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New Samsung AMOLED touch-capable display folds flat without creasing

Samsung has “created a bendable AMOLED screen which won’t crease, even after it’s been folded 100,000 times,” Kate Taylor reports for TG Daily.

“The display has a folding radius of just one millimeter, meaning that one panel lies almost completely flat on the other when folded up,” Taylor reports. “The glass cover, as well as preventing scratches, can act as a touch screen.”

Taylor reports, “The researchers say that the display remained uncreased even after 100,000 cycles of folding and unfolding – and that the relative brightness along the fold fell by only six percent. This drop in brightness is almost imperceptible to the human eye, they claim… The researchers say that they believe the displays could go into commercial production ‘soon.'”

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MacDailyNews Take: The mind reels at the possibilities, especially if the quality and cost are reasonable.

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