Royole to Demonstrate Bendable Displays in Phones, Wearables at MWC

Royole, which launched the foldable phone market last fall, looked to get a bit of the spotlight Thursday following Samsung’s splashy Fold announcement. Royole said it will demonstrate for the first time at Mobile World Congress next week its “fully flexible displays” including it wearable FlexPai smartphone integrated in a top hat and shirt. It will also show the RoWrite smart writing pad. Royole sensors have a bending radius of 1-3 mm and are operational after 200,000 bends, the company said. Samsung said Wednesday its device will fold at least 200,000 times.