They do take risks and maybe we might see a future product have
a truly flexible display.
The idea of
truly flexible displays never gets boring, and now Plastic Logic is taking us one step closer.
Foldable displays are likely far from becoming a common device trait anytime soon, but
truly flexible displays are already here in the sense that companies are already working on them and trying to integrate them with devices, and with Samsung's Galaxy X on the way you can bet other major brands are working on something too.
Not exact matches
Back in February, Plastic Logic and Novaled (owned by Samsung) announced that throughout 2014 they will demonstrate
truly flexible, plastic, full - organic AMOLED
displays.
The flex AMOLED
display was made using Plastic Logic's
truly flexible oTFT backplane technology, combined with Novaled's OLED frontplane materials.
Unlike conventional glass - based EPDs, Lectum
displays are plastic based and therefore the only
truly flexible, active - matrix EPDs on the market.
Novaled (owned by Samsung) and Plastic Logic announced that during 2014 they will demonstrate
truly flexible, plastic, full - organic AMOLED
displays.
Eventually, the screens may lead to
truly flexible product designs that can be rolled up, but early attempts are focused on creating contoured
display surfaces.
We're thinking it'll be a while before any of these
flexible display ideas are
truly practical.
World - renowned and industry - leading in the design and manufacture of
truly flexible, glass - free electrophoretic
displays (EPD).
The
display is 0.4 mm thick and it can be curved (it is not
truly flexible by the end user).
Our vision is to reach foldable and even stretchable
displays using organic transistors — since our transistors are themselves fundamentally
flexible, and in combination with
truly flexible frontplanes like OLED, the entire
display can be made to fold in half.
Press release:
Truly and FlexEnable sign License Agreement to bring low - cost, scalable
flexible display production to China
The first smartphone with a
truly shatterproof
display, this handset offers five layers of protection, including a
flexible OLED panel in the middle.