News & Reviews:   Samsung display

Samsung has had a busy week, unveiling plenty of new tech at the SID Display Week 2023. Besides actual products like the smart monitors mentioned yesterday, the company also revealed some new display tech. One of them is the Rollable Flex.

Apart from screens that can unfold and slide-out, Samsung also showcased a Smartphone OLED that achieved more than a peak brightness of 2000nits. Verified by UL Solutions, it is the industry’s first display to reach this level of luminance performance.

On top of all the high-end monitors, Samsung says that they’ll also be showing off their Flex Hybrid display at CES 2023. Combining a foldable display that unfolds to a 10.5-inch display with a slide-out display that becomes a larger 12.4-inch screen, the device is targeted as a prototype for future laptops.

After showing off the Flex G panel at this year's CES, Samsung has finally trademarked it in its home country South Korea. It is not the only display panel presented at the event, as there's also the Flex S that can get folded two-way. However, the company had already trademarked the name earlier.

When it comes to screen panels, Samsung Display is also well known as a mass producer of LCD and OLED. However, it seems that the company is facing some difficulties in the LCD business and would be shut down in June 2022, according to reports.

When it comes to foldable devices, two main designs are popular. The first is the small tablet that folds inwards or outwards, while the other is the clamshell design. Of course, other designs like the tri-fold are being considered, and Samsung took the opportunity to show them off at CES 2022.

The latest Apple iPad mini faced some challenges at launch with various screen issues. Next year, the successor might come with a tech spec to ensure no such problems happen again. According to a report, the next iPad mini might upgrade its display to one that supports a 120Hz refresh rate.

Just last week, there was news that Samsung would be providing various brands like Google with ultra-thin glass (UTG). As many of you know, this is what Samsung uses for its foldable smartphones. It's solid proof that these brands aim to make such devices.

It was reported that many smartphone manufacturers are releasing their own folding smartphones this year including OPPO, Xiaomi, and even Google. Now, we have received an update claiming that there's finally progress as Samsung Display is reportedly developing the folding displays for the mentioned companies.

Samsung Display is going all out with its foldable displays this year by producing 11 million of them. According to the source, the display manufacturer will also supply some of the foldable panels to Chinese smartphone companies. From what we see, 2021 is going to be the turning point for the foldable smartphone market.