---
title: "Foldable Phones And Tablets Are Around The Corner"
description: "Semiconductor Energy Laboratory has demoed the first display that can be folded in three without breaking, paving the way for large screen products that can expand and collapse at will."
date: "2014-11-16"
modified: "2014-11-18"
authors:
  - name: "StefanCretu"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/stefancretu"
url: "https://futurism.com/foldable-phones-tablets-around-corner"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
---

# Foldable Phones And Tablets Are Around The Corner

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- The first consumer grade foldable devices might enter production as soon as 2015
- Both Microsoft and Samsung might be one of the first companies that will mass produce the display
- The display could transform you tablet into a smartphone and vice-versa