone rigged apart. Just kidding man you are great.

@standupyak 3 роки тому

Hello there

@Maxtr0sity 4 роки тому

Applaud the amount of effort you put into making these videos. Creating each part, animating, rendering, narrating, seriously impressive. Please keep it up!

@Raj-tu1bi 4 роки тому

I think it's a great idea but it secondary screen may not last long and most like continuity on screen not like cut in middle

@puspamadak 3 роки тому

Your concept was really great. I had also thought of something like this, but I didn't have even the slightest idea that an LCD screen can be made opaque electrically. That would be an amazing thing to actually control the overall screen transparency.

@recklessroges 3 роки тому

Your design is far superior. My primary engineering philosophy is: "It if moves its going to break." So a "foldable" screen is just a screen that is just waiting to break. Your design could, with care last a lifetime. Anyone that has bent a piece of metal back and fourth enough to break knows that anything hard with a crystal structure will break. Anyone that has tried to unfold plastic that has been creased know that you aren't staying inside of its plastic limit.

@Enominext 2 роки тому

Your foldable smartphone concept is genious. Because even if the second screen eventually breaks, it worked at all as protection for the main screen. And its maybe very easy to replace. I just LOVE it!

@ANDRES-el5yr 3 роки тому

You are doing a great job, keep going 👊🏻

@Aditya-wb2uo 3 роки тому

I appreciate your hard work. Well Done.

@ashkanashrafi8366 4 роки тому

I'm wondering , you have a great awesome and talented team , modeling every single piece is not easy at all youre doin a great job thank you!

@brianwilson9501 3 роки тому

I like this video. Very informative, I like how you broke down all the parts of these new foldable phones. Looking forward to new iterations.

@Nesylver 3 роки тому

Your models are immersive, thoroughly thought out & fascinating

@monish929 2 роки тому

Your concept is amazing, I believe some company should start working on that. Thankyou for making such videos.

@PAUNOMOLUSCO 4 роки тому

Brilliant to say the least.

@MooseeMcMoose 4 роки тому

I think we should get you in contact with someone at samsung

@jojolafrite90 3 роки тому

I think they don't care.

@tuannguyentrung8092 2 роки тому

Very easy to understand. Hope for more videos

@davidknapp5224 3 роки тому

Oh so smart and clever but who needs this?! Thanks for sharing, your videos are awesome.

@barttablante8495 2 роки тому

Outstanding video… very instructional.

@harinayan4956 3 роки тому

Great idea buddy!!!🤩🤩

@drankenstein5241 Рік тому

I'm impressed. Your design is really good

@soumyendudatta1870 3 роки тому

second one is awesome 👌👌 love this one ❤️❤️♥️ why don't you submit this design to some company to make it real

@mohanjadhav2297 3 роки тому

brilliant work of channel creator. you deserve millions of viewers.

@AmitabhAnkur 4 роки тому

You should patent your design, it's very inovative.

@BranchEducation 4 роки тому

Thanks! I’ll consider it, but I’ll probably stick to just making UKposts videos.

@azeemtics6613 4 роки тому

@Branch Education your idea was similar to my but your is better when ifixt review it

@sankalpprajapati5992 3 роки тому

@@BranchEducation oh man so kind you are 🥺

@AkshayShukla. 3 роки тому

my suggestion is that the secondary screen should be on left because most of people are right handed ......... 😁😁😁😁😁

@faizanahmed653 3 роки тому

@@AkshayShukla. I was thinking the same

@spacecat3630 3 роки тому

It's great. Just make sure when the second display is folded upon the first, that it is not to thick, because that would create a noticable distance betwean the surface and the pixels

@jayanspaliwal5907 3 роки тому

Man!!!!! Your proposed design would definitely rock.

@HoshangGovil 3 роки тому

Your concept is awesome.

@clarcktumazar 2 роки тому

The concept is innovative, but the phone design is very outdated for me But, this is the greatest educational channel in explaining how the device works! You literally dive inside the device just to understand it.

@kshitizmaurya9179 3 роки тому

Your concept is great

@roblo6387 3 роки тому

Your concept is really smart

@thanhhainguyen8920 2 роки тому

Your design looks really good and I really appreciate the efforts you put on these videos but I don't think that the second screen has a high durability when it's too thin and mostly made of glass. However, you can use cover the phone using carbon fiber instead of metal and make the second screen as large as as the first screen which I think would make the phone more comfortable to use. Also, you should design two models, one for right-handed people and one for left-handed people as from my view, I think that it's not really comfortable for the right-handed users to use their right hand to surf web on a thin screen which can be easily broken using small force. This is my personal idea so don't judge me. P/s: Sorry if my English is too bad.

@PaulMarcX 2 роки тому

I really like your concept. My critique would be a darker "normally closed" main screen, as most of a regular user time would be with a folded phone. You could have an option of folding the screen to the back, or just having another screen on the back (but that would be more expensive).

@ataa510 8 місяців тому

Now that 5 generations have passed, waiting for the updated and how it evolved video !!

@eldhosoy9842 2 роки тому

video was most understanding about the concept

@thanmayrambr4979 3 роки тому

awesome concept

@ananymo 9 місяців тому

I really liked your concept. If it's technically possible too make such a foldable phone then it would be nice. The slim secondary screen would make the phone less heavier compared to the current ones.

@TiagoTiagoT 3 роки тому

The transparent screen could be used to add extra color depth to the main screen by lighting it up while transparent; or if it's not flush enough against the main screen, then it could be used to produce something along the lines of a tensor lightfield screen, real holographic display where you see a different image depending on the angle and distance from the screen.

@Random_4400 3 роки тому

My god your an absolute genius to design your way of a folding smartphone! wonder if anyone will make it one day because i might buy it

@shawnkerr 2 роки тому

I like your concept. Reminds me of the old flip and slide phones with full keyboards. I loved those phones.😁

@poweronegaming3681 2 роки тому

That's great 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️

@thatguycrazy2194 2 роки тому

Ur concept of the folded phone is pretty cool I would love to have that phone

@sumobear1777 2 роки тому

i love the detail you put into your videos. can you do the LEP unit next? i bought one in a flashlight and its like a ray of solid daylight. im hoping they start using them in phones for their flashlight.

@Ash-td4sx 4 роки тому

Great consept

@sarangkharul6644 3 роки тому

Awesome idea of secondary screen

@skinife 3 роки тому

loved the video and the concept phone! You could make a prototype!

@devendrahyalij5724 4 роки тому

Perfect

@anshagrawal8514 Рік тому

Bro your concept phone ie from future🤯👍👍

@artificial_intelligence_kenya Рік тому

So informative

@ai-whisperer 3 роки тому

the Huawei mate X styled design application seems much more appealing than 2 screens. ofc the design you propose is ingenious indeed but i would prefer one single screen block as versus multiple split screens.

@dojostarfox4520 3 роки тому

Did you decide to do anything with your concept phone? I'd actually love to have one with that layout but made so when folded shut there are no protrusions, so including a recession for the folding screen and end caps to the hinge to make it flush.

@ankitkhandelwal426 4 роки тому

Very nice concept 👌👌👌👌👌

@faizi2441 3 роки тому

dude that setup is far more better than galaxy fold u r genius ❤❤❤❤😍😍

@youcanmakeitpossible5882 3 роки тому

Great idea

@r.iyushofficial5318 3 роки тому

Good concept

@thinkmath7417 3 роки тому

amazing video, great content. sadly not enough views for such a high quality content

@marianbuduroi6463 4 роки тому

not bad your project, very nice and practice

@davidhrzenjak 2 роки тому

Very nice concept. I like it more than the folding phones on the market.

@jayantamahata3269 4 роки тому

Difficult to use Secondary screen in gaming as a barrier comes in middle. Love from India

@N1lav 3 роки тому

PUBG:- controls and map in Primary display and game running on secondary display.

@jayantamahata3269 3 роки тому

In Samsung's design you would cover bigger area rather division.

@N1lav 3 роки тому

@@jayantamahata3269 but a slight over pressure and screen breaks. And add there is no glass so fingers won't slide thereby hindering gaming.

@barklet6110 2 роки тому

It could be played da style (controls and a info screen on bottom and main game on top)

@heksdanish 3 роки тому

I love the new voice. Thank you for all the great work.

@hamzakunwar723 2 роки тому

Samsung as a leading mobile company try to experiment the new thing and the customers want it accordingly so from my point of view your concept is not a eye catching concept for both the samsung and the customers, it already exists the concept of samsung is really different making phone completely tablet but not the ordinary foldable phones🙏

@michaelesposito2629 4 роки тому

Hold on. So you’re saying all those bullshit see through movie/tv future phones, CAN actually be a thing?

@BranchEducation 4 роки тому

Yeah, they have transparent screens out right now.

@ThapeloMKT 3 роки тому

But the AMOLED layer has hardware that's not transparent, motherboard, battery cameras... are not transparent. You're not gonna put them off to the side just so you can see though the your phone, then you'll have something with the bezels of a 1st gen TV.

@electricx7365 3 роки тому

Yep But Were Only Trying It On Phones Currently P.S It Wasted Enrgy

@petermarshall1634 3 роки тому

It would be more feasible to make a transparent TV or a window that's actually a screen.

@TheMadmanAndre 3 роки тому

Transparent displays sound great in theory but are terrible in practice, mostly due to things like contrast and readability.

@mdggaming1519 3 роки тому

Your design is really smart, it would be like a PC running on 2 Monitors, but in your pocket

@subhadiplayek 3 роки тому

LG's dual display implementation is pretty good.

@labmasterx5599 5 місяців тому

I would actually enjoy this type of phone very much, I hope this design (or something similar) gets to the mainstream market

@sumantaadhikary2106 3 роки тому

If your concept is applied on any smartphone, then please remove this split screen option. Your thought is most valuable then split screen to work two apps at the same time. Lovely concept. True engineer 😍❤️

@vinaymuraliachar9230 2 роки тому

awesome technology

@Limeayy 4 роки тому

more, more!

@ozzypasha459 3 роки тому

wonderful idea, please keep developping.

@BranchEducation 3 роки тому

Thank you, I will

@robinwells8879 2 роки тому

I like both concepts. I must say that for me I think that the folding screen is the most exciting innovation in the sector since the original iPhone. I will wait for the tech junkies to pay for the development and perform the beta testing and then you won’t be able to hold me back. The razr style is beautiful. Your concept would have made the Microsoft phone a multitasking world beater.

@countrymusiclover9199 Рік тому

Brilliant

@jeffvenancius 9 місяців тому

Would be cool to have a second screen that could be separated from the main one, you would be able to use it wirelessly to a degree but for real clise conection one could ...attavh on the side, just like the Nintendo switch. This screen would be attachable on the back too, where it could rest. It would also be a great deal to avoid thefts and such, since you'd be able to send messages and use the second screen on the street while the real one would be secure in your pocket

@lingampallytejareddy6450 3 роки тому

It's quite innovative

@sagarsamrat9964 4 роки тому

Nice idea but when we are using this in a folded way.. its touch latency will be much higher than before which may affects its performance.

@andreicraciun8941 2 роки тому

Your concept is very good. I think that you can integrate a smartphone keyboard also.

@Bianchi77 2 роки тому

Vote it up, nice video clip, thank you for sharing it :)

@basti_sdtv2694 3 роки тому

This is a very cool mobile you made

@sreekars3973 3 роки тому

Good idea

@cappedkilla 4 роки тому

Inspitational vid! Samsung needs to employ this guy

@tanvirfarhan5585 3 роки тому

BEST UKpostsR

@-Steven- 2 роки тому

I've seen the transparent display on a much larger scale from a different channel, they brought a massive TV that had a completely transparent glass screen, and all the electronics were in a box that the bottom of the tv screen sat on which also contained the USB,HDMI and ethernet jack plus various other connectors. the tv itself looked amazing what put me off was the price I think they said it worked out to about $30000, not only that If I remember correctly they had to have the tv imported as it was only available in China when they did the review. of course, I could be completely wrong as I have short-term memory loss, I can remember stuff that happened 20 years ago but have extreme difficulty remembering stuff that happened last week it's so bloody frustrating.

@Amocles 8 місяців тому

I like your idea more for the foldable phone although I probably would still rather just have a straight phone Instead of having a secondary screen that flaps open it'd be nice if there was like an expandable foldable secondary screen that kind of came out like a parachute up top

@BspongeB 3 роки тому

Great idea but just uncomfortable to use once secondary screen is open. The hinge should be smaller and slick. Maybe make the top and bottom bezelless on secondary screen. How about a different hinge system, maybe a 180 twist to open (similar to nokia 7705). I would love to see a prototype of your phone.

@TheKevin12121 2 роки тому

Super interesting Video as usual but to be honest, I think your design is more like an advaned flipphone insted of a bendable phone (as you kind of hinted at (3:36). Still cool though!

@hashali 3 роки тому

Can we do magnetic screens that attach? Like how the apple charger attaches or the apple pen attached to the ipad? The additional screens open up and attach magnetically together. This would look seamless and can allow for say 2 people to connect their phones together and watch on a bigger screen.

@krishnachaitanya9024 3 роки тому

If I was the decision maker, I would definitely implement your idea & that's really cool. I liked your concept. 10 X better than galaxy fold

@abhishekmattikalli 4 роки тому

This is a great idea but it should be cost effective too.. nice thinking 😀👌

@abhishekmattikalli 4 роки тому

It should be durable too. Because in case it slip from some certain height the secondary screen could shatter...

@geethashankar653 3 роки тому

I like you concept super

@nikilragav 2 роки тому

Cool concept but having to use the main display through the second one will result in a parallax effect because the AMOLED will be farther away from the front glass, and there will be some internal reflection. It will feel like you're using a much older phone. I think it would just be better to flip the second display to the back. Also it would be sick to take advantage of the transparency features of your display design - augmented reality walking directions?

@TheMaxKW 4 роки тому

Dude, you've invented the Microsoft Surface Duo! Nice work! 👌

@BranchEducation 4 роки тому

Kinda. I think the big difference is that when it is closed, the 2nd screen is transparent, and it operates as a normal smartphone. It’s important when adding a big change that users have the ability to go back to what they were used to. This is one element the samsung fold got right, in the idea of having a 3rd screen on the outside.

@nathanndruwin1782 Рік тому

Cool concept.. just to make it cool, if the secondary screen br made semi-opeque I think it will be super cool. Considering that the opacity is electrically controlled, I'm assuming the electricity may be varied to control opacity? Not so sure if that's possible but if it is, I hope to see it work one day. Overall, your videos are of outstanding quality.

@olliebaksa3309 Рік тому

That would work

@SanthoshKumar-mr5ss 3 роки тому

Wowb...your idea was amazing Please apply for patten

@alexandreung5982 3 роки тому

The most interesting UKposts channel on UKposts. Big fan from France !

@BranchEducation 3 роки тому

Thank you so much!!

@jojolafrite90 3 роки тому

Si tu le dit... M'enfin, il rêve, le type.

@cheri758 3 роки тому

the deising you showed is good but i would prefer having secondary display on left side.

@dylanculfogienis8853 3 роки тому

I think your concept is a step in the right direction but has some aesthetic, QoL and possibly its own durability flaws. First of all the feel of the touchscreen would feel off due to the large amount of separation (presumably at least a millimeter) between the touchscreen and the actual screen itself. This is a major problem with older drawing tablets and CRT touchscreens, and would detract from the premium feel these kinds of smartphones have to have in order to sell. Second of all, I know those liquid crystal glass layers don't become fully transparent. Combined with fingerprints getting on both sides of the folding glass layer and fade that (may?) occur due to sun damage, I imagine the base screen would become duller and duller over time do just more opaque stuff between the user and the screen. Third of all, based on the design, I imagine this would have similar issues to some Surface tablet clones, where grit get stuck between the two screens and ends up gouging and scratching both screens while it jostles in the pocket. Oh, and lastly, the frame on the second screen does *not* look structurally sound! I feel like if I dropped this thing sideways and it hit the second screen, your two-screen phone would become two one-screen phones, and I doubt either of them would be working very well.

@koharaisevo3666 3 роки тому

The first and 2nd issue could be fixed by making the secondary screen to fold to the back instead of the the front of the phone. But that rise another issue of how to protect the secondary screen, a recess would help a bit I guess. The third issue mybe solve by living a gap of about 1 mm or so between the 2ndary screen and the back of the phone so not to let small dust particle traped there.