Westworld is a science fiction series that has hit very hard in these months and that even yesterday it was known that it is nominated for best drama series for the Golden Globes. A series that focuses on a vast amusement park where androids authentic replicas of humans, have their daily routines so that all kinds of stories converge and the human spectator can fully immerse himself in unparalleled entertainment.
Among the technological curiosities that emerge from this science fiction series, there are some smartphones that fold that come in the wake of a large amount of news that has passed through these lines and that puts us in a special position for the immediate future. Smartphones that fold, curved screens, panels without bevels and other delicacies have been appearing recently to become a reality in that Xiaomi Mi MIX and in a future Galaxy S8 without bezels; plus the option of one that doubles for the S9, S10 or who knows.
A smartphone that opens like a book
If we talk about the technology that brings virtual assistance to life and one looks for a film in which a natural interaction between the machine and the human can be found, Stanley Kubrick and his 2001: a space odyssey is the maximum example that can be given. That Hal 9000 with its emotions and futures, set the goal, so that today we are almost on the verge of having a conversation like this in a few years if everything continues the path we are on.
It is the perfect example of how the imagination of writers and screenwriters lead the way so that at some point in the near future we will see devices that reflect that way of opening a smartphone that opens and folds in order to have more screen space and the protagonists of West World can erase the memory of the hosts or add more points to some of his most personal traits.
It is a technology that is not so far away and that we have seen in several prototypes since we saw in the LG G Flex how the panels can be curved, the sides of the Galaxy S6 and S7 edge curved or we have a Mi MIX from Xiaomi with hardly any bezels. Those same West World smartphones dispense with those frames to be all screen and the pixels take their great prominence.
A Galaxy S that bends to the West World?
We can expect almost everything after meeting Xiaomi Mi MIX weeks ago, which puts us in front of a smartphone with hardly any frames and that is capable of drown all those youtubers who had it in their hand to show their millions of followers the virtues and benefits of having a device that is all screen.
Of the next Galaxy S series (Samsung's top high-end), rumors are already emerging about a variant that would have the ability to fold. I don't know if it would be like we have seen in the television series that is the protagonist of this entry, but yes we merge curved screens, edge sides and bezel-less phonesAs it will possibly be one of the variants of the Galaxy S8, why not think that in a few years that Samsung rumor is a reality and we have one of those devices that fold and are all screen?
No one would imagine that Xiaomi would be able to bring us a phone without bezels, so we can dream for a while while we watch that series, and we try to make that imagination come true as were the conversations between Hal 9000 "Dave" and David, the video call that Deckard makes in Blade Runner or that protagonist of Her who falls madly in love with its operating system.