The report notes that the plastic OLED has been used for
curved display panels for devices like the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, while glass OLED are usually used for flat display panels.
Sources have indicated that Samsung has already begun production
of curved display panels in 5.1 - inch and 5.5 - inch sizes from its display manufacturing unit, Samsung Display.
In the mobile segment, Samsung continues to stand as the largest defier of industry trends, having resisted the possibility of removing a headphone jack from its devices and insisting
on curved display panels for its flagship Android smartphones in previous years.
Samsung and Apple, the leaders in the market, too have reportedly opted for
curved display panels in their upcoming devices.
Samsung wasn't the first to market with a curved display design, however, as we've
seen curved display panels before on things like LG's G Flex.
With these satisfying results, the Korean tech giant finally decided to ditch the flatscreen version in favor of dual -
edge curved display panels on both variants of the Galaxy S8.
LG has decided to stick with its flat screen concept completely ignoring the trend
of curved display panels, and it has valid reasons of doing so.
Today a report from the International Times in India quoted a Korean source stating that Samsung is highly unlikely to adopt
a curved display panel, for the Galaxy S5 smartphone due to its insufficient capacity.
The presence of
a curved display panel has been rumored heavily for this yet to be announced phone.
It was rumored that the LG G6 would offer
a curved display panel with OLED technology.
Thus, according to LG, they are ensuring both longevity and reliability by adopting the flat screen feature and resisting
the curved display panels, as compared to rival companies like Samsung and Apple.
The Nokia 9 may also have
a curved display panel similar to the one found on the Nokia 8 Sirocco which is in turn reminiscent of Samsung's Edge Display panels.