Rumors of a foldable phone have been swirling around Samsung (SSNLF) ever since the company showcased
a flexible display at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2013.
Specifically this time around, Samsung revealed two types of
flexible displays at the event — a 10 - inch flexible display for tablet PCs and a 5.5 inch display for smartphones.
Samsung's subsidiary, Samsung Display will showcase two
flexible displays at the CES next month.
At the end of last month, Park Weon - seo, chief research engineer for
flexible displays at LG, told the Wall Street Journal that foldable displays were «next» for smartphones.
Not exact matches
Blindingly fast chips,
flexible displays, nanotube cooling, and more: Tomorrow's technologies will change everything about computing, whether you're
at home,
at work, or on the road.
If you want to project the message that you look
at the world from a fresh perspective, a NanoLumens
flexible display is for you.
But LG's announcement is not the first time that
flexible displays has been demonstrated
at CES.
At Anuga FoodTec in Cologne, Germany, the KHS Group will have compact and
flexible systems specially designed for the beverage, food and dairy industries on
display.
The shiny plastic surface seen
at the top of the image is known as the web; it will be formed into the circuitry that controls the
flexible display.
In a paper published in September in the journal APL Materials, researchers
at Seoul National University describe a recent success for
displays:
flexible LEDs that could help replace shatter - prone screens.
Mixing and matching materials this way may pave the way to brighter
displays for cell phones and handheld games, spherical light - sensitive «eyes» that take in a wide field of view, and
flexible communications devices that can be folded and stuffed into a backpack, says materials scientist John Rogers of the University of Illinois
at Urbana - Champaign.
In addition, University of Illinois
at Urbana - Champaign co-principal investigator John Rogers and colleagues published a proof - of - concept study in PNAS in August about new methods for creating
flexible black - and - white polymer
displays that can change color to match their surroundings.
You've also got steering - wheel controls
at your disposal and a small,
flexible, and functional information
display in the instrument cluster that allows the driver to jump between turn - by - turn navigation directions, contacts for hands - free calling, and the current audio source with the ability to browse radio presets with a thumb roller.
There were plenty of
flexible - fuel and alternative - fuel vehicles on
display at the show, including those from Chevrolet, BMW, VW, Mercedes - Benz and GMC truck.
The most
flexible electronic
display yet developed has been revealed by researchers
at electronics giant Philips.
The prototype
display uses a new polyamide film
at the back instead of the usual plastic to make it thinner and, in turn, more
flexible.
And half the electronic companies out there are hard
at work on
flexible OLED or bistable
displays.
What is especially news worthy and significant is that the performance of the OLED
display on a
flexible plastic substrate for the Galaxy S6 edge + is now essentially the same as on a traditional glass substrate for the Galaxy Note 5, even
at 500 + pixels per inch and 2560x1440 resolution.
Last month the company unveiled a new plastic - based
flexible e-paper prototype
display, featuring 4,000 colors
at 75 ppi.
E Ink is going to be announcing new plastic based
flexible e-paper
at SID
Display Week.
FLEx technologies use an ultra-thin,
flexible light guide that can be placed
at the front of a reflective
display stack.
What is especially news worthy and significant is that the performance of the OLED
display on a
flexible plastic substrate for the Galaxy S7 Edge is now essentially the same as on a traditional glass substrate for the Galaxy S7, even
at 500 + pixels per inch and 2560x1440 resolution.
The
flexible 18 - inch OLED
display has a fairly paltry resolution that clocks in
at 1280 × 810.
It is in this spirit that a new
flexible AMOLED screen is being demoed
at SID
Display Week in San Diego.
Samsung today unveiled a new 4.5 inch
flexible AMOLED
display and will actively showing it off
at the FPD International exhibition in Japan tomorrow.
While there can't be any doubts of what is being claimed of the new
flexible display that's also known as the FlexUPD does look a bit inflated
at the moment, the biggest challenge before manufacturers will be to not only come up with what is being claimed but also to do it
at an affordable price range.
Because many readings still need to be confirmed by looking
at one's smartphone, the argument to move all functionality to a smartwatch is becoming increasingly compelling, requiring a robust,
flexible display that adapts well to a variety of temperatures and environments.
Mike (and the rest of the team
at PL too, of course) says that organic semiconducting materials have reached a «tipping point» in electrical performance that makes them viable to drive
flexible OLED
displays.
E-Ink Chairman Frank Ko said in recent interview that his company is focusing R&D on
flexible display based on plastic substrates instead of glass,
at looking
at IoT applications such as e-paper tags for retail and logistics in 2016, Ko said.
While the main draw is showing off new technology like 3D televisions, they apparently had a small
display of
flexible electronic paper
at this year's convention.
The Galaxy S8 + has a 6.2» 2960x1440 (529 PPI) curved
flexible Super AMOLED
display, while the S8 is slightly smaller
at 5.8» (the resolution stays the same and the PPI is 570).
«This is another step in the direction of radically new interaction techniques afforded by smartphones based on thin film,
flexible display technologies» says Roel Vertegaal (School of Computing), director of the Human Media Lab
at Queen's University who developed the
flexible PaperPhone and PaperTab.
E Ink shows Yotaphone 2 now mass produced Smartphone with curved
flexible E Ink always - on back
display, 32» 2560x1440 color and black and white E Ink Pearl by GDS for Digital Signage for train stations, bus stops, stores, waterproof and break - proof, E Ink as Electronic Shelf Tags having sold over 30 million units thus far in the past 2 years (100 % growth yr / yr) thus potentially selling over 40 million units in 2015 alone if the growth continues
at the same rate!
Sony had a never before seen prototype of
flexible electronic paper
display technology
at the 2010 Dealer Convention.
The Galaxy Round, Samsung's first
flexible OLED device sports a 5.7» Full - HD (386 PPI) Super AMOLED
display is already shipping in Korea and even reviewed and tested by the
display experts over
at DisplayMate.
Tianma demonstrated its
flexible and foldable AMOLED
displays at MWC 2018 earlier a couple of weeks ago, and the following video shows a nice tour of the
displays at Tianma's booth.
This year
at SID
Display Week, the industry was celebrating «30 years of OLEDs», with several display makers showcasing latest versions of OLEDs, both glass - based and fl
Display Week, the industry was celebrating «30 years of OLEDs», with several
display makers showcasing latest versions of OLEDs, both glass - based and fl
display makers showcasing latest versions of OLEDs, both glass - based and
flexible.
Plastic Logic's
display technology, first developed
at Cambridge University, uses highresolution transistor arrays on
flexible plastic substrates, manufactured
at a low temperature.
But just as we are getting accustomed to having bigger and bigger screens
at home, artists are often also becoming more
flexible on
display conditions.
Situated
at 50 Moganshan Rd., which has developed to become Shanghai's artistic centre, the main gallery (bldg 16) serves as a show room for
displays of artworks and smaller exhibitions, while the larger H - Space (bldg 18) woeks as a
flexible white - cube exhibition hall for the
display of extensive shows and grand scale projects.
Now, we're probably looking
at LG's new
flexible OLED panels here, and the Mi Note 2 could be the first smartphone to ship with LG's new
display.
Samsung's upcoming smartwatch looks set to launch as the Samsung Galaxy Gear, a US trademark filing suggests, following potential design hints of a
flexible -
display wearable spotted
at the weekend.
The company has been showing off its
flexible display technology since
at least 2012, and last year introduced the Galaxy Note Edge and Galaxy 6 Edge, both of which feature curved
displays.
According to Bae Ok - jin
at ET News, Google wants to secure a stable supply of
flexible OLED panels from LG
Display, which would reduce the company's need to depend on Samsung
Display.
According to a new report by The Wall Street Journal, the supplier has figured out a way to manufacture
flexible liquid crystal
display (LCD) panels using technology and processes it already has at its disposal.Set to begin mass production in 2018, Japan Display's flexible LCD panels are said to be built with a layer of plastic instead of
display (LCD) panels using technology and processes it already has
at its disposal.Set to begin mass production in 2018, Japan
Display's flexible LCD panels are said to be built with a layer of plastic instead of
Display's
flexible LCD panels are said to be built with a layer of plastic instead of glass.
For the first time ever, Samsung releases two Notes
at the same event, and for the first time EVER Samsung releases an Official smartphone product with a
Flexible AMOLED
Display, Introducing the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Edge.
Samsung has already showcased its bendable
flexible display concepts
at CES 2013 and other competitors including LG also came up with their
flexible display but so far these
display units are not available in any final shape.
Apple's iPhone - compatible watch has the advantage of an «
flexible Retina OLED
display» laminated with a single crystal layer of scratch - resistant sapphire glass,
at least among its higher - priced editions.
Considering Samsung's proven track record
at mass - producing new
display tech, it seems plausible that the electronics giant can deliver on a foldable,
flexible smartphone.
For example, various
display devices, e.g., a
display device having a
flexible display panel that is bent or rolled, a
display device having a stretchable
display panel having elasticity in
at least one direction, etc., have been developed.