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11-11-2024, 02:00 PM
LG Display just unveiled a stretchable display prototype.
This screen can expand by 50%.
We shouldn’t expect to see it in a smartphone anytime soon.
There was a time when we’d look to LG for weird, wonderful, and exciting smartphones. The last flagship phone LG made before leaving the smartphone market in 2021 was one of those devices: the twisting-screen Wing. That hardware was unique and exciting in a way that smartphones hadn’t been for a while, and except for devices like the new Huawei Mate XT (https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-mate-xt-hands-on-3483398/) there really haven’t been that many exciting smartphones since. While LG doesn’t build smartphones anymore, it does manufacture smartphone components, and it just showcased something incredible — a stretchable display.
Screens that don’t just fold, but also stretch, have been in development for years. According to LG (https://www.lgdisplay.com/kor/company/media-center/latest-news?contentId=5361), this display is a marked improvement over its 2022 prototype, which could stretch to 20% bigger than its starting size. Compared to that, this new one can go a full 50% larger than its starting point and is expected to survive 10,000 stretches without durability concerns.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/lg-stretchable-display-2-3498422/)
This screen can expand by 50%.
We shouldn’t expect to see it in a smartphone anytime soon.
There was a time when we’d look to LG for weird, wonderful, and exciting smartphones. The last flagship phone LG made before leaving the smartphone market in 2021 was one of those devices: the twisting-screen Wing. That hardware was unique and exciting in a way that smartphones hadn’t been for a while, and except for devices like the new Huawei Mate XT (https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-mate-xt-hands-on-3483398/) there really haven’t been that many exciting smartphones since. While LG doesn’t build smartphones anymore, it does manufacture smartphone components, and it just showcased something incredible — a stretchable display.
Screens that don’t just fold, but also stretch, have been in development for years. According to LG (https://www.lgdisplay.com/kor/company/media-center/latest-news?contentId=5361), this display is a marked improvement over its 2022 prototype, which could stretch to 20% bigger than its starting size. Compared to that, this new one can go a full 50% larger than its starting point and is expected to survive 10,000 stretches without durability concerns.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/lg-stretchable-display-2-3498422/)