Foldable displays have held the fancy of consumers for the longest time. Time and again, we’ve seen concept art or even prototype devices that show off flexible displays, capable of being bent but up until now, all this was just limited to smartphones. Samsung has just announced that they are working on a foldable display equipped laptop. Samsung Mobile CEO DJ Koh already announced that the company is working on a smartphone with a foldable display, but a notebook with the same in the works is new.

Microsoft too had recently been awarded a patent for a device with a folding display, a device that’s been codenamed, Project Andromeda. While the project was originally shelved as Microsoft was not able to find a real-world use case scenario where the device would have actual benefits, there are rumours that Microsoft may re-ignite the project, but this time, relying on the combination of a hinge and a folding display.

Foldable displays are a technology that has held the fancy of many consumers and given that most OEMs have basically hit a brick wall when it comes to innovation, foldable displays could be the next big trend. Whether it will actually be of benefit and become mainstream is something that remains to be seen.