Flexible screens

Flexible screen or Flexible Display is a screen which is flexible in nature. It is easily bendable and is very different from glass. It can be made from Plastics or some organic materials.

The flexible screens are said to incorporate OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology, the same technology companies already use in their television sets and smartphones. OLED must be protected from air and moisture. It can be sandwiched between layers of glass, but for a flexible display it will need to be layered inside plastic, so an impermeable coating must be developed to protect the display.

Flexible screens has many advantages than glass: better durability, lighter weight, thinner dimensions, and can be perfectly curved and used into any devices. These also happen to be much more impact resistant.

LG will start mass production of flexible displays by the fourth quarter of this year. LG wants to get an edge on the market and become the first company to mass produce the display panels for mobile devices.

Samsung had showcased its flexible display technology at CES 2013 with its OLED Youm Display. The company had also shown a functional prototype of a flexible display smartphone. So clearly, flexible displays happen to be underway from Samsung as well.

Apple also seems to be working on bendable or flexible screens. Speculation over the iWatch seems to be fueling the use of flexible screens. It seems that Flexible screens technology will soon make a consumer application.