Electronic devices with translating flexible display and corresponding methods

An electronic device, comprising:

• a single device housing;
• a blade assembly slidably coupled to two exterior major surfaces of the single device housing, wrapping around an exterior minor surface of the single device housing, and slidable between an extended position, a retracted position, and a peek position where an upper edge of the blade assembly moves below an upper edge of the single device housing, thereby revealing a portion of a front side of the single device housing that is concealed by the blade assembly when the blade assembly is in either the extended position or the retracted position, by translating two portions of the blade assembly abutting the two exterior major surfaces of the single device housing symmetrically in opposite directions;
• and
• a flexible display coupled to the blade assembly.

An electronic device, comprising:

• a device housing;
• a front-facing imager positioned on the device housing;
• and
• a blade assembly wrapping around three sides of the device housing and carrying a flexible display and configured to translate portions thereof symmetrically in opposite directions around the device housing between an extended position where the blade assembly extends beyond an edge of the device housing and a peek position revealing the front-facing imager.