Bends and breaks: the first folding smartphone Royole FlexPai failed the test of strength

While the whole world is waiting to see whose folding smartphone will come out first - Huawei or Samsung, Royole has already

months has been selling the truly first flexible gadget, FlexPai. And the other day, the famous blogger JerryRigEverything reached him and tested the smartphone’s strength.

And How?

The results of the first tests were predictable:FlexPai's body and glass get scratched just like other smartphones, and pixels burn out when exposed to open fire. But the display is protected not by glass, but by plastic, which is much easier to scratch.

But the most interesting was the third test.How to bend a smartphone that can bend itself? Of course, bend it in the opposite direction. Initially, the Royole FlexPai folds with the screen facing out, but if you try to bend it the other way around, the hinge between the two halves of the device immediately breaks, and the rubberized fabric tears easily.

Despite the damage to the hinge, the displaycontinued to work, but not for long: soon a large black stripe appeared on it, and some areas stopped responding to touches. But the blogger still praised the smartphone for its endurance.