[IMID 2021] AI Speaker with Flexible OLED (12.4″)

From a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate display to full screen UPC technology - swipe through the exciting evolution of Samsung Display's foldable OLED technology.

“Unfold with” is a series of interviews with tech content creators to share their life story and views on foldable technology.

You may have seen transparent displays often in SF movies. Transparent OLED, one of the cutting-edge display technologies, even showcases the back of its screen transparently. Transparent OLED displays are made up of clear materials and have transmissive space for lights to pass through the pixels, making them look transparent. This technology is expected to be used in applications where users need to see through the other side of a screen, such as replacing the Heads-up Display (HUD) that projects images on the windshield. Transparent OLED displays are manufactured transparent except for areas that represent colors. This technology is enabled by using optically clear materials for electric lines such as TFTs (Thin Film Transistor) and letting the display showcase objects behind, like transparent glass. Unlike LCDs, a self-emissive OLED display emits light without a backlight unit, eliminating the need to rely on ambient lights. Furthermore, it doesn’t need a polarizer, an opaque plastic sheet typically attached to displays to prevent the panel from reflecting external light so that it boasts higher transmissivity than LCDs.

Extreme folding test at -20°C (-4°F)! Will the new foldable OLED be able to withstand this severe cold without deformity?

Unfold your world with the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Fold 3, the latest foldable smartphones with Samsung Display’s innovative OLED technology.

Foldable displays come into existence by making them as thin as possible and using flexible materials. As the display can be both folded and unfolded, product size can be minimized, which opens up an array of application opportunities for mobile or IT devices. A foldable display is a type of flexible display that can be folded and unfolded like paper. The foldable display has the thinnest design possible to be folded and unfolded and adopted a cover window, the UTG, made up of bendable materials on top of the flexible OLEDs that feature flexible materials at the same time.  Foldable displays available at the moment come in two types, which are inward (with the display folding into the interior of the device) or outward (with the display wrapping around the device).