{"id":553561,"date":"2023-02-18T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-happened-to-phones-with-built-in-projectors\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T16:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T13:00:47","slug":"what-happened-to-phones-with-built-in-projectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happened-to-phones-with-built-in-projectors\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Happened to Phones With Built-in Projectors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a1c363799a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a1c363799a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happened-to-phones-with-built-in-projectors\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_Happened_to_Phones_With_Built-in_Projectors%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What Happened to Phones With Built-in Projectors?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happened-to-phones-with-built-in-projectors\/#Why_Put_a_Projector_In_a_Phone\" >Why Put a Projector In a Phone?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happened-to-phones-with-built-in-projectors\/#Projector_Phones_Existed_for_a_While\" >Projector Phones Existed for a While<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happened-to-phones-with-built-in-projectors\/#Why_Dont_We_Have_Projectors_In_Phones_Today\" >Why Don\u2019t We Have Projectors In Phones Today?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happened-to-phones-with-built-in-projectors\/#Could_Phones_With_Projectors_Return\" >Could Phones With Projectors Return?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_Happened_to_Phones_With_Built-in_Projectors%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What Happened to Phones With Built-in Projectors?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-866930 size-full\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Galaxy-Beam.jpeg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Beam Press Image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-credittext=\"Samsung\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Samsung<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Phones with built-in projectors were a great idea, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> of the time wasn&#8217;t yet ready. Today they might be much better, but other options have emerged that effectively make the melding of phones and projectors unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the trend towards larger phone screens, they\u2019re still quite small in absolute terms. So why not stuff a projector into your phone and take a big screen everywhere? That\u2019s exactly what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened in 2009, but the idea never caught on.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Put_a_Projector_In_a_Phone\"><\/span>Why Put a Projector In a Phone?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Smartphones are powerful personal computers in their own right, but mobile screens literally limit how useful they can be for many tasks. Especially in the days when even high-end smartphones only offered resolutions like 720p, a quarter of the pixel count in a modern 1440p phone.<\/p>\n<p>The idea that your smartphone could conjure a 50-inch image wherever you could find an open bit of wall is obviously appealing. You could <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch movies<\/a> on the hotel room ceiling or work on spreadsheets without bringing your laptop along.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all made possible by \u201cpico\u201d projector technology, sometimes referred to as \u201cpocket\u201d or \u201chandheld\u201d projectors. Thanks to advancements in LED and laser technology, along with micromirror arrays, projectors can be squeezed into a phone-sized box. Since the projector and phone would share some electronics anyway, you can make a device that\u2019s somewhat bigger than either the projector or phone by itself, but still very portable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to Connect Your Android Device to a Projector<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Projector_Phones_Existed_for_a_While\"><\/span>Projector Phones Existed for a While<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Projector phones were more than just an experimental idea. Just like folding phones today, various companies actually brought these phones to market and sold them to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Two key examples are 2009\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsungs_first_projector_phone_sees_daylight_at_ces_2009-news-732.php\">Samsung Show<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LG_eXpo\">LG eXpo<\/a>. The Show produced a 10-lumen 480\u00d7320 image at up to 50-inches in size. The eXpo cast a 6-lumen 40-inch image at the same resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Various companies would release phones with built in projectors over the following years, but the last major player was Samsung\u2019s 2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samsung_Galaxy_Beam_i8530\">Galaxy Beam 2<\/a>. This phone offered an 800\u00d7480 image at 20 lumens, but that was the end of the road for Samsung at least.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Dont_We_Have_Projectors_In_Phones_Today\"><\/span>Why Don\u2019t We Have Projectors In Phones Today?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Similar devices have been released more recently, but mainly from companies you likely haven\u2019t heard of, and rarely for global availability. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=e7eab128eb8d1c53e14db14f4c632447&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fpromo.blackview.hk%2Fblackview-max-1-phone-projector%2F%3Flang%3Den&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">2018 Blackview Max 1<\/a>, for example, was meant for the Chinese market, although it is available in some other regions as well. As a big-brand, mainstream phone design however, projector phones have effectively dropped off the map.<\/p>\n<p>Why didn\u2019t these phones become more popular? There are probably lots of reasons, but there are two obvious ones.<\/p>\n<p>First, the technology is expensive and comes with numerous compromises to ergonomics, performance, battery life, and more. This means you really had to need this specific combination of technologies, in this form factor, to really justify buying such a phone.<\/p>\n<p>This brings us to the second problem. Although these phones are undeniably cool, who are they for? The number of people who need a projector in a smartphone surely represents a tiny niche. So we don\u2019t expect that Galaxy Beams were flying off the shelves.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also worth mentioning that the actual projected images weren\u2019t that great. You had to be in a pretty dark room, and blowing up such low resolutions resulted in a very visible pixel grid. It really was a technology a little ahead of its time.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Could_Phones_With_Projectors_Return\"><\/span>Could Phones With Projectors Return?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But 2014 was a long time ago, and technology has really advanced quite a lot in the intervening years. So could we see a return of projector phones, except this time they\u2019re really good? We saw this happen with VR technology, so why not with these phones?<\/p>\n<p>There are a few reasons we don\u2019t think it\u2019s likely there will be any more serious attempts at making projector phones. For one thing, we now have devices like the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/131199\/nreal-air-ar-glasses-go-on-sale-in-usa\/\">Nreal Air<\/a>, that are no bigger than a pair of sunglasses, but can project a 200-inch high resolution image in front of you that no one else can see.<\/p>\n<p>For personal viewing, this is better than a pico projector in almost every way. Even without fancy AR glasses, anyone can pop a Meta Quest 2 into their bag if they really want a portable massive screen for personal use.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to do a presentation, most modern smart TVs let you cast content to them with a few taps of a button, and actual portable projectors are cheaper and better than ever. Taking some of the smaller models with you for use with your phone is only slightly less convenient than a convergent device.<\/p>\n<p>So while these projector phones are still sci-fi cool today, the actual tangent of smartphone development is probably veering in a different direction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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