Samsung executives say, 'We are developing a foldable display in cooperation with Apple'
It is reported that the managing director of
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Apple still working on a giant all-screen foldable MacBook Pro
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/07/21/samsung-spills-the-beans-apple-is-still-working-on-an-all-screen-foldable-macbook-pro
In 2018, Apple obtained a patent for a 'two-screen folding device.' Apple has also applied for a folding smartphone patent , but it was pointed out that this patent was intended for something like a MacBook with two displays.
Apple has obtained a patent for a ``two-screen folding device'', and there is also the possibility of a new MacBook that substitutes the keyboard for an organic EL display - GIGAZINE
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After that, it was rumored that Apple was developing a MacBook that adopted a touch screen keyboard, but the Korean media The Elec reported that Baek Seung-in, managing director of Samsung Display, which is a new subsidiary of Samsung and develops OLED (organic EL display) etc., talked about the folding display in the event of the Korean Information Display Society held in Korea.
Mr. Seung-in mentions the reliability of the foldable display. When Samsung's first folding smartphone `` Galaxy Fold '' released in 2019 appeared, the media reported that `` the display was broken '', and it was pointed out that the reliability of the folding display was very low.
Reported that the display was damaged on the day I got Samsung's first folding smartphone 'Galaxy Fold' - GIGAZINE
However, regarding the folding display, Mr. Seung-in said, ``Manufacturers have been trying for several years to improve the wrinkles that occur at the border of the display of the folding display, but this problem has not completely disappeared. However, manufacturers continue to make efforts to make wrinkles less noticeable.'
In addition, Seung-in revealed that Apple is working with Samsung Display and LG Display to develop a device with its own foldable display. According to him, Apple is applying for a new patent for devices with foldable displays. However, Mr. Seung-in also said, ``It is an industry challenge that the wrinkle problem of folding displays must be improved to the extent that Apple is satisfied.''
In addition, Mr. Seung-in commented, ``Currently, notebook PCs consist of a display on the top and a physical keyboard on the bottom, but many companies are interested in displaying both the top and bottom. In addition, Mr. Seung-in expects that by adopting a folding display for notebook PCs, it will be possible to use it as a 25-inch display by viewing two screens as one display, and a 13-inch display when folded.
In addition, it was pointed out that the Galaxy Fold released by Samsung in 2019 uses a protective sheet layer of plastic material on the display surface, which can be easily peeled off. However, the second-generation model that appeared in 2020 uses ultra-thin glass (UTG), and since then, more glass material covers have been adopted than plastic material protective sheets.
However, Seung-in explains that if the display size is large, UTG may have problems with cost and durability, so a protective sheet made of plastic material may be adopted.
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