Scientists claim to have developed the world’s first wireless flexible smartphone that allows users to feel the buzz by bending their apps. The full-colour, high-resolution smartphone, named ReFlex, combines multitouch with bend input and allows users to experience physical tactile feedback when interacting with their apps through bend gestures.

ReFlex is based on a high definition 720p LG Display Flexible OLED touch screen powered by an Android 4.4 “KitKat” board mounted to the side of the display. Bend sensors behind the display sense the force with which a user bends the screen, which is made available to apps for use as input. ReFlex also features a voice coil that allows the phone to simulate forces and friction through highly detailed vibrations of the display.

Previous attempts to design flexible phones have only resulted in irreversible screen damage. Many phones suffer from a fragile screen, which is why services that provide cell phone repair poway exist to fix cracks and scratches. Some phone companies have managed to design resilient screens, but as any parent will attest, kids are very good at breaking phone screens, bendy or not.

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