New, high-resolution foldable OLED screen with touch-function is revealed - Polidicks

[thumb]http://www.sweclockers.com/image/red/2014/11/03/Fold_0002_Layer+2.jpg?t=original&k=26209062[/thumb] [thumb]http://www.sweclockers.com/image/red/2014/11/03/Fold_0001_Layer+3.jpg?t=paneBanner&k=6ebd03e2[/thumb] [quote][B] To be forced between choosing a small but neat phone, or a big but rather clunky one, may soon be a first world problem of the past. Foldable screens will provide a large monitor, in a very portable format. [/B] The so called "Phablets" are currently on a strong march forward, and are occupying an increasingly big share of the market. Many appreciate the big screens, but will at the same time have to deal with bigger and more fragile devices. The solution; electronical devices that are foldable. During the Japanese technology convention "Innovation 2014", the corporation "Semiconductor Energy Laboratory" demonstrated their latest invention in foldable screens, with many promising features. Much like an accordion, it can be folded into three distinct sections. The panel itself is based on current OLED-technology, with white light emitting diodes and a colour-filter. Similar devices have been showed previously, but the latest creation is bigger than it's predecessors, and also includes touch-functionality. It's 8,7" big, and packs a 1080x1920 resolution with a 254pi point density. [/quote] Source: [url]http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/19574-vikbar-oled-panel-med-pekfunktion-ger-storre-skarmyta-till-mobila-enheter[/url]

Now the only thing stopping phones form being basically paper is the mobo. Still rater have thicker phones. But a smart flip phone would be great.

now you can bend the new iphone 20 and it won't break

I feel like bending it too many times would leave kind of a crease. Also it may not bend in half perfectly like a piece of paper, maybe just slightly bendy.

Novel idea but I'm still concerned about the durability for mobile applications, I think early on this is better suited for more stationary applications with odd angles (Maybe dimming/screen window blinds?).

[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;46403273] But a smart flip phone would be great.[/QUOTE] [t]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61W4dUaDqUL._SL1200_.jpg[/t] [editline]They're likely using iPhones anyway.[/editline] But it's not like you'd find them in the US because it's not what those crazy teens want.

[QUOTE=alexguydude;46403345]I feel like bending it too many times would leave kind of a crease. Also it may not bend in half perfectly like a piece of paper, maybe just slightly bendy.[/QUOTE] Crease voids warranty

It will be cool to see this used for advertising around poles, and other curved surfaces.

Fold able touchscreen posters connected to the internet playing gifs of criminals and you have a Harry Potter meets the future reality on your hands.

[QUOTE=Bradyns;46403765]It will be cool to see this used for advertising around poles, and other curved surfaces.[/QUOTE] like curved screens? yeah wish we had those

Great, and phones will be even thinner with the same shitty battery life. Just stack 2 of the already wafer thin current gen batteries on top of each other already, it would only add like 2mm and double the battery life.

Can we get micro-oled displays that dont cost a fortune yet?

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;46403861]Great, and phones will be even thinner with the same shitty battery life. Just stack 2 of the already wafer thin current gen batteries on top of each other already, it would only add like 2mm.[/QUOTE] point me to these mystical 2mm batteries

I'm still waiting for them to release them in TV size so I can just go buy a 50" T.V. that comes in a carboard tube, like gift wrap paper, and stick it on the wall like a poster.

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;46403861]Great, and phones will be even thinner with the same shitty battery life. Just stack 2 of the already wafer thin current gen batteries on top of each other already, it would only add like 2mm and double the battery life.[/QUOTE] I don't get the whole obsession with make phones thin as fuck. What does it even accomplish. it's smaller in an irrelevant direction, it will still take up just as much space in your pocket. Please, someone tell me why

I cannot fucking wait until smartphones are just two pieces of plastic about 3 or 4 inches long and 2 inches wide that split at the middle and when you pull on both ends, it unspools a touch screen that was rolled up in both ends, held in place with like some sort of ratchet system and you press a button and it rolls back up. That'd be baller as fuck [editline]4th November 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Roll_Program;46403861]Great, and phones will be even thinner with the same shitty battery life. Just stack 2 of the already wafer thin current gen batteries on top of each other already, it would only add like 2mm and double the battery life.[/QUOTE] Have you ever actually opened up a phone? The batteries aren't "wafer thin", they're actually fairly thick and usually take up the majority of the thickness of a smartphone. Stacking a 2nd one on the inside would either mean a phone twice as thick, or a lump on one side of the phone that's twice as thick as the rest of it. Until they come out with a more energy dense material to make batteries out of that's also stable enough for mobile devices and resilient enough to stand the hundreds of thousands of charge-deplete cycles phones are subjected to, just carry around a small portable battery or an extra battery pack. I got a 15,000 mAh battery off Amazon for $50, it'll charge my phone 5 times over. If you don't want to carry a charging cable, pick up an OEM replacement battery and keep it charged.

You may be able to bend it, but can you fold it?

[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;46405433]I don't get the whole obsession with make phones thin as fuck. What does it even accomplish. it's smaller in an irrelevant direction, it will still take up just as much space in your pocket. Please, someone tell me why[/QUOTE] Not necessarily. The thinner an object, the less three-dimensional spatial volume it takes up. For example: From the Galaxy Note 2 to the Galaxy Note 3 the following changes were made: Height: Increased by .1mm Width: Reduced by 1.3mm Depth: Reduced by 1.1mm While these changes seem very small, it actually has a fairly large impact on the volume of the device. GN2 Volume: 114,337.37 cubic mm GN3 Volume: 99,392.832 cubic mm This translates to almost an entire cubic inch of space saved by reducing the width and thickness by such a small amount. (0.9 cubic inches to be specific) Doesn't sound like a lot, but it's actually a noticeable difference when you're standing down, bending over, running, etc with the phone in your pocket.

[QUOTE=Egevened;46403840]like curved screens? yeah wish we had those[/QUOTE] Don't current curved screens have to be manufactured with an exact curvature in mind? I think what he's getting at is something you don't have to create yourself to fit any surface that it needs to be on.

IMHO I'd be cool to have a superwide overhead display over my 2 monitors that flexes that or just a really tall one for browsers on the side

[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;46403273]Now the only thing stopping phones form being basically paper is the mobo. Still rater have thicker phones. But a smart flip phone would be great.[/QUOTE] Imagine frantically checking your pocket with your hand all the time to figure out if your phone is still there.

[QUOTE=.Lain;46403876]point me to these mystical 2mm batteries[/QUOTE] IPhone 6 batt is 2mm thick.

We could have a system similar to a blind where you can roll it up and down when you want. Space-saving as fuck.

But does it have a hardware keypad?

[QUOTE=alexguydude;46403345]I feel like bending it too many times would leave kind of a crease. Also it may not bend in half perfectly like a piece of paper, maybe just slightly bendy.[/QUOTE] Totally bendable screen is possible engineering feat in my opinion. I can visualize it but it would be hard to make.

[QUOTE=Grindigo;46406117]Imagine frantically checking your pocket with your hand all the time to figure out if your phone is still there.[/QUOTE] I do that with my thick phone, usually because I try to look for my phone while holding it.

Oh goody, I've always wanted an expensive phone that feels like a piece of paper.

All I can think about is the screen wearing out from being bent and folded.

[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;46405853]Don't current curved screens have to be manufactured with an exact curvature in mind? I think what he's getting at is something you don't have to create yourself to fit any surface that it needs to be on.[/QUOTE] no? you can bend an LCD if you want even

[QUOTE=Karishnikova;46405748]Not necessarily. The thinner an object, the less three-dimensional spatial volume it takes up.[/QUOTE]There's a soft gray area between raw, hard dimensions and then there's the actual practical dimensions of an object. These two measurements rarely add up, especially since the second often changes once the environment surrounding it changes. An example of this would be my every-day-carry (EDC) kit, which has seen several revisions. I used to have a cheap switchblade in it, but I switched that out for a smaller and "sleeker" folding knife and immediately ran into problems. While it was smaller in width, height, and even thickness, it's curved shape meant that the objects next to it had just enough wiggle room to float around and trap it into place. This wouldn't have happened with the cheap knife, or a sleeker rectangular-shaped knife, but my new knife's odd shape would not fit properly despite being smaller. You could argue that the new knife had a larger footprint in my EDC kit, and every time I needed it (and the badass saw portion of the blade which has saved my ass many times) I had to remove items to access and store the knife. Eventually I switched the knife out to be carried elsewhere, and my EDC inventory was bolstered by a rolled-up cloth trauma pack that filled the knife's original location.