A few months ago the technological means devote special attention to the display system to be installed in the future and that largely condition the design of smartphones will see in the coming years. One of the highlights in this regard was when Samsung introduced in early 2013 his own making Yuom screens. They left impressed because half the world could be bent as the user wants.
LG decided to join the party a little later but make efforts involving a panel of these characteristics are more expensive than you might imagine at first. Actually, we have not seen a team that has a totally flexible screen, but that could change thanks to a new technology.
The startup Kateeva has developed a new manufacturing method that could accelerate the process so that the big brands could incorporate these screens in the near future. The company in question has created an innovative process of “printing”. This creates a protective coating on these panels protecting organic diodes his two great enemies, oxygen and water. This would reduce the cost of traditional process in half, which is good news for both manufacturers and consumers. Moreover, these screens would be more resistant.
The inability to make such an efficient method for their protection would have prevented Samsung, the leading maker of smartphones in the market today, to manufacture its Yuom large-scale screens. He even went on to say that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 flexible screen would have but it seems this is not possible.
“It only takes a few oxygen molecules or a bit of moisture in the environment for a flexible screen is broken, “said Greg Raupp, an expert on digital panels at Arizona State University. The specialist noted that the protection requirements of these screens are the most important because, although not enough, they are very fragile.
Fortunately, another startup called Canatu aims to solve the problem of tactile sensitivity in this type of display with carbon nanotubes replacing the ITO electrode. In short, it is only that manufacturers are put to work as it may not need more until later this year to see a flexible OLED smartphone sometime.
At the moment, there are no official data about a particular product that could present Samsung, LG or any other market leaders in mobile telephony. So we still have to wait for the next project that could bring different brands hand. But everything suggests that flexible OLED screens are closer than you might think.
The flexible OLED screens could reach the market in late 2014
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