The appearance of a modern mobile phone is firmly "settled" in the minds of most people. If we are asked to imagine a modern device, we are sure to see something like the latest models of Apple or Samsung - a rectangular thin phone with a wide touch screen. If you think about it, it really is. We do not even imagine that the phone could be different. That it can go beyond those rectangular large displays and a body that is as thin and light as possible. For example, in the minds of developers, ideas have long appeared that it is possible to release a phone with a flexible screen. They tried to do this a few years ago, and Samsung and LG got involved in the battle for this technology.
What is a flexible screen?
As it becomes clear from the phrase itself, a flexible screen is one that does not have a rigid base, one that can be bent without violating its performance. This means that such a screen can be easily rolled up into a tube, or even folded in half. The phone, on which such flexible led-screens will stand, can be safely reduced in size by bending in half. It's so unusual for usgiven our experience with extremely "hard" touchscreen phones, it's hard to name the first and most obvious advantages that such devices will have at first glance. And they are, and quite solid.
Flexible Screen Benefits
So, the advantages that a flexible screen will have, you should start listing with the fact that it is very unusual. It is not for nothing that we are used to working exclusively with rigid phones, which is why picking up such a device that can be bent in any direction we like is an unusual experience. And it is obvious that this will interest buyers. In turn, the presentation of such a device could provide a sharp jump in sales of the company that will launch such a device first. This explains the fierce struggle waged by LG and Samsung for supremacy in this market sector. By introducing such a display, you can repeat the success of Apple in the touch phone market.
Further, it should be noted the expansion of the functionality of the mobile phone, which has a flexible screen. After all, it can be folded, say, to take more convenient pictures. Also, with an elastic screen on the phone, it will be possible to view pictures and videos from a completely different, previously unseen angle, bending them, again, at your discretion. The picture on such a display, simply put, will be many times more realistic and better than on conventional panels.
Finally, another benefit that foldable displays can offer is protectionscreen. It's no secret that the touch screen is the most vulnerable point of not only phones, but also tablets. If a device with such a screen falls, then, with a high probability, its monitor will be covered with cracks, if not stop working altogether. The same applies to cases where, for example, the screen of the iPhone 5S was bent in the back pocket of jeans due to the pressure that constantly acted on the device. If the screen on the phone was flexible, this would not have happened.
First models with foldable screen
If you think that phones with a real flexible LED screen are only fantasies, then you are wrong. In fact, at least two devices were presented in the world that can please their owners with such a “trick” as a bending screen. Samsung has introduced a device such as the Galaxy Round, and LG - its model G Flex. These two devices were the world's first flexible display phones, and introduced them in 2013. Their peculiarity is that they are curved in the shape of an arc, so it is more convenient to work with them (it is easy to reach the curtain with your finger), and it is much more interesting to watch video and photo content - all videos come out “more alive” than on a flat screen. However, despite the debut, there was no "boom" in sales of these phones. It is quite possible that the public simply missed the release of these new products for the reason that the phones did not demonstrate any revolutionary changes. It is still impossible to bend the device, giving it an arbitrary shape, because of the hard case and battery. Hereonly a flexible screen can change its shape, but an ordinary user cannot do this. As promised by Samsung, for example, they are going to use the technology further by installing the same display on their new advanced model Galaxy S6. Other phone manufacturers are not interested in flexible screens yet.
Prospects and expectations
In fact, it is impossible to reveal all the prospects of flexible displays in one article, since there are many nuances and factors that are difficult to take into account. Manufacturers, promoting such devices, expect, first of all, a stir among gadget lovers and ordinary users who are interested in an unusual phone. And users expect that they will be offered not just some new product that does not differ significantly in functions from other models, but a phone that will be of high quality and inexpensive. Samsung, LG and others are still working on this.
