Samsung: “20 times tougher than existing film, reducing creases where the phone folds” First applied to 8th-generation Galaxy foldable phones
Flex Titanium display image. Provided by Samsung Electronics
On the 15th, Samsung Electronics unveiled a new display technology, “Flex Titanium,” for its next-generation Galaxy foldable devices. The key features are enhanced screen durability using titanium material and reduced creasing at the fold. This technology has been applied for the first time to the 8th-generation foldable phone, which is scheduled to be unveiled at the “Galaxy Unpacked” event in London, United Kingdom, on the 22nd of this month.
Flex Titanium adopts a dual titanium structure. A titanium alloy film is placed beneath the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel, and a titanium plate that serves as a support is combined beneath it. Samsung Electronics stated that this alloy film is about 20 times stronger than the existing polymer film, making it more resistant to pressure and creasing. Although titanium is considered highly reliable and is used in the aerospace sector, it has been regarded as a difficult material to apply to thin, flexible foldable screens due to its hardness and high elasticity.
The thickness has also been reduced. Through an ultra-precision rolling process, the alloy film has been made as thin as roughly one-third the thickness of a human hair. Rolling is a metalworking process that passes metal between two rotating rolls to make it thin and evenly flat. Micro-hole processing technology has been applied to the titanium plate. When the screen is unfolded, it provides stable support, and when folded, it secures flexibility to reduce creasing.
Samsung Electronics said it has concentrated the technologies that have led from its world-first mass production of AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) displays in 2007 through to current foldables. “Next-generation Galaxy foldables based on display technologies accumulated over many years will completely transform the user experience,” said Moon Sung-hoon, Vice President and Head of Hardware at Samsung Electronics’ MX Business. Yoo Kyung-jin, Vice President and Head of Product Development Team at Samsung Display, emphasized, “We have secured both flexibility and durability through micro-hole processing of the titanium plate.”
Lee Min-a
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