A couple of days back, we brought you a report that Chinese display maker BOE has edged Samsung Display out of the top spot to become the world’s largest display manufacturer. The brnad’s growth is among other things,, traceable to its high innovativeness. In this light, the display maker has unveiled the world’s first flexible display that folds up to 360 degrees.
The display which is already being
mass-produced utilises a flexible screen both on the outside and inside. The
flexible display by BOE adopts a multi-neutral layer model design, which
effectively reduces the stress of flexible “outside fold” and “inside fold”.
The display is also able to realize a low crease effect on both the in-fold and
out-fold aspects. The display can be folded up to 200,000 times without an
hassle.
Currently, BOE has reportedly achieved
mass production of R5 200,000-fold outward-folding displays and R3 200,000-fold
in-folding displays, and supplies to domestic first-tier smartphone
manufacturers. In addition to the flexible outer-folding and flexible
in-folding displays that have been mass-produced, BOE has also deployed
flexible sliding roll and now, flexible 360° folding technology.
From the official display, BOE’s flexible
360° folding technology breaks through the limitation of the single-direction
folding of the display module, and achieves a 360° folding form whereby it can
be folded in, left open and folded out completely.We expect the display to be
shipped to manufacturers soon so as to find its way into foldable phones in the
near future.