Curved S7 Edge display reportedly in mass production, as Samsung takes cue from the S6 edge shortages

posted by Daniel P. / Feb 15, 2016, 2:07 AM

Curved S7 Edge display reportedly in mass production, as Samsung takes cue from the S6 edge shortages

The Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are expected to be out in the wild very soon, showing their beach bodies this Sunday, February 21st, at the MWC expo in Barcelona. Apparently, Samsung has already begun mass production of the respective 5.5" flexible display for the S7 Edge in its Asan plant, say industry insiders, as it wants to avoid last year's supply shortages for the S6 edge display.

Samsung reportedly underestimated the demand for its first model with a dual-curve panel then, leading to unrealized potential sales, and a fairly tepid financial quarter after the S6 and S6 edge launched. This year, it is determined to do no such thing, it seems, and has fired up the A2 and A3 production lines at the plant, which can churn out no less than 9 million OLED panels a month, should the need arise.

On a side note, from this publication we are getting yet another confirmation that the Galaxy S7 Edge will sport a 5.5" display, which is a much wiser move compared to last year when the Edge+ shipped with the same screen size as the Note 5.

source: BusinessKorea

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13 Comments

1. shaineql

Posts: 522; Member since: Apr 28, 2014

Its gonna be good year for sammy , they managed to get their game back. I hope LG does too.

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 2:10 AM 7

2. shaineql

HTC really should die. Partnering with Apple just to take their design language, pushing out phones that are exactly the same as previous versions(not only in design) or even worse (810 slower app opening speed then 801). And from what i saw from that one m10 leak is that they are at it again , pulling another HTC this year.

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 2:12 AM 1

3. Clars123

Posts: 1078; Member since: Mar 16, 2015

what has HTC got to do with the article? Jeez!!..go find an HTC article to rant on

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 2:16 AM 11

7. combatmedic870

Posts: 984; Member since: Sep 02, 2015

I think they are misjudging the market. People loved the S6 edge due to it being as small as the S6! This S7 edge is going to sell as well at the S6 edge plus. It's a different territory and category of people.

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 6:48 AM 0

10. j2001m

Posts: 3061; Member since: Apr 28, 2014

The phone got to be bigger if you need that sd card back there is no room on the s6 edge

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 12:01 PM 0

12. TerryTerius unregistered

I really doubt that.

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 4:28 PM 0

4. Arch_Fiend

Posts: 3951; Member since: Oct 03, 2015

First paragraph has a lot of typos PA, better fix it before the hardcore grammar police show up.

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 2:46 AM 3

5. Shocky unregistered

Still waiting on them Exynos benchmarks and battery life. I wonder how much extra they will charge with the curve this year.

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 2:58 AM 0

6. bodzio1809

Posts: 407; Member since: Aug 28, 2013

I am waiting too. Dobra kurwa to droga sprawa. You can translate this from polish :-)

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 3:10 AM 0

8. TechieXP1969

Posts: 14967; Member since: Sep 25, 2013

50 S7 articles and counting. PA, can't you bring up other stories? Am sure there is other tech news. Stop being lazy. You keep rehashing the S7 over and over again. Its boring now!

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 8:53 AM 1

9. may_czos

Posts: 955; Member since: Nov 22, 2014

Don't worry Samsung, it won't happen again, S7 edge will be nowhere near as popular as S6 edge. It's just too big. It seems like S6 edge+'s flop didn't teach you anything - people don't want phablets!

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 8:53 AM 2

11. j2001m

The. The lg G5 will have no sales at all then, if the s7 edge is smaller than my s6 edge plus, it wil. Be a very good size in the hand and in use and will be way smaller the the iPhone plus

posted on Feb 15, 2016, 12:02 PM 0

13. Krjal

Posts: 424; Member since: Dec 19, 2013

It's funny they're doing it like this. I've really enjoyed my S6 edge but if the next edge is that big I'll just be getting the regular S7. I have a tablet for when I want a huge screen, my phone is smaller for convenience..