Apple’s next-generation iPhone could finally put an end to fragile smartphones by adopting a flexible OLED display that can bend and twist without so much as a crack. The technology will reportedly come from Samsung — one of Apple’s biggest display partners — which claims to have already received “huge” orders from certain companies.
While Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun gave no names, he was certainly hinting that one of those companies is Apple, according to The Korea Times.
“We will be mass producing flexible OLED displays from the latter half of this year as the demand from our clients is significant,’’ said Kwon, who calls the shots in Samsung’s parts business.
Kwon declined to mention the companies that Samsung provide these displays to, but according to industry sources, its secrecy is a strong indication that Apple is one of them:
“Apple is the iconic company in the industry that will continue to set the trends. If Samsung finds increasing industry demand for a futuristic product like flexible displays, it’s hard to imagine Apple doesn’t have something to do with it,’’ said an analyst from a U.S.-based investment bank.
Sources have already dubbed the sixth-generation iPhone the “iPhone Yoga,” according to the report.
Kwon believes that flexible OLED displays like those currently being manufactured by Samsung will replace almost all LCDs in mobile devices by 2015. It isn’t just their durability that makes these displays so attractive; they are also said to be thinner and brighter than existing solutions.
Source: The Korea Times
Via: Macworld
Killian Bell is a freelance writer based in the U.K. He has an interest in all things tech and also covers Android over at CultofAndroid.com. You can follow him on Twitter via @killianbell.
11 responses to “Say Goodbye To Shattered Screens! Next iPhone Will Feature Flexible OLED Display [Rumor]”
Nice joke Killian, Nice joke!
Um, No: http://9to5mac.com/2012/05/15/no-the-next-iphone-wont-have-a-flexible-display/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29
Yeah, no. Hint all you will Mr. Samsung Display PR-dude. Your screens may be flexible, but Apple isn’t that flexible in their choice of screens for the iPhone. Nice try, though.
This dumb crap… I’m starting to get pissed off on this site… why is this post a post again… man this sounds like bad juju gossip… publish something worth talking about… flexi screen for iPhone!?!? WTH! :-//
Why would Samsumg allow Apple to have access to this technology without at least a six month window after launching this in one or more Samsung phones, tablets and phablets? Anyone?
Why do you think this is a joke? Samsung has supplied screens to Apple’s iOS devices since day one (along with a few other manufactures). Samsung manufactured Retina displays for Apple long before we saw those high-DPI screens on Samsung’s phone. Samsung makes money whether people are buying their phones or the competitors phone.
No, apple dosen’t experiment it plays safe. And why would you want a flexible display anyway? what’s the point?
Bad headline. The display isn’t the part that shatters. It’s the glass over the display that does.
The other more important question remains:
How will the touchsreen work? Think before you spek.
That would be kinda sexy, but i think Apple is trying to move away from Samsung. Plus they want to keep the Retina Display which is already so popular