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Apple Supplier Corning Working on Glass Display Solution for Foldable Phones
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Now there's a brilliant idea!!
Would be nicer to have a larger display on Apple Watch. Having a fold out display would be great.
I hate to see all of this corporate greed for a device that will be eventually become mainstream in less than 2 years. There is nothing wrong with our solution of a phone and tablet. This foldable phone isn't solving an issue for most people, but casting more of an idea of manufacturer's trying to find the next best thing for consumers to latch onto.
One thing that's missing is the plastic screen on a foldable phone, although folding screen is innovative but with plastic screen, it's just a novelty, not really durable or satisfying like glass ones.
I wonder if they have looked at using a harder plastic insert around the radius of the fold, but using normal, thick glass for the rest of the screen? That would help durability but still allow folding. The hard part would be matching the surface feel.
Just my US$0.02.
I can see use cases for these foldable displays, but not by Apple. The demand simply isn't going to be big enough to justify Apply making a device with a foldable display.
Besides, diplays are already passé. The future is going to be a device that projects a 3D image directly onto the retina.
I can see use cases for these foldable displays, but not by Apple. The demand simply isn't going to be big enough to justify Apply making a device with a foldable display.
Besides, diplays are already passé. The future is going to be a device that projects a 3D image directly onto the retina.
I also thought it's a pretty good idea to have a few devices in one, but it doesn't seem like most people share that opinion. From what I'm seeing, most of the comments are saying that it's an unnecessary device and has no practical applications. Maybe more people will come around once they've had a chance to actually use it.
Plastic scratches more easily and has an ugly crease where the fold is. Glass would mitigate both of those issues.
[doublepost=1551802223][/doublepost]Reminds me of the Sony twin screen folding tablet. What comes around goes around. Looks like tech in search of a reason to me.
With foldable smartphones from the likes of Samsung and Huawei now out in the open, speculation has been piqued over whether Apple will follow suit. We know the company has explored ideas related to foldable phones in patent applications, but Apple is unlikely to release a foldable iPhone unless it can meet strict quality standards, and judging by the bulky designs and expensive price tags of early foldable devices, that could still be some ways off.
Huawei Mate X
One innovation in particular that Apple could be holding out for is foldable glass. Early folding phone manufacturers have been relying on plastic polymers to make their flexible displays, but unlike glass, plastic creases and crinkles over time. The material is also less robust and easier to scratch, which is why the deviation from traditional glass smartphone panels is all the more noticeable.
Corning, the makers of Gorilla Glass, is known to be actively developing a foldable glass solution that could one day find its way into a future foldable iPhone. Corning is a long-time Apple supplier, and its Gorilla Glass products have been used in the iPhone and the iPad for several years, which makes its current work on glass that's 0.1mm thick and can bend to a 5mm radius all the more interesting.
According to Wired, Corning is combining its experience with Willow Glass, which can roll up like a sheet of paper, and Gorilla Glass, which gets its strength from an ion-exchange process. Unfortunately, that process involves dipping glass into a molten salt solution, and salt corrodes the transistors found in display applications, which makes Willow Glass unsuitable for phones. Corning's work is currently focused on overcoming this challenge.
Bayne thinks the company's foldable glass will be ready for the mainstream in a couple of years. With a bit of luck, the $200 million that Apple granted Corning out of its $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund will help the U.S. company achieve that goal.
Article Link: Apple Supplier Corning Working on Glass Display Solution for Foldable Phones
I think they still need to find a compelling purpose for a foldable phone.
Suppliers will invent or improve on new materials and components, but often its applied for the wrong purpose... Electronics manufacturers will automatically apply it to phones because smartphones is a big market.
Why not apply foldable displays where it's needed (a compelling purpose)?
Like say VR glasses so that the display can wrap around various head contours/sizes, making things less bulky ... or smartwatches & watch bands where it can wrap around various wrist sizes to make things more comfortable.
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to be honest, i would actually be interested in a phone like this, call me crazy, but i can see the benefits in my everyday life.....
I'd be terrified to drop my phone!
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I'd much rather see this on an apple watch.
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I'd much rather see this on an apple watch.
Just because you can doesn't mean that you should.
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No it doesn't. Glass at room temperature is a solid, it has no liquid characteristics when it is a solid. Similarly, when it is heated to melting it no longer has any solid characteristics. Using your criteria, water also falls into this category along with almost every element.
Ditto. The last thing I need is a wraparound display that's going to get all scratched up. These foldable phones are a solution without a problem.
Do we even need foldable phone? My guess is actually no. The tech foldable OLED is useful, and Apple has used it in the X and XS to fold the end of the panel to hide the controller and have edge-to-edge display.
So foldable phone is just a demo of the tech that in the end is applicable in other things.
So foldable phone is just a demo of the tech that in the end is applicable in other things.
Yeah, I would love an XS-sized phone that would fold in half and only be a bit thicker.
