Elastic display is expected to release in the first half of next year

It is widely believed that Samsung's profits soared so that it can be in the case of excess supply of the panel, generous into the display business. Third quarter, Samsung Electronics net profit rose by 91% over the same period last year, to $6 billion. Smart phones and tablet computer market increasingly fierce battle, South Korea's Samsung Electronics ready to mass production of plastic rather than glass display. This display is specifically for mobile devices, known as the "elastic screen", can make the mobile device lighter, and not easy to damage, but also can bend and fold. Informed sources said, elastic display by Samsung's display subsidiary - Samsung Display is responsible for R & D, is now in the final stage of development, is expected to be released in the first half of next year. It is not clear when mobile devices using flexible displays will be able to enter the market. Samsung Display has just been set up this year, Samsung's LCD screen business and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) business merger. Samsung's flexible display will use OLED. OLED is very thin, can be installed on flexible materials such as plastic or metal foil. If you don't have to use plastic instead of glass, it will make it more durable and lighter. In fact, the development of flexible OLED has been carried out for many years, Japan's Sony Corp and South Korea's LG Display have released a prototype. However, due to technical barriers to mass production, global manufacturers have so far failed to commercialize this technology, or used in equipment. SONY said it began in 2002 in the study of flexible display technology. Two years ago, SONY demonstrated a 4.1 inch flexible OLED display. A spokesman for the company said on November 12th that SONY was unable to comment on the production or marketing of flexible displays. Some of the giant monitors for mobile phones and tablet PCs have introduced other new screen technologies. Such as Japan's Sharp Co and LG Display sales of LCD screen, iPhone 5 has been used in the display technology. This embedded technology will touch sensors embedded in the LCD screen, without a single layer of touch panel, make the smart phone screen thinner. Samsung is still busy with the production of Galaxy S smartphones and Galaxy Note Tablet PC glass display, from the profit point of view, the new display does not seem so attractive." Woori investment securities company (Woori Investment &Securities) analyst said. There are different voices. Xinrong securities analyst Li Chengzhe (Shinyoung Securities) (Lee Seung-chul) said, "" flexible display technology "can help reduce the cost of production."