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BeauHD @ Slashdot 2 place · today 18:00 EDT

Teardown of Unreleased LG Rollable Shows Why Rollable Phones Aren't a Thing

A teardown video of LG's never-released Rollable phone helps explain why rollable phones never became a real product category: they were likely too expensive, fragile, and complicated to manufacture at scale.

"The complexity of the internals would have made the Rollable extremely expensive to manufacture, and it would have demanded a high price tag," reports Ars Technica. "Durability is also a big concern. There's just a lot going on inside this phone, with multiple motors, springy arms, tracks, and a scr

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