Samsung’s New AMOLED Technology to Reshape Smart Phones

There is no doubt that touch screen technology is shaping the way mobile phones are being made –literally. With plenty of focus now being given to devices being able to deliver better visuals and the need to conserve space, touch screen are able to combine both the functionality of display and controls in a single space on a mobile phone. This is why most smart phones look the same: a large touch screen on the front and a few supporting physical buttons below or on the sides.

Now, a new form of technology might just change the way smart phones are designed –in pretty much the same way the high end touch screens did before.

Samsung has uploaded an amazing video of the new AMOLED screen that they have developed. Now, it has to be noted that there was nothing that indicated that the display as indeed a touch sensitive screen, though it is believed that the input technology can be easily applied.

What makes the new screen from Samsung truly revolutionary is the fact that it is flexible. And by flexible, we mean that the screen can be curved and bent around. The folds are only light and curved, so we doubt that the screen can handle being folded flat in half (though it would be interesting if it could).

But flexible touch screens are not really new. We all know that prototypes are already being developed in Japan and in other countries all over the world. What makes the Samsung demo so impressive is the screen’s toughness.

Very few screens can take a blow from a hammer, and even fewer can withstand several hits. The new AMOLED screen from Samsung did just that –take several hits from a hammer and came out undamaged. The video onscreen just kept on playing as well, no quality loss was observed in the running video.

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