Touch Screen Monitor Tablet for your Smartphone

Glimy
Open Source Ideations
5 min readMar 31, 2019

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Samsung Galaxy Fold

Samsung and Huawei have been making the headline on their folding phones recently, and I’m excited about it! However, there’s always a BUT, the price tag of US$1,980 and the display crease seen on the folding edges aren’t attractive. Would you pay for that price so that you could fold your “tablet” and keep it in your pocket? Wouldn’t it be cheaper if I get myself a phone and a tablet separately?

Speaking of the tablet, I had my fair share use of tablet since my very first generation Apple iPad (2010), my second, current and also probably the last tablet I’m going to own is the Apple iPad Air (2013). After having these tablets, I realized I just wanted a big, giant screen version of my phone for watching Netflix and YouTube. Reading books and comics from Kindle and Comixology app, and browsing the web in the comfort of my sofa and dining table. I don’t see myself using it like the advertised “prosumers” who does illustration, design and video editing on the iPad Pro even though I’m a designer myself. Probably edit a photo or two once in a while. One of the problems I faced is continuity when I’m using the iPad; I can’t use Whatsapp or Instagram because the developers didn’t create the app for it. I have put down my iPad and reach for my phone.

Another problem is where I need to install and log into the app twice, both on the phone and…

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Glimy
Open Source Ideations

Designer. On the journey to explore ideas too big for me and improve my English. Views are my own.