Motorola has a new idea: a phone that can bend and wrap around your wrist. It might sound strange, but that’s what they’re thinking. They call it the Adaptive Display concept. It’s like a test to see if people would like a phone that bends. But don’t get too excited, it’s not ready to buy yet.
The phone’s screen is 6.9 inches big, and it’s made of plastic. The back of the phone is covered in soft material, not hard like most phones. You can bend the phone into different shapes. It can stand up like a tent, or wrap around your wrist like a watch. But you need to wear a special bracelet to keep it in place.
The person showing us the phone had it on their wrist, and it didn’t fall off when they moved around. You can use it like a watch, but there’s no special watch mode. The phone is big and not very flexible, so it’s not really like a smartwatch. But maybe in the future, they’ll make it better.
The Adaptive Display is much too clunky, we could see how a more refined version could catch on with certain demographics. For example, lots of people keep their smartphones in armbands when running and it’s not a huge leap to imagine they could just wrap them around their wrists instead.
Some people might like the idea of a phone they can wear on their wrist, especially if they already use armbands for their phones when they run. Motorola often shows off cool ideas like this. Sometimes they become real products, but sometimes they don’t. We’ll have to wait and see what happens with this one.
