LG Teases The ‘LG Rollable’, An Screen-Extending Phone

The LG Rollable: What we know so far

Not much is known about LG’s ambitious Rollable phone so far, aside from its confirmation as a project and the snippets shown at LG’s CES 2021 exhibit. We do know some small details, including that LG is intending to put it to market early this year. TCL and OPPO also teased similar projects last year, so it’s shaping up like 2021 could be the year of the expanding phone.

Another thing we know is that the motion to expand and retract the screen is motorised, with the excess screen slipping into the back of the phone when retracted – unlike the hinges on the Flip or Fold, which require human touch. In the CES presentation it takes a full four seconds for the screen to expand and…