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Foldable ‘Galaxy X’ Will Appear in 2017

by Tom Allen

According to SamMobile, Samsung’s first foldable phone (which we have known is coming for several months) will be released in 2017 and called the Galaxy X. It will use an UltraHD pentile-type OLED display. …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 19

FlexEnable: Which Wearable Will Win?

by Tom Allen

We last talked to Paul Cain of FlexEnable at MWC 2016 (FlexEnable Curves an LCD Around the Wrist), and he was presenting at the IDTechEx Show on the topic of ‘Ubiquitous Displays and Sensors’. …

OLED Displays Will Dominate Printed Electronics

by Tom Allen

Raghu Das hosted the Printed Electronics keynote at the event. IDTechEx has worked in this space since 2001, and believes that it is now a $24.2 billion industry – including organic and flexible electronics. …

Microlenses Create Mobile Lightfield Display

by Tom Allen

Differentiation is a struggle in today’s smartphone market. The form factor has matured and there has been no ‘killer app’ technology for several years. Flexible displays, like LG’s G Flex, have had a lukewarm …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 18

IDTechEx Show Roundup

by Tom Allen

DuPont Teijin Films makes the organic films behind the flexible displays from, for instance, FlexEnable. Currently these require conventional (rigid) transistors, as DuPont’s are not ‘smart’ enough to do more than a very basic …

Flexible OLED Project Reaches Completion

by Tom Allen

The European Flex-o-Fab project (Flex-o-Fab Demonstrates Flexible OLED from Roll to Roll Process), run by the Holst Centre, has completed its goals in the area of flexible OLEDs. Launched in January 2013, the €11 …

Flexible Mystery Phone Uses Graphene

by Tom Allen

Image: New China TV, YouTubeA company has shown a fully flexible smartphone, using graphene, at the Chongqing High Tech Fair in China. We heard about the demonstration at the Printed Electronics Expo in Berlin …

LGD Commits to Raising Flexible Capacity

by Tom Allen

LG Display has said that it will invest KRW450 billion ($391.4 million) to build production capacity for flexible OLED displays and lighting panels in South Korea. KRW310 billion ($270 million) will go towards increasing …

A New O-Leap for OLED

by Ken Werner

Information Display Magazine‘s Jay Morreale loves to repeat the old bromide, “Even a broken clock is right twice a day.” In that spirit, even an Apple rumor that has proved to be wrong for …

Sharp Uses IGZO in AMOLED

by Tom Allen

Sharp has developed a 3.4″ flexible OLED panel, Japan’s Nikkei reports. The device can be freely bent, both during manufacturing and afterwards, by consumers. The prototype was developed at Sharp’s facility in Tenri, Nara …

Samsung’s Foldable Phone Coming in 2017

by Tom Allen

ET News claims that Samsung will release a foldable smartphone next year. The device will act as a 5″ phone when closed, and a 7″ tablet when unfolded.

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Apple ‘Confirms’ SDC as Primary OLED Supplier

by Tom Allen

SDC currently produces around 9 million OLED displays per month for the Galaxy S7 EdgeKorea’s ET News claims that Apple and Samsung Display have signed an official contract, confirming SDC as the primary flexible …