Will Samsung's Galaxy S7 fold in HALF?
27.03.2015 18:25
Consumers may be eager to get their hands on Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge with its curved screen.
But a report hints that the South Korean firm is already working on its next-level displays for a fully foldable smartphone.
Unlike the curved models available now, such as the S6 Edge and LG’s Flex 2, Samsung's Galaxy S7 could be flexible and bendy.
A spokesman for Samsung Display told Business Korea: ‘The industry believes that the commercialisation of foldable smartphones will be possible in 2016.’
However, until other components such as batteries and processors are made to be flexible too, the dream of a roll-up smartphone will remain on the horizon.
It is not only smartphones set to get the flexible treatment, as bendy displays could have many uses, such as in smartbands and laptops, for example.
A spokesman from the industry said: ‘When flexible display technology is being used in e-books and laptops, which are substituted for publications, the concept of tiny portable PCs and e-books will be realised in reality.’
Rumours that Samsung was working on a bendable and virtually unbreakable version of its Galaxy handset first surfaced in 2012.
The false rumour said that the handset, codenamed 'Project J' could be released in April 2013.
Last year, LG demonstrated a 5.9-inch display that can be bent more than 100,000 times without being damaged, at an exhibition in Tokyo.
(dailymail.co.uk)
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