We've been hearing promises and seeing demos of flexible displays for a while now. So long that it seems as though the tech may never arrive, but a new report is saying that we could actually see flexible displays as soon as next year, and that Samsung could be leading the pack, at least that's what the BBC is saying.
Samsung is obviously not the only company
working on the technology. LG, Philips, Sharp, Sony and Nokia are all
working on flexible displays, but the word is that Samsung will be the
first to actually ship the displays in products, and it could happen
next year. According to the report, LG has already begun mass producing
flexible e-ink displays, but Samsung could be the first to make a
flexible smartphone display, likely using Samsung's favorite OLED tech.
Of
course, we still don't have flexible motherboards, or flexible
batteries, so don't expect fully flexible phones just yet. But, flexible
displays would definitely end that whole problem that we saw with the iPhone 4/4S, and that the Nexus 4 is having with cracked glass. Flexible displays are said to be virtually unbreakable.
