Everything you need to know
(Ammara Batool Rizvi, Islamabad)
The future of smartphones is
folding. At least, that's what mobile companies think. The Mobile giant Samsung
In its latest report, says it "will continue its efforts to differentiate its
smartphones by adopting cutting-edge technologies, such as foldable OLED
displays."
Researchers have made enormous achievements in the development of display
technology over the past decade. Samsung is full steam ahead on making a
foldable Galaxy phone. Although it isn't clear if that means the screen itself
could fold -- there are other ways to make a phone "foldable", we now know that
foldable displays are a major part of Samsung's mobile strategy.
Foldable displays seem to differ from flexible displays, which Samsung already
uses in phones with curved screens like the Galaxy S9 and Note 8. Flexible
displays can curve and bend, but don't currently fold. What Samsung is
describing now is new technology. A foldable display in a foldable phone seems
like the most logical fit. We suspect that Samsung has been waiting for the tech
to match its ambitions, but that timetable keeps shifting. In early 2017, a
Samsung Display representative said that "the commercialization of foldable
smartphones will be possible in 2018."