Not exact matches
Curved and
Flexible Displays
Curved and
Flexible Displays Samsung Galaxy Round
Curved OLED TV Shoot - Out LG 55 inch
Curved Screen OLED TV
The Galaxy S6 edge + display is similar to the Note 5, with the same
screen size and resolution, but it has a
curved screen OLED display that is manufactured on a
flexible plastic substrate so that it can bend around the corners on both the sides of the phone to provide two display areas that can be viewed and controlled from both the front or the sides, which is especially useful for viewing notifications and scrolling news items, and also as a dim night clock on a beside table.
The other tech matters are
flexible screens,
curved screens, and double
screen devices.
The Galaxy S7 Edge display is similar to the Galaxy S7, but it has a
curved screen OLED display that is manufactured on a
flexible plastic substrate so that it can bend around the corners on both the sides of the phone to provide two display areas that can be viewed and controlled from both the front or the sides, which is especially useful for viewing notifications and scrolling news items.
While the OLED display itself is
flexible, the
screen remains rigid under an outer hard cover glass that is hot formed into a rigid
curved screen.
While LCDs can now be manufactured with
curved glass
screens, OLEDs can be manufactured with entirely
flexible screens on a plastic substrate.
Samsung's Galaxy Round is the first handset from the company to use a
flexible screen, which
curves horizontally (when held in portrait mode,) but doesn't the display doesn't «spill» over the sides.
Speculations roam free on whether the
screen will be flat or
curved, but seeing the general trend, a
flexible OLED panel does not seem like something the iPhone manufacturer would be interested in.
In September 2015, rumors were rife that Apple was contemplating opting for a
curved flexible OLED
screen for the iPhone 8.
· A
curved screen OLED display that is manufactured on a
flexible plastic substrate so that it can bend around corners on both sides of the phone to provide two
curved Edge Display areas that can be viewed and controlled from both the front or the sides.
While the OLED display itself is
flexible, the
screen remains rigid under an outer hard cover glass that is hot formed into a rigid
curved screen.
Samsung is currently the only smartphone maker to offer
curved and
flexible OLED
screens and has used them since at least 2012.
It's not quite as
flexible as the
curved side
screen of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, but once you get to know the colours, it's not a bad little additional feature.
Although the
flexible LCD panels, also known as Full Active Flex
screen could have given the dual
curved Edge displays from Samsung a bit of competition, JDI has no plans of entering into mass production of the panels before 2018.
A
curved screen OLED display that is manufactured on a
flexible plastic substrate so that it can bend around corners on both sides of the phone to provide two
curved edge display areas that can be viewed and controlled from both the front or the sides.
On the topic of straps, Samsung has been working on
flexible and
curved screens for a long time so it's not surprising that it would extend the idea to a watch strap.
Apple intends to use plastic units and not glass OLED displays for its iPhone 8, since plastic allows for
curved and
flexible screens.
The iPhone X's
screen is technically
flexible — it
curves at the edges to create a slimmer bezel.
To make the iPhone X entirely edge - to - edge, Apple employed a «
flexible OLED
screen that
curves internally and thus pushes the ribbon connection toward the back ``.
Along with Samsung's trademark Edge features such as the
flexible screen technology and a
curved effect on the sides, you also get additional benefits such as an upgraded camera, extra battery life, microSD card slot along with the remarkable waterproof design.
It also sparked a continued push into
flexible displays from LG that we've seen with the LG G Flex 2 and even newer flagships like the LG G4 which features a subtly
curved screen.
The Note Edge isn't a
curved phone in the same sense as the Samsung Galaxy Round or the LG G Flex, but a rather more subtle approach to showing off the company's
flexible Super AMOLED
screen technology.
The
screen itself is a 5.7 - inch
flexible OLED display that follows the
curved of the phone to give a bezel - free impression, although Xiaomi hasn't given away the resolution of it in the presentation slides on its Twitter account.
Apple's exotic solution to that was to use a
flexible OLED
screen that
curves internally and thus pushes the ribbon connection toward the back.
Companies including Vivo and Xiaomi launched handsets with
flexible screens in 2016, and many other manufacturers have plans to develop
curved or foldable smartphones in the near future.
I believe the dimensions are still calculated for the flat
screen which is further
curved for use in the device as OLED is a
flexible display.
Both the front and back present «seamless 3D
curved glass», with a 5.7 - inch Quad HD OLED
flexible display underneath it all, a robust 7 - series aluminum frame, and impressive 77.2 percent
screen - to - body ratio.
While we're now well into the era of
curved screen smartphones, thanks to hits like Samsung's Galaxy Edge devices, Taiwanese manufacturer AUO has raised the bar with its new
flexible phone concept.
Samsung Galaxy S Smartphones — End of the Flat
Screen Era — Moving on to
Curved Displays — A
Flexible Phone Next Year
Phones with
curved displays like Samsung's own Galaxy S7 Edge are forerunners of devices with more
flexible screens.
The Galaxy S8 uses
flexible OLED
screen for its infinity
screen, which
curves on both sides of the device, but remains fully rigid due to being encased in hot - formed, hard cover glass.
Apple may launch an iPhone that will boast of a
flexible curved screen display in the future.
Dr. Soneira pointed out that OLEDs have many advantages over LCD, including being much thinner and lighter with a much smaller bezel, providing a near rimless design, and they can be made
flexible and into
curved screens.
LG has taken a step ahead of rival Samsung in the race to introduce a smartphone with a
curved screen, after announcing that it will begin mass - producing what it claims is the world's first
flexible OLED.
The
screen may use a
flexible OLED to cover the entire front of the device but it's not said to be
curved like the one on the Galaxy S8.
The
flexible screen would allow users to
curve the
screen at will.
The LG G Flex has some nice
curves, with a
flexible screen designed to fit the contours of your face.
Source: «Smartphone Makers Race to Build
Flexible Screens,» The Wall Street Journal (Nov. 4, 2013) and «LG Electronics Unveils
Curved Smartphone in Race Against Samsung,» Reuters (Oct. 28, 2013)