Motorola rizr

Motorola has been known for its innovative designs in the world of mobile technology, and their latest concept phone is no exception. The company has revealed plans for a rollable screen phone, which promises to revolutionize the way we interact with our mobile devices.

Motorola has been letting everyone try out the new "Moto Rizr" concept, a name it resurrected from its line of candybar slider phones in the early 2000s. The new Rizr is a rollable display phone that was initially announced in October, but Motorola is sharing a lot more details about the phone at MWC.

Motorola's concept phone is a stumpy-looking 5-inch device with a flexible POLED display that covers the front of the phone, then rolls around the bottom edge and continues almost halfway up the back. Press a button and motorized internal components push the top of the phone upward, dragging the screen up with it. At the end of the process, all that "extra" display that was on the back of the phone has rolled around the bottom edge and is now on the front, and you have a 6.5-inch display that looks like a normal smartphone.

You can tap the power button twice to make the phone roll up and down, but Motorola's concept also makes the questionable decision to have the display roll up and down automatically based on what the software is doing. The YouTube example sort of makes sense: a landscape video is probably widescreen, so the screen extends. The other example is the keyboard, where the screen rises when the keyboard opens and shrinks when it closes. The motorized screen takes several seconds to open and close, which is likely more of a screen gimmick than something useful. Waiting for the screen to move up and down when you're multitasking with a messaging app sounds very slow and frustrating.

The sliding component of the phone is a wafer-thin rectangle that houses only the display and looks very fragile. Besides sliding up to support the larger display, this rectangle can also slide down a few millimeters from the closed position, revealing the phone body it normally covers. This small area that is typically behind the display houses what would normally be the top bezel components, like a front-facing camera and earpiece speaker. In the closed position, the display wraps around the phone to the back, and this bit of back display doesn't go to waste: It can show the top status bar on the back of the phone or can kick into a viewfinder mode, allowing you to use the primary cameras like a selfie camera.

I will say that Motorola’s parent company, Lenovo, has never been shy about bringing aggressive strange form factors to market, whether it’s an E Ink tablet or the ThinkPad X1 Fold, which is effectively a foldable phone in laptop form.

It does, however, raise plenty of questions, should this thing ever actually hit the market. Given what occurred in the earliest days of foldables, I’d say that durability is on the top of my list. You’ve got to make sure a device you’re selling to the public is capable of repeating that action hundreds of thousands of times.

In conclusion, the Motorola rollable screen phone is an exciting and innovative concept that promises to revolutionize the way we interact with our mobile devices. With its flexible OLED display, sleek design, and advanced features, this phone is a true game-changer in the world of mobile technology. We can't wait to see what the future holds for this exciting new device.