By: Peter Murray
A tiny company in China called, Moxi Group, has created something no other company has ever accomplished, a bendable smartphone! It can be wrapped around your wrist and still function properly despite the flexed screen. According to them, they used Graphene. It’s the thinnest, material in the world that is also, strong, light, flexible, and transparent! About 100,000 models of the phones are expected to be out by the end of 2016. Unfortunately, they will be black and white. But, color versions are expected in 2018. For now, the models will be $760. Apple’s cheapest price of the iPhone 6S is $806. So you can say that you’re getting a bargain. Fun fact, Moxi is actually pronounced mou-she. This is short for Graphene in Chinese. Huge companies such as Samsung and LG have been experimenting with flexible phones according to an Analyst named Nicole Peng. However, their prototypes aren’t even in the same ballpark as Moxi when it comes to flexibility.
I chose this story because all over the internet, I have seen videos, pictures, and blogs about people’s Apple iPhones bending in their pockets. The device is practically destroyed if that ever happens. At least in my opinion. So, I thought that a bendable phone could solve almost everyone’s main issue, bend. Also, Moxi said that the devices were made out of a strong material called Graphene. So not only would flex be solved, but strength would be fixed as well. I found this article interesting because never in a million years would I have thought that all the valuable components in a smartphone could be bent. I didn’t think it was physically possible. I mean, we’re talking touchscreens, wires, transistors, and many more. I was almost positive that if I asked anyone that hadn’t seen the article if they thought bendable phones were possible, they would say no. In conclusion, it just really shocked me that Humans were capable of this.
Website URL:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/25/technology/bendable-smartphones-china/index.html
Captivating Peter...Just Captivating. I feel like a colored version would sell better. So it would make more sense if they waited until they had that so to be sure that they could beat the larger companies.
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