This bendable smartphone comes with a catch

A Chinese startup, called Moxi Group, created a bendable touchscreen, that can bend in any way and still work. The screen is made out of graphene, the thinnest material on the world, which is also super strong. The company has made a prototype smartphone and plans to put 100,000 units on sale by the end of 2016. Though, the phone will only have black and white imaging, and the company says they will reach color by 2018. This phone is said to sell at 5,000 yuan (760 U.S. dollars). Not only is this startup trying to make flexible screens, but Samsung and LG are too. Apple also has patents for a “flexible electronic device”, which featured 24 drawings of a device and how it could be wrapped. The market for electronics will grow, with the innovation of people around the world.

I choose this story, because I’m fascinated how everybody hated the iphone for bending, and now they are turning bending into a good thing. I think it’s smart to create flexible electronics, as it could become part of your everyday household. I find it interesting, because the thought of a watch band the bends around your wrist, that could act like a phone is cool.


 To learn more, visit:http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/25/technology/bendable-smartphones-china/index.html