Flexible Samsung phone coming soon by 2013

Samsung will soon begin mass production of phones with displays using plastic rather than glass, a move that will make mobile devices unbreakable and bendable. Using a plastic polymer instead of glass, Samsung has produced displays that can roll and bend, and survive falls and blows from the clumsiest of customers.

Samsung is seeking to differentiate itself from other mobile brands in an increasingly cutthroat marketplace, and flexible displays could boost their profile by offering a unique product.

In January 2011, Samsung purchased Liquivista, a strategic acquisition that will allow it to produce the kinds of displays that were announced today. Liquivista made electro wetting display technology, which is used to create mobile and other consumer electronic displays that are bright, low-power, flexible and transparent.

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), used in televisions and Smartphone, have made the flexible phone technology possible, as they are compact and can withstand being placed on ductile materials such as plastic and foil.

The flexible AMOLED display technology looks like a glimpse of the future, but for now, its potential is limited by the other components that make up a Smartphone, such as batteries and chips. So it’s not likely that we will see a truly bendable device in the near future. But even if you can’t roll it or bend it, a flexible display has its advantages.

Most importantly, smart phones fitted with flexible AMOLEDs will be incredibly resistant to shock, almost unbreakable. Flexible AMOLED replace the traditional glass substrate with a polyamide, a type of bendable plastic that doesn’t shatter.

Samsung has been one of the key players in developing this bendable, twistable, and near-indestructible screen tech, along with the likes of Sony and Nokia.

In December 2011 the company released a concept video showing off its bendy AMOLED screen tech, while in May this year the company claimed there was “huge” demand for the tech from its partners.

This time last year a Samsung representative claimed that the first flexible devices would arrive sometime in 2012, but it now seems that pledge is not going to come to fruition.

A Korean VP told the press that products with flexible screens are coming “within a year”. Hopefully, this means that we’ll be able to twist our phones later this year, or in the worst case, in the first quarter of 2013. The technology will first be introduced in Smartphone, and later sized up or down for other applications, including wearable computers, tablets, or even TVs. For futher information about Samsung flexible mobile visit this link ” Samsung Galaxy Skin “