Japan Display, a company that makes components for the iPhone, just announced a flexible LCD screen

A 5.5-inch flexible LCD screen by Japan Display
And JDI's latest development is a curious one – an LCD screen with flexible properties. The accent is on LCD here, as this is an industry breakthrough. Previous developments in the field have been based on OLED technology, which is why all existing phones with curved screens employ AMOLED displays. As of now, this flexible LCD screen can't bend as much as an OLED alternative, but it could be cheaper to produce in large quantities. If there's demand for it, of course.
Back to JDI's screen, it is being announced under the Full Active Flex market name. It is capable of forming curved shapes – similar to what we have on the Galaxy S7 edge – through use of plastic instead of glass substrate. Replacing the material also makes the display much more resistant to cracking. In terms of specs, we're looking at a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display with around 500 nits of brightness, which is pretty much what we have on the iPhone 7 Plus. And by lowering the refresh frequency of the screen to as little as 15 cycles per second, JDI has achieved what it describe as "a significant decrease of power consumption".
Speaking of the iPhone, Japan Display is known for providing Apple with displays for use in previous iPhone models. Hence, it would come as no surprise if its flexible display ends up in a future iPhone model. Would this be the iPhone 8, expected to launch in late 2017? Well, most likely not, even though that particular iPhone is rumored to come with a screen that wraps around its edges. JDI's curved display, as awesome as it may look, will not be reaching mass production until 2018.

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