We will see initial stretchable or bendable products from Samsung in 2012.
Samsung confirms mass-production of flexible AMOLED panels with a new 5.5Gen plant opening in Q2.
Ube Kosan is a Japanese association that can broach a cosmetic substrate element to SMD (Samsung’s Mobile Division).
Samsung’s leading Galaxy phone series boasts of the latest AMOLED displays which are the best in the industry. It won’t be too far that we’ll see bendable phones.
Samsung predicts the flexible AMOLED technology being applied to smaller devices, like watches, and larger ones, like tablets and MIDs; and its potential for lighting and other applications around the home and office.
Following photo shows first Samsung Flexible AMOLED
Display with the following configuration: 4.5? wide, 480×800 pixel resolution, <1 cm bending radius., 0.27mm thickness, 16.7M color depth, 300 cd/m² brightness.
More:
• Screens use a polyimide plastic substrate rather than the more traditional glass substrate, which allows them to be furled around a 2cm diameter cylinder
• As they use AMOLED technology, power consumption is lower
• More recently, Samsung showed off a prototype foldable AMOLED display. However, it’s unclear when this panel will go into production.
• Supports Android and Windows Phone 7
• No tricky backlight to handle.
• They describe the new screens as unbreakable.
If Samsung put the AMOLED screen in its tablet, maybe it will become a selling point for them to compete with Apple iPad.