On February 27, according to foreign media reports, MOTOROLA's longitudinal scroll screen concept phone "MOTOROLA rizr" will debut at MWC 2023.
The MOTOROLA rizr features a 5-inch 15:9 display from BOE Display that wraps around the bottom of the rizr and covers about a third of the back, with a single double tap of the power button on the side and the electric system rolling the display up until most of the back panel reaches the front of the phone, a process that takes about three seconds.
According to foreign media, the main disadvantages of the MOTOROLA rizr are its thickness and weight. It is said to weigh 210 grams, heavier than many other flagship machines.
The MOTOROLA rizr has some interesting uses. First, in some cases, the display can be set to automatically expand (without double-clicking). When you switch the phone to landscape mode while watching a video, for example, the display automatically starts scrolling, giving you more screen real estate. Or, if you're typing an email, it scrolls automatically, giving you more room to type.
Also, the MOTOROLA rizr concept has a 3,000mah battery, which may be sufficient for a smaller 5-inch display, but can suffer from power shortages in the expanded 6.5-inch mode, especially if users use the scrolling display multiple times a day.
MOTOROLA's scroller-screen concept phone is a project of the company's lab division, and it's unclear whether it will be mass-produced.
