Samsung Bendable Screens To Be On Smartphones In 2013 - All AMOLED, All Stretchy!

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Sony, the other popular smartphone manufacturer says it has been doing research on flexible displays for almost a decade now, but they still don't seem to have any plans of commercializing their technology. Lee Chang-hoon, the vice president of Samsung's display unit, on the other hand, said the company is currently sampling the displays with a few customers.  In the following video put up by the WSJ, Yun-Hee Kim talks about Samsung's experiment with flexible technology and why this can lower costs. Check it out and let us know what you feel about it in comments.



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