It’s no secret that Samsung wants to make more advanced flexible mobile devices in the future, including foldable smartphones. But such products require advanced manufacturing techniques that would guarantee the integrity of the product while it’s being bent. Samsung, therefore, invented an artificial muscle whose mission, should it choose to accept it, would be to…
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Samsung and Sharp Said to be Ramping up OLED Production for 2017 iPhone
Up to this point, the iPhone lineup has used an LCD panel for its displays. But Apple isn’t completely against OLED. That fact was proven back when the Apple Watch launched, which uses an OLED panel. And if the Rumor Mill is any indicator, Apple plans on making a bigger adoption of the technology at…
Apple patented an iPhone with a wraparound screen
Last month we saw Apple was already getting creative with screen placement in its patent filings, with some wild and wacky iPad setups, but this latest patent is truly out there. A new patent, filed in April of last year and just published, describes a method for building a “portable electronic device with a wraparound…
MacBook Pro concept shows how useful an OLED touchpad will be
Apple might not unveil a radically redesigned MacBook Pro at WWDC next week, but thanks to artist Martin Hajek we’ve got the next best thing: concept images. Hajek’s images show how the OLED touchpad could automatically change based on the apps you’re using. The OLED bar blends in so seamlessly with the MacBook Pro’s keyboard…