Can't touch this (yet): Samsung's transparent, flexible screen envisioned on video

0. phoneArena posted on 07 Nov 2012, 03:31

Wondering about possible use cases for futuristic tech like transparent and flexible screens? Samsung might have a few in mind, or at least, that is what we make of this new demo video, which features some completely ordinary people, using tech that obviously doesn't belong to their time...

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2. bayhuy posted on 07 Nov 2012, 03:38 3

Stupid...still I can't see useful implementation of this technology...

5. Daca01 posted on 07 Nov 2012, 03:57 2

Agree ... no useful at all,cellphone should be personal thing no transparent.Imagne someone watching naced girls or porn.

17. groupsacc posted on 07 Nov 2012, 05:22 6

Lightbulbs, PCs, and microchips were all thought useless at the time of invention. There are always people with negativity and never develop.

18. anywherehome posted on 07 Nov 2012, 05:24 7

tell me please, do you have an iPhone or iPad?

25. rembo65 posted on 07 Nov 2012, 08:13 4

How do you not see that pen, with pull-out screen, being freaking awesome??

31. zibbyzib2000 posted on 07 Nov 2012, 20:22 0

Lol at 0:57 he's using his pen screen thing to look at an iPad :p

6. PhenomFaz posted on 07 Nov 2012, 03:57 14

Sammy...Leading Innovation...as always!

16. shy2papa posted on 07 Nov 2012, 05:19 3

The Future looks bright indeed, Tony stark aka "iron man" would really like that.

20. PhenomFaz posted on 07 Nov 2012, 06:06 0

yeah but it would be really cool if sammy came up with the display tech portrayed in iron man...c'mon sammy Godspeed!

7. mydi.maus (unregistered) posted on 07 Nov 2012, 04:01 0

weve seen this kind of ad way before,so when is samsung releasing flexi thing 2016?samsung makes the ad,apple will design it way better than this crap..

22. MistB posted on 07 Nov 2012, 07:10 4

Except Apple don't really innovate on anything and take ideas from others. Samsung will be the first and then Apple will patent it saying it was their invention so the tech dumb public and mainstream media outlets won't know a damn thing and assumed it was the brainchild of our time, Steve Jobs. Don't believe half the crap you are told by Apple, it is nothing but pure marketing BS and hype which sells itself to gullible people like you.

28. Jobes posted on 07 Nov 2012, 12:34 2

Since when does Apple ever make their own screens?

29. mrllano posted on 07 Nov 2012, 15:51 1

Yeah they take ideas from other and sue them

33. Googlethis posted on 09 Nov 2012, 00:52 0

Its more of they see there compition making something inovative then they patent they use and wala the company cant use the technology they spent money and time on devoloping. Apple+patent system at its best .

10. byazatt posted on 07 Nov 2012, 04:20 3

mydi.maus is you thinking inverted or is it just me? sounds like the fruit should not even be mentioned in any news involving screen manufacturers. which screen type is produced by the fruit tree again?

12. eyup_aydin posted on 07 Nov 2012, 04:42 2

Iron MAN :)

13. iameer posted on 07 Nov 2012, 04:42 4

common...... can't be just swiping around with just a piece of display.... where are the chips, processors, batteries etc... for goodness sake..... don't tell me, even the battery and chips will be 'CLOUD" based in the future.... ROFL...

14. Mfa901 posted on 07 Nov 2012, 04:52 1

If my phone will become transparent than it will lost in on time

15. byazatt posted on 07 Nov 2012, 04:57 1

The year is 1990:
Geek : they have a prototype of a smartphone that whose ram is 4gb
Retro : anything bigger 4 kilo bytes is useless in computer ram.

19. XaErO posted on 07 Nov 2012, 05:34 2

I've seen some similar videos; and If I'm right those are from the "Corning Gorilla Glass".

Just check it out. Its just a thought (yet to be implemented for real life) .. But if it making to our real life, then it can simply be very useful and wonderful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LE50vaI1ZeI

21. Aeires (unregistered) posted on 07 Nov 2012, 07:10 2

Where's my flying car that was promised a good 3 or 4 decades ago?

23. atsamman posted on 07 Nov 2012, 07:11 0

I would wait for at least 5-10 years for something like that to become really practical

24. dexter_jdr posted on 07 Nov 2012, 08:00 0

imposibruu!!!

26. jdep1 (banned) posted on 07 Nov 2012, 10:26 0

That technology has been on the works for over 5 years ago I believe LG started but I could be wrong. The problem is that there is no flexible batteries yet but maybe Samsung found a way. I personally like the idea of the flexibility.

34. Googlethis posted on 09 Nov 2012, 00:58 0

Ever pull apart a droid razr the battery is pretty flexible for the most part.

32. JunkCreek posted on 07 Nov 2012, 22:36 0

must have ALL OVER WIRELESS CHARGER for flexible screen to use to act as a "paper". still A WAYS to go.

The power and the mainboard as transparent/flexible is A MUST for act like a paper.

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