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Samsung's 'Unbreakable' OLED Display Gets Certified (theverge.com) 68

Posted by BeauHD from the displays-of-the-future dept.
Samsung Display, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, just introduced a flexible OLED panel that has a transparent plastic cover already attached, emulating the properties of glass but retaining the screen's innate flexibility. The screen is so durability that it's been certified by UL (formerly known as Underwriters Laboratories). The Verge reports: Samsung, describing the new panel as unbreakable, reports that it has withstood UL's military-standards tests of 26 successive drops from a height of 1.2 meters (close to 4 feet) as well as extreme temperatures as high as 71 degrees Celsius (159.8 degrees Fahrenheit) and as low as -32 degrees Celsius (-25.6 degrees Fahrenheit). The OLED display "continued to function normally with no damage to its front, sides, or edges," we're told, and Samsung even went further by performing a successful drop test from 1.8 meters (6 feet).
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  • The screen is so durability (Score:2, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward

    The Queen called. She wants her language back.

  • breaking news?
    • It tried...

  • Have they also invented an OLED screen... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Rei ( 128717 ) on Sunday July 29, 2018 @12:23PM (#57028430) Homepage

    .... whose display quality doesn't become lousy after 6-12 months of usage? [allaboutwindowsphone.com] (Check out the pictures between the phone that had been used regularly and the one that had almost never been used)

    I've seen this over and over and over again. I'm never buying any sort of OLED phone until either they can get degradation under control, or they've literally driven LCD phones off the market.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Megol ( 3135005 )

      If you use your phone 16/7 then OLED is probably a bad choice, not because the screen become very degraded but due to the uneven degradation mentioned in that article. Most people don't use their screens at maximum brightness and have the screen off most of the day and then OLED is a reasonable choice.

    • Re: (Score:2, Interesting)

      by locopuyo ( 1433631 )
      OLED looks a million times better than LCD, even after 3 years of use.
      • As anecdotal evidence, I have a Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (released 2014) that I've used extensively for 2.5 years. it substitutes as my TV (Plex, DirecTV Now) when I'm away from my TV, so stays on for long periods of time. I'd estimate 4-8 hours a day (I often leave it on in the background while I'm working on the computer).

        I recently bought an Amazon Fire HD 10, and was immediately disappointed by the image quality. It looks like crap compared to the OLED screen, especially when displaying dark scenes. I w

      • Re: (Score:1)

        by Anonymous Coward

        Maybe, if I could see the image on the screen past all of the burnt in TV station logos, the sunlight, the (unevenly) faded colours and the screen constantly fidgeting around to try to prevent burn in.

        I think I'll stick with my LCDs as they last practically forever and if the backlight ever does wear out, I can easily replace it.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Brama ( 80257 )

      Yet it's still hard to go back to LCD once you're used to OLED. My Galaxy S2 had some noticable burn-in after 2 years, all other phones after that fared much better though. Current S8 of 1.5yrs looks like new and watching netflix/plex on it is nothing short of amazing.

    • .... whose display quality doesn't become lousy after 6-12 months of usage?

      Yes, basically all of them other than the pieces of shit listed in the article and that crappy Pixel thing Google released.

      Though my Galaxy S4 is showing very minor signs of burn-in after 5 years.

  • Scratch resistance? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by goombah99 ( 560566 ) on Sunday July 29, 2018 @12:24PM (#57028432)

    If they didn't put any cover at all on it, it should also have the same unbreakable properties. Or if the screen cover were just cellophane or plexiglass. Glass is used in large part because it is scratch resistant, chemical resistant, and it can be thin for less optical distortion. I've heard nothing about it's other relevant properties.

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by oic0 ( 1864384 )
      My first thought was... Im going to put a tempered glass screen protector on it lol.

  • Real world tests (Score:3)

    by DontBeAMoran ( 4843879 ) on Sunday July 29, 2018 @12:25PM (#57028442)

    [...] the new panel [...] withstood UL's military-standards tests of 26 successive drops from a height of 1.2 meters[and] continued to function normally with no damage to its front, sides, or edges.

    Let's see how well it survives such drops once it's attached to a non-flexible and heavier phone.

  • Youtube sales (Score:3)

    by RyanFenton ( 230700 ) on Sunday July 29, 2018 @12:40PM (#57028538)

    Market experts expect that 60% of sales will come from video makers on youtube, responding to claims of unbreakability.

    Ryan Fenton

  • Drop it so it reaches terminal velocity onto a diamond surface (it's hard). Hit it with a sledgehammer. Run over it with a really big thing. I love how they use the term unbreakable in quotes. It's like using the phrase "almost definitely"...

  • Hopefully (Score:3)

    by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 ) on Sunday July 29, 2018 @01:09PM (#57028700)

    Hopefully this “unbreakable” thing will turn out better for them than it did for Oracle.

  • > Celsius (159.8 degrees Fahrenheit) and as low as -32 degrees pfft... -32C is a cold day in Montreal, but not unheard of at all... Last winter the pleather case for my raybans shatterred when I got my sunglasses out of it in the morning. seems like *military specs* doesn't include the arctic (and Montreal is south of Seattle, not even close to arctic.) I would worry about such a display if it we ever left overnight in the car.
    • I'm just curious, was your pleather case military spec'd?

    • It's very rare when it's -32C or below in Montreal. Last winter, the coldest temperature was on January 14 with -27C.

      Since 1941, there was a total of 8 days with -32C or below (Dorval airport) :

      Jan 15, 1957 with -37.8
      Jan 4, 1981 with -35.2
      Feb 15, 1943 with -33.9
      Jan 3, 1981 with -33.5
      Feb 16, 1943 with -33.3
      Dec 25, 1980 with -32.4
      Dec 20, 1942 with -32.2
      Feb 10, 1951 with -32.2

      • My car was reporting "is a cold day, but not unheard of" ... try Edmonton (january 2018 extreme was -34.6, February minimum was -40.1 ( http://climate.weather.gc.ca/c... [weather.gc.ca] ) or Whitehorse, or Longyearbyen, or Murmansk, or Tuktoyaktuk, or... there are a lot places people live that are colder than Montreal is the point. -32C is not a minimum temp that makes much sense for people living near the poles or even in northerly cities or at some altitudes.

        Another poster mentioned mil-spec as -55 which makes more s

    • Military grade temperature range is -55 / +125 C (junction temperature). Of course, there can be adaptations to other temperature ranges... Here, they probably used the standardized military test methods, but with a more limited temperature range.

    • I don't expect to be fighting a war in Montreal any time soon. I think the military is OK.

  • Did the detailed article list the weight of the screen? Curious how it might compare to existing parts. Seems to me to be a bit bulkier/heavier.

  • ... as my internet is unlimited.

  • >"The screen is so durability [sic] that it's been certified by UL"

    "Durability" means many things. A plastic screen can give and bend. So yes, it might be generally, "unbreakable". But plastic is much, much, much softer than glass. So instead of a broken screen, you end up with a scratched-up-to-hell screen. So that doesn't mean it is more "durable" than high-tech glass.

    "Which is better?" (AKA "Pick your poison") Might be the appropriate question.

  • Survived 26 drops, huh? (Score:3)

    by mark-t ( 151149 ) <markt AT nerdflat DOT com> on Sunday July 29, 2018 @07:25PM (#57030060) Journal
    So does that mean it broke on the 27th drop?
  • So what? You're not supposed to drop your $1000 phone from 1.2 meters to begin with.
  • Would be to give it to a bunch of 6 year olds. If they can't break it, it can't be broken LOL.

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