China's Moxi Group to Introduce New Flexible Touchsceeen Phone

A new device produced by Moxi Group, will feature a flexible touchscreen that still works when looped and worn like a watch or a bracelet, according to the company. It also functions stretched flat, like any other smartphone. The bendy screen uses graphene, the thinnest material in the world that's also strong, light, transparent and flexible. Moxi says it has already produced a prototype of the phone and plans to put 100,000 units on sale in China by the end of this year. It's an impressive feat of innovation if it pulls it off -- no other company is known to have brought a fully bendable smartphone to market. But there's a catch: the phones it intends to release initially will only have black-and-white displays. The company says it's aiming for a full color version, which is more technically challenging to make, by 2018.  Some question the quality of the technology. Roel Vertegaal, director of the Human Media Lab at Canada’s Queen’s University, said if it utilizes e-ink it will be “a real loser.” The color and contrasts will be poor, and it won’t be able to play video. Yu, however, disagrees. He says the company uses the same e-ink used in Kindles, though it’s more advanced than what’s been used before, with enhanced touchscreen capabilities. Will this innovative device provide bone fide value or just be a novelty to Chinese consumers? Send us your comments here at the Smartphone and Tablet Zone: http://smartphoneandtabletzone.blogspot.com/