In the past few years, Samsung has been popularizing the concept of curved screens. Its Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series flagship models all use flexible curved screens. This has become the biggest difference between Samsung's flagship and other manufacturers (in on the screen).
Of course, due to the high cost of flexible curved screens, we can only see them in high-end flagships. Even if LG Display and BOE have manufactured OLED flexible curved screens, the effect and yield rate are not as good as screen giants. Samsung. According to the latest patent, Samsung has found a way to manufacture curved screens based on LCD technology, which is also a new breakthrough for the industry.
According to reports from phoneArena and 91mobiles, Samsung filed an application for the patent last year, and the patent was granted on December 20, 2018. From the patent description, it is an LCD technology that replaces the traditional glass substrate with plastic. This also means that Samsung can bend the screen during production to create a curved LCD screen. At the same time, the patent also reduces the fragility of the screen.
In fact, as early as before, a Japanese consortium composed of 13 companies and institutions had plans to develop ultra-thin and bendable LCD screens. The company also said that it has found a new way to make screens, which mainly use plastic films instead of glass substrates, making the screen bendable. Samsung seems to have adopted a similar approach.
In contrast, Samsung was directly exposed to the patent, and this "real hammer" is also more convincing and feasible. Foreign media predict that Samsung will use curved LCD screens in mid-range products in the future, thereby increasing the promotion of its own curved screens. And its best starting device is naturally the Galaxy S10 Lite, which will be launched next year.
If the curved screen can be used in lower-priced products, Samsung believes that this difference can attract more consumers' attention and even purchase. Computer friends who are disgusted with "OLED" eyes should be able to get "real happiness" from curved LCD screens in the future.
