Flexible screen or Flexible Display is a screen which is
flexible in nature. It is easily bendable and is very different from glass. It
can be made from Plastics or some organic materials.
The flexible screens are said to incorporate OLED (Organic
Light Emitting Diode) technology, the same technology companies already use in
their television sets and smartphones. OLED must be protected from air and
moisture. It can be sandwiched between layers of glass, but for a flexible
display it will need to be layered inside plastic, so an impermeable coating
must be developed to protect the display.
Flexible screens has many advantages than glass: better
durability, lighter weight, thinner dimensions, and can be perfectly curved and
used into any devices. These also happen to be much more impact resistant.
LG will start mass production of flexible displays by the
fourth quarter of this year. LG wants to get an edge on the market and become
the first company to mass produce the display panels for mobile devices.
Samsung had showcased its flexible display technology at CES
2013 with its OLED Youm Display. The company had also shown a functional
prototype of a flexible display smartphone. So clearly, flexible displays
happen to be underway from Samsung as well.
Apple also seems to be working on bendable or flexible
screens. Speculation over the iWatch seems to be fueling the use of
flexible screens. It seems that Flexible screens technology will soon make a
consumer application.
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