The first specs of Royole’s new foldable phone have been revealed, with details of the Royole FlexPai 2 – the second generation flexible handset from the Chinese firm claiming “significant improvements in every possible way.”
The FlexPai 2 was revealed as part of a larger announcement which focused on Royole’s new flexible display technology, with the aforementioned handset set to be the first device to use it.
Royole is calling its new screen tech ‘3rd Generation Cicada Wing’, and claims the technology “offers 50% increase of brightness and delivers enhanced performance, including high contrast, wide color gamut and a fast response time.”
Durability remains a genuine concern especially considering the sky-high prices of foldable phones so far, with some Motorola Razr reviews mentioning unpleasant creaking sounds from its hinge mechanism. Samsung has continued improving in this area with the Galaxy Z Flip, but it’s still a very delicate device.
Just by virtue of the display size, Royole claims the FlexPai 2 has the “highest movie playing area” of foldable competitors even with its 4:3 aspect ratio, which isn’t an ideal match for movies and cinematic content. Internal upgrades include a Snapdragon 865 processor (and “global” 5G compatibility), UFS 3.0 flash storage, and LPDDR5 RAM.
It will also feature a new hinge system which is more robust and wearproof than the mechanics on the previous generation handset. Plus it will apparently also pack “state-of-art computing, memory and structural material technologies.”
There’s currently no word on the FlexPai 2 price, but we do know it’ll be launched officially sometime during Q2 (April-June) this year.
