Pretty much every major electronics company is dreaming of a time when they can mass produce flexible, versatile OLED screens. And as this concept video from Samsung shows, the technology is going to blow the iPad out of the water.
Naturally, emphasis should be placed on the “concept” nature of this video. While it’s almost undoubted that a time will come that flexible OLED screens exist, there’s no way of knowing whether they’ll be able to act as our phones, cameras and tablets all in one device without flexible processors and memory. According to OLED-info, Samsung has committed to launching a curved OLED screen next year, but it will be years before we see a flexible one.
Still, it’s a cool video that helps keep us all excited for the future.
[via OLED-Info]
Corteks
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 12:30 PMHahah ridiculous concept video is ridiculous! Cool lookin’ though but obviously they’ve developed “invisible flexible micro camera” and holoprojectors to go along with their paper thin all-in-one device :P
Danny Allen
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 12:41 PMTrue, though that’s why it’s called concept. Imagine how touchscren phone concepts would have looked in the 80s.
Marrowmaw
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 4:11 PMExactly this!
Even looking at some old school sci fi movies you will notice some things we have today. Without the idea there would be no innovation of these things.
Daniel
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 12:53 PMI love it when he smacks his head going into the restaurant. I can imagine kids with this technology not watching where they are going and smacking into all kinds of things!
light487
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 1:03 PMYer.. saw a 180-degree curved screen concept by Microsoft (or one of its partners more likely) a few years back.. hoping they do eventually get this tech out the door..
DJ
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 1:22 PMRight, so someone is also working on the transparent flexible batteries and circuits as well?
=D
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 3:06 PMActually i do recall someone working on a transparent battery. Im not sure about flexibility but knowing how a battery works and circuit works i dont see that’s impossible.
desallis
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 1:25 PMInvisible battery too, yeah big maybe on this one, the technology to do this is maybe 10-20 years away from being production level.
Flexible low power screen tech is in development sure, but to be supply chained like an ipad? The wonder material to make this stuff possible Graphene is still a long way off going from experimental to full production.
Chris
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 1:45 PMIt does establish prior art though.
James
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 2:01 PMwhat a ridiculous pipedream. LOL at Samsung sillyness ahhahahaa
moloko
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 2:02 PMHow dare they think into the future.
desallis
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 2:07 PMI’m all for conceptual technology, but they could have a flying octopus in that video doesn’t mean i will be able to buy one next year.
If its 5 to 10 years away it might as well be Sci-Fi
Its like saying minority report was a concept video for kinect… “pre crime will have to wait I need to beat dance central first..”
MotorMouth
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 1:22 PMSure but Samsung ARE planning to release a phone with a flexible screen next year. Just search for “samsung skin” for details. One step at a time is fine by me.
MotorMouth
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 1:25 PMCorrection – make that “samsung galaxy skin”.
Paul
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 3:40 PMJust imagine all the 3d boobs popping out of the screen! YEWwwww!
Marrowmaw
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 4:13 PMRofl.