Flexible Displays – Page 20

Flexenable Boosts Dual LCD for Automotive (and….)

by Bob Raikes

I have been interested in the idea of dual LCDs for quite a few years. At CES in 2007, Sharp showed its ‘Mega Contrast’ panel which had contrast of 1,000,000:1, but about which the …

Tags:Automotive| Dual Panel LCDs| Flexible Displays| SID Display Week 2020

Plastic Logic Announces New Flexible Displays

by Artem Alekseenko

Plastic Logic, a leader in the design and manufacture of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), has announced new low-temperature displays and evaluation kits that can speed up the development of a wide range of …

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Smartphone Displays: Wrapped, Folded, or Fast?

by Samuel Sheng

The first, and most striking, thing any consumer notices about a smartphone is the display. How bright? How sharp? How big? In many ways, trends in smartphone design can be directly linked to the …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Glass| Smartphones| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Flexible AMOLED Shipments Set to Increase 51 Percent in 2020—Despite a 10 Percent Decline in Smartphone Display Demand

by Artem Alekseenko

Defying the COVID-19-driven decline in overall smartphone display shipments in 2020, the global market for flexible active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) is set to rise by 51 percent this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has …

Tags:AMOLED| Covid-19| Flexible Displays

Introducing Galaxy Z Flip 5G: Express Yourself With a Stylish, 5G-Enabled Foldable Smartphone

by Artem Alekseenko

Samsung Electronics introduced the Galaxy Z Flip 5G, a device that pairs the statement-making smartphone with the lightning-fast speeds of 5G to continue inspiring all-new mobile experiences.1 With 5G networks expanding across the globe, …

Tags:5G| Flexible Displays| Samsung| Smartphones

What Does the Korean Display Industry Do Next?

by Ken Werner

Japan’s once-unconquerable liquid-crystal display-panel industry has long-since migrated to Taiwan and then South Korea. And South Korea, after many years of great success (if not always great profits) is now dumping it. The problem …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Samsung Display

Advent of the Flip Smartphone

by Steve Sechrist

When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone some thirteen years ago, Samsung, Motorola, Nokia and others were riding high, with both the candy bar (remember this) and flip phone designs leading the pack. Jobs …

Tags:AMOLED| Editor| Flexible Displays| Smartphone Market

With Ultra-Thin Glass, Schott Leads the Way

by Ken Werner

Now that consumer electronics companies have decided the world is hungry for smartphones that fold, display makers have developed an equal appetite for ultra-thin glass (UTG). Since it is glass, UTG has admirable optical …

Tags:Corning| Flexible Displays| Glass| Materials

OnePlus 8 Displaymate Shootout

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, last week (April 21) OnePlus launched two new 5G-compatible flagship smartphone upgrades with “fluid” (90 and 120 Hz refresh) AMOLED displays, capacitive touch screens and HDR 10+ support. The …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Measurement| OLEDs| Shoot Outs

OLED Flexible Smartphone Panel Shipments Projected to Grow 62% Y/Y in 2020

by Barry Young

Looking through a microscopic lens rather than a telescopic lens, market experts at DisplayWeek 2019’s Business Conference, postulated that flexible OLED capacity should be converted to rigid capacity because rigid displays were outselling flexible …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| OLED Fabs| Small Medium Panel Supply

Leftovers from CES 2020

by Ken Werner

CES seems a long time ago, an artifact from an age in which we still went to international trade shows like, well, like CES. But I still have some leftover notes. These are not …

A Biaxially Stretchable Substrate Applicable to OLEDs is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers led by Professor Kyung-Chul Choi within the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (Daejeon, Korea) is developing “stretchable OLEDs that …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Flexible Displays| Korea| OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)