Samsung develops ‘Unbreakable’ OLED panel

Samsung’s latest innovation is in the smartphone display department. Samsung Display just announced it’s created an “Unbreakable” flexible OLED panel. This display is made for smartphones and has passed the real-time durability test based on military standards set by the US Department of Defense. The panel has also been certified by UL – Underwriters Laboratories that works for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the US Department of Labor.

The tests that UL did include a series of drops: first was 26 drops from 1.2 meters and then later from 1.8 meters. It also survived high and low temperature tests (between 71 degrees and -32 degrees Celsius). The panel continued to work normally “with no damages to its front, sides, or edges.” Aside from smartphones, Samsung expects to use this OLED panel for things like mobile military devices, automobile consoles, tablet PCs for learning, and portable game consoles.

Source: GSMArena

Samsung patent shows smartphone with almost bezel-less display and secondary rear screen

Samsung is probably one of the last (if not the last) of the big manufacturers to not embrace the notch. The company has been focused on developing its Infinity Display concept instead. A new patent shows that Samsung is continuing down this path and instead of slimming the bezels from the top, it’s doing so from the bottom and getting rid of the chin entirely (but the USB Type C port and what looks like bottom-firing speakers still exist). But that isn’t the most interesting thing about this patent. What’s more newsworthy is there seems to be a rear secondary display. The sketch you see above shows a possible application of this idea. You see the camera having to repositioned to the top left corner. The overall shape is reminiscent of the Galaxy Note.

But again, it must be remembered that patents don’t necessarily translate to actual design. And while it might take a while to figure out the rear display (or not, stranger things have happened), the front display implementation might be something in our near future.

Source: Phone Arena

RED goes into detail about how the ‘holographic’ display on its upcoming smartphone will work

We heard last month that camera maker RED had plans to out its first premium smartphone, the Hydrogen One. It’s the first phone to feature a “holographic” display. But how will that work? RED is letting us in on a bit of the phone’s secret weapon. A press release from the company reveals they have an exclusive partnership with a startup called Leia Inc. (yes, THAT Princess Leia). The company describes itself as a “leading provider of lightfield holographic display solutions for mobile.” Leia Inc. was founded in 2014 as a spin-off from HP’s research labs.

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Samsung patent shows us nearly edge-to-edge display

Samsung isn’t a stranger to the bezel-less design trend sweeping the smartphone market. You could even say they’re one of the pioneers for it. But it looks like they’re not nearly done shrinking down those bezels, or at least this design patent makes us say they’re at least thinking about shrinking it down further. GalaxyClub.nl discovered a design patent the company filed with the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS) in May 2016. And as the diagram above shows, the bezels are almost non-existent with just a small notch on top that will most likely house things like the camera and speaker and whatever sensor is needed for the front panel.

However, we don’t know if this design patent will ever make it to a device. Companies will file different patents but these don’t exactly translate into actual product. But we can’t say we aren’t hoping they actually consider making this. What about you? Is this something you’d want?

Source: Android Authority