LG Claims Its Foldable Display Is As Hard As Glass

The trouble with today's foldable phones is that the displays are still made out of plastic. Since plastic is kind of malleable, it makes sense to employ it for foldable displays, but at the aforementioned time, plastic is softer than glass which raises some questions about the durability and longevity of foldables.

However, LG Chem thinks they might have the answer. The company has developed a foldable display using new materials technologies that they claim have resulted in the display being as hard as glass, just still remaining as flexible every bit plastic. 1 of the tricks of this new brandish is that it can actually fold in either direction. This is versus current foldable displays which are optimized to fold in ane direction.

To create this display, LG Chem has used a PET moving-picture show on both sides with the new coating technology they developed. According to an LG Chem spokesperson, "Unlike existing polyimide films and tempered drinking glass-type materials, the cover window that practical LG Chem'due south new coating technologies will maximize flexibility, while also providing optimized solutions for foldable phones such as making improvements to chronic issues like fold impressions on the connecting part of the screen."

It should be noted that this development doesn't mean that LG is getting back into mobile. LG Chem is a split division in the visitor, and then more than than likely, this tech will exist used to produce flexible displays for other companies, such every bit Apple who have been rumored to be looking into developing a foldable phone of its own.

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