LG to Launch Foldable Screen Smartphone in Q4

by geekzhang on 2013-05-03 13:37:08

Flexible ScreenAt evening of April 25 in Beijing time, Yoon Bu-hyun, vice president of LG Electronics' mobile business, said that LG Electronics would release its first smartphone with a flexible OLED display in the fourth quarter of this year. The flexible display for this phone would be manufactured by LG Display.It is currently unclear what specific effects the flexibility of this phone will bring. Samsung is also committed to the development of flexible screen technology and showcased a prototype product at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. However, Samsung's phone merely utilized the flexible OLED technology to provide a curved notification area on the side of the phone, which is quite different from the foldable phone many people had imagined. Nevertheless, industry insiders believe that this is still a correct direction for development. (Qiu Yue)