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Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social to c/hardware@lemmy.world
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LG almost released a rollable smartphone in 2021, and this is what it looked like inside.

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[โ€“] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The motors make a surprising amount of noise when operating, so LG designed the phone to play a musical chime to hide the sound.

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[โ€“] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

Phones with motorized front cameras do that too, though you can turn it off

[โ€“] flango@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 3 weeks ago

To be honest, I don't think the motors are that loud