Weird Flex but Okay

In this clip, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about the weird Lenovo folding phone concept.
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[@ronaldmjmr]

He just wants his ankle bracelet! 😂😂😂

[@alirezaeftekhary9980]

this form factor can actually be great if its something that can completely wrap around your wrist without risk of falling so you can use it like a smart watch but can turn into a phone whenever you want, that would be great imo

[@WilliamStrealy]

It would be really heavy for a watch, though, and bulky like a bracer or vambrace

[@salty_deez]

Just get a smart watch at that point

[@alirezaeftekhary9980]

well yea of course for now but tech will improve, just saying as a form factor concept for something like that in the future can actually make sense@@WilliamStrealy

[@stefanmohler2994]

Na it’s pointless.

[@vinaybandi4470]

I think the reverse will happen soon,like a smart watch that can be unfolded into a full-fledged phone.

[@Bronyboiiiii]

Lenovo feels like LG now. Trying interesting new things like LG did with the Wing that is really cool but doesn't seem practical enough for daily use.

[@leonro]

idk, I really wish we got to see an LG foldable before they went away

[@lasue7244]

You cannot be more wrong. Lenovo's main phone business is under Motorola. They launch some tablets under Lenovo brand but that's it. Motorola is doing absolutely fine. They have very popular entry level G series and a solid mid range Edge series. Also, they're are in foldables market. This is just showing R&D like Xiaomi Mix series

[@Chris-ig9gz]

Could see the flex as medical devices more then a phone

[@ImARealHumanPerson]

Explain please.

[@Mruniverse21_]

​@@ImARealHumanPerson For vital signs Show temperature, blood pressure, respiration etc handy device

[@user-me1mv4vy9q]

​@@ImARealHumanPersonyes

[@boburanus69]

Electronic devices are not compatible with the healthcare industry. Their standards of hygiene in hospitals require constant cleaning. Which makes these devices stop working properly over time. How do I know? Company I worked for had a contract to repair tablets for a hospital. Samsung Galaxy Tabs (expensive ones) and the parts alone were in short supply. We'd get devices with anodized metal housings that have had the anodized finished stripped by constant cleaning. The internals fail when exposed to constant moisture too.

[@Chris-ig9gz]

​@@boburanus69 Having spent the past few years in and out of hospital it is nothing but electronic devices and you are correct about the cleaning. More R&D would be needed for hospital grade for the cleaning/disinfecting or cheap enough to be "disposable" . The key is the right protective casing with the hinge. The places it popped out in my head was on and off of bed rails/poles, light weight field monitoring UI, or the portable monitors patients wear. With improvements of near field medical sensors, could easily see this paired with a sensor(s) for EMS to quickly, put it on a wrist or gerny after applying the sensors and sending someone on their way. Solutions are possible here yet it will take time to get there.

[@Light-Rock97]

"Get bent." - Lenovo.

[@Harry_the_Heir]

What they should make is a 'Smart Watch Band'. You use your nice automatic watch with a smart band that connects to your phone

[@rosalie.e.morgan]

Montblanc made one in 2015, not sure if anyone still does

[@pb_and_nutella]

What David wants is basically a tile with all the internal workings of a smart watch, just like a little disc that he can slip under the watch face (maybe magnetized?) that pairs with your phone and collects health data for you to view on an app on your phone, not a bad idea

[@lucasmacedo2671]

I remembers me so much the old futuristic cellphone concepts from 2000s like the Nokia Morph. It's pretty cool to see those early concepts meterializing.

[@JusticeForQ]

look at the amount of times he gets cut off while trying to talk😭

[@MysterySteve]

My hot take is that I would deeply love this slap bracelet phone and I can already think of a bunch of different uses I'd have for it

[@emandleni1735]

like what exactly?

[@scarcesense6449]

This would be great if you could get it thin enough and roll it up really tight. I'm thinking of a 10-12 inch tablet you can roll into a pocketable cylinder. Basically a dumb phone with minimal intrusion, but that can roll out into a more useful device than the mini square tablets that foldables currently are. The other option to get back to a useful aspect ratio would be a tri-fold.

[@fishma2]

I wish that we would see a refresh of the Neptune Duo concept.

[@arydjiwandono5296]

This titling never gets old

[@das_hans]

Anyone still remember the slap-bracelet phone concept Nokia had in the pre iPhone days. That thing was crazy it was all green too because they said it would be biomechanical and get energy from photosynthesis. Like just a render there was obviously nothing real but yeah. That bracelet concept has been around

[@_sshisui]

this. i think they designed other concepts as well

[@grimp818]

6:53 Sony has developed exactly that (a smart band for regular watches) a couple of years ago - Sony Wena smart watch band. It's mainly focused around Japanese Domestic Market, but there are some older version that have global support. The main negative I see is, well that it's mainly for JDM, and that some watches require bands with different widths, for example - 22mm, 20mm, 18mm, etc.

[@ovrxpsd]

that's freaking cool! I just looked it up but it's a bit pricey.

[@manav11142]

This is the funniest waveform clip! 🤣

[@sagarviswanathan1956]

You guys can’t bend the phone to break it, if this comes out 😂😂

[@shashankpullela6088]

Wear a smartband on your ankle and get it over with bro 😂

[@JustAnotherMe]

I had a screen-less activity tracker before with an ankle band. But also, with a desk job, while your always moving your hands on the keyboard etc, your legs don't move as much. So it would keep thinking I'm asleep. 😅

[@Chriscrescenzo]

What about a smart band that doesn't have the display but still has all of the sensors that commicate with blue tooth.

[@flamingobble]

make it wrap the entire wrist, add magnets on each bottom, when those magnets connected on ur wrist it automatically enters the watch mode

[@arnulfoloredo1079]

I also want something like that. I want to wear my normal watches and mechanical watches but be able to still track my steps and hearth rate all day. Hope one day there is a small device that I can attach to any watch I want.

[@reedRazz11]

I bet you could pack a lot of that same tech into the watch band if you didnt need a display.. then you could put them on any watch..

[@DesireLevy227]

5:49 can someone just make smart handcuffs?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Super underrated joke

[@eyoootuber]

I’m a nurse and we’re not allowed to wear accessories below our elbows. So I do wear my Apple Watch in my ankles with an elastic band when I’m working.

[@JacobPorterLadder]

If this can actually secure well to your wrist I'm for it

[@dudenamedclem]

What if you had a phone integrated into a shoe? Say, a Shoe Phone?

[@kodaloid]

And it'd also be cool if you had one that fit into the shape of a false eye, and you call it a... wait

[@Spiderfffun]

Shone

[@nathanfoung2347]

A dog collar could look hard 😂😅😂

[@RoqueSantosJunior]

There's a very old animation from nokia with an ideal similar of what you guys are showing... I don't have the video saved, but it exists.

[@locutusv1]

The watch you are looking for is already out there. Sequent SuperCharge watches are watches with some health feature

[@Nurr0]

Back in the iPod days there was the Nike+ 'Sports Kit' that was a sensor (basically a pedometer) that you could either put in your shoe laces, or inside the heel of specially designed Nike shoes. Kinda close to your idea.

[@DylanM15]

Every company right now wants to consumerize their products for virality rather than practically implement it into probably the more sensical areas which are industrial and marketing arenas. Flexible displays may have commercial applications eventually, probably in home tech and cars. I at least don’t ever see it in the form factor of a phone as phones are today.

[@megamegaO]

That battery bout to be ABYSMAL tho.

[@freestyleguitar8739]

The video name is funny. I had a chuckle. You have my like.

[@ahmaddeeni]

This is like that original Nokia concept from like 10+ years ago.

[@TMM6900]

My boss doesn't like us to wear watches or braclet as a mechanic. I kinda dig the ankle braclet

[@lucasmacedo2671]

I can see a future where the border between smartwatches and bending phones will start to fade.

[@sankhawkulathantille]

Get a smartwatch that can switch faces from smart to regular with a button press.

[@furrybproductions]

You guys want the TicWatch Pro 5. Looks like a normal watch. Smart features. Double screen for extra long life.

[@DavidOliveiraYadin]

Nokia had a concept of this when I was a teenager 20 years ago

[@robertoe88]

Yeah , I was looking for a comment if anyone mentioned it. Morph phone concept, there is still a concept video on youtube.

[@TiagoRosado]

Im with David, I have had the same thought before, I also want the smart watch features but I don’t want to use a smart watch or a ring. Give us an ankle bracelet pleaseee

[@leophoenix1452]

I wouldn't mind to daily drive this...

[@shrinkingshrimp]

I did that with my Garmin Forerunner lol. I just put it on my ankle under my socks. Now my solution is that I wear a Vivosmart 5 (display off, it's just passes as a black band) on my right arm, and my mechanical watches on my left arm. And no Marques, a "regular looking" smartwach does not come close to mechanical watches in details/finish/looks, maybe they compare to crap fashion watches, like Hilfigers etc. If you have ever seen the two kinf side-by-side even at arms lenght away you know that those look like cheap toys even compared to the low end Seikos.

[@Troy-ol5fk]

Smart fanny pack sounds like a good idea

[@Fawstah]

A phone that can turn into a wearable would be so useful, ladies would rejoice bc so many clothes don’t come with pockets

[@Chatsworth1979]

I want a phone that unfolds into a flying car, like the one on "The Jetsons".😉

[@bsevo]

he does not want to wear a smart watch and would prefer an ankle bracelet? really?! I am fascinated with your various chats, reasioning about various topics, you really live in a vacuum and do not understand how world works :D

[@zombieowen]

I like the idea of a phone that can bend a bit without breaking Beyond that tho

[@SinanKozak]

Why do you have headsets during podcasts? It looks like they are in a small room.

[@ozelhassan8576]

This phone kinda reminds me of the Nokia Morph that was only a concept but the video was awesome and that was 14 years ago.

[@al-knows-nothing]

I wore a Fitbit around my ankle for a few years when I needed to track steps for my health insurance perks. Worked very well and was way more accurate when I tested it with a pedometer.

[@NoNoSquare]

Insurance has really gotten out of hand if you need to track your steps

[@al-knows-nothing]

@@NoNoSquare ​​⁠ Ha well, it’s a health based life insurance which rewards you for being active. If you hit on average 10k steps a day over the month (or similar) you’d get two cinema tickets, free Starbucks, a 15% discount on your premium next month, etc. It was good tbh and worked out cheaper than any other. I stopped it when I got it free through work

[@zipho]

just give him the damn bracelet!😭

[@mohsenunknown]

GIVE THE MAN A FREAKING ANKLE BRACELET, OK?

[@Trippp550]

6:27 smart necklace, smart earring, smart finger armor, smart monocle, smart condom, smart c-- ring,

[@refaelbuchris3654]

Best title for this video

[@tstephansen]

They why is as a PoC or technology demo. They’re going to use tech from this in other devices for sure.

[@jshooper7819]

Why wouldn't this just be a watch instead of a ridiculous giant phone?

[@selw0nk]

If Apple made this everyone would praise it. Darn iSheeps.

[@tanhim2799]

True

[@dimitrisstergiou9274]

I hate being that guy, but your new SM7bs are fingerprint magnets...

[@MikeGentry]

I can already see NFL quarterbacks wearing this thing on their wrists.

[@chaseivey28]

Someone get the man a Smart ankle monitor haha

[@WURO98]

This feels like a brainstorming of startup founders... you guys don´t want to create your own tech company?

[@richardflint8964]

Describes a smart watch… but I don’t want a smart watch 😂

[@DJBathtub]

Dark Finder Ankle Bracelet

[@Slime-qg2em]

I have a fossil thats a hybrid. Does exactly what means wants too but doesn’t look like at smart watch at all

[@jt209539]

Sometimes these conversations are unnerving. Has anyone seen the movie HER?! Like when are we going to draw the line with tech and its proximity to humanity? He wants more devices tracking stuff...why? How much information about trivialities do we need?

[@Wunnabeanbag]

Ayo wtf😂 Was in the shower and the one time i close my eyes i gear sleep paralysis demon😂😂😂

[@kuzonio]

….have you considered wearing your smartwatch on your ankle?

[@Bmontepeque11]

I normally don't like wearable tech, but after being gifted a Xiaomi Mi Band 6 last year I just can't live without it man 😂 (Sadly my rubber band broke and it's not replaceable so I can't use it now :( ) But I get David, I mi Smart band is elegant but I want a regular, mechanical watch with great styling that has these features ❤ However, I can settle for like the Galaxy Watches :)

[@AJbassist]

whoop wit ankle thickness

[@Mortisnp]

The Sony Wena smart band for regular watches exists

[@FuzzyBelvedere]

I want a not-so-smart smart watch 😂🤣💀

[@ThatAntonio_]

Is it weird that I want this?

[@fangyideng3131]

What about smart necklace?

[@7Saints78]

"I want the health features of a smartwatch, but I don't want a smartwatch" Pathological tests don't exist ?

[@klemen1702]

Few problems with it. Batteries are hard to bend and are not suppose to bend. Lcd has no protection. You drop this phone once and your screen is dead. Nice concept though

[@alexder264]

Imagine people beginning putting phones as a bracelet lol. Gg apple watch.

[@spadaacca]

Why? So I don't have to have a smartwatch and a phone - I could just have one device. Love it. Now if only they could somehow have the phone roll out on the other side to become a tablet.

[@debangan]

I am worried for JerryRigEverything.

[@PlxelGuy]

I see a lot of broken phone reviews in the future.

[@SYEcHiiLZ14]

They are revolutionary

[@fershnazz519]

the pip-boy phone of the future 😅😂

[@holycaketree]

7:49 Fossil has a "hybrid watch". It uses an e ink display, has some smart features but still overall looks like a "normal" watch.

[@ovrxpsd]

I've noticed a lot of smart watches are using e-ink screens. my gf bought a fitness one, I think the brand is coros ir something like that. the good thing about those is that the battery lasts for weeks

[@shrinkingshrimp]

The thing is, these "normal looking" smartwatches look like crap fashion watches, and btw Fossil is one of the worst kind of watch brands (makes really cheap, crap watches and sells them for a premium, yeah they are cheaper than a mechanical watch, but they are worse than any Casio and still have many times their price tag).

[@SimoneDePascalis]

Rocking a Garmin Vivomove Sport right now for the same reason, I didn't want a phone screen on my wrist and I'm even not that sporty lol

[@michaelchen2718]

5:45 HAHAHAHHAHA

[@aliettienne2907]

If this bending phone didn't need to utilize the entire screen and part of the screen had a different purpose then this phone can be switched or be converted into a clock stand or something similar. Maybe it has a purpose but it hasn't been born yet. We need to think deep to figure out what elements of this bending phone that can be useful for other things. 😎💯💪🏾👍🏾

[@mykeabbah8396]

Andrew why not just use a hybrid watch? There are ao many.

[@novagaming7928]

Bracelet no but what about Bendy battery and circuits???

[@julian42x]

Having your phone on your wrist is way better than carrying it around in your pocket 🎉

[@navinvent]

I mean, is this more resitant to drops maybe.

[@ahmaddeeni]

It kinda makes a smart watch obsolete

[@montanojordan]

Wash your whoop every day boys.

[@nightshadesalad]

Pretty sure you can just wear the whoop on your ankle. The band is stretchy too so you could also use it with a watch NATO style and have the tracker sitting on the underside of your wrist.

[@michaelchen2718]

7:09 YESSSSSS

[@NoWay1969]

Really, the first wearable was a Nike pedometer that fit in your shoe and synced to an iPad app.

[@michaelchen2718]

3:51 YIKER

[@JotaFilip]

6h30 a thing for a sock, tight

[@vorpled]

Also, I know it's super obvious - but you do have two wrists.

[@SGRAHMD]

I want health tracking features on AirPods. I think it’s a good one.

[@bernard0camp0s]

What about these mic skins…🧐

[@ritviksapra1368]

It's d brand I'm guessing

[@michaelchen2718]

8:31 HAHAAHAHAH