Technology of Foldable Screen.
                     Technology of 
Foldable Screen
Flexible display
 The new technology of foldable or flexible 
display is a change from the traditional 
flat screen display used in most devices.
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Flexible electronic paper
 The foldable screen technology is based 
on flexible e-paper, which was the first 
flexible display conceptualized and 
prototyped.
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Research
 Among the first companies to research on 
flexible display technology were Xerox 
PARC, HP and Plastic Logic. Research 
began as early as 2005.
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Flexible OLED displays
 Foldable screen technology based on 
flexible displays built around OLED screens, 
which is the latest advancement in the 
display technology.
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How do they work?
 With an OLED screen, the pixels or the 
light emitting portion of screen is built 
into it. The LEDs are on the actual screen 
instead of being behind a glass pane
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Technology
 For flexible or foldable displays, the OLED 
screen is printed on a thin sheet of plastic, 
which can bent or shaped in different 
ways.
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No glass pane
 An interesting fact about foldable phones 
is that there is no glass pane on the top, 
so you directly touch the actual screen, 
which is a thin plastic display.
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Pricing
 OLED screens are expensive, so these 
foldable phones aren’t affordable for 
everyone as of now. The Galaxy Fold is 
priced at $2000.
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Concerns
 Some of the concerns are that the screen 
can be damaged and scratched easily. It 
may also get damaged with multiple folds.
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