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In the midst of Samsung’s global launch for its Note 3, the company is already thinking about its next big reveal. This time around, it’ll involve a curved display. The unnamed device could appear in Korea next month, according to Reuters, although Yonhap News (through the wonders of Google Translate) was told to expect a new device announcement some time in Q4. In either case, it’s soon. The last time we heard about Samsung’s handheld flexible displays was back in CES in January, where a 5.5-inch prototype device named ‘Youm‘ was revealed — that’s what you can see above. The prototype’s screen stretched to the outer edges of the device and was able to display notifications along the side, although the handheld itself wasn’t flexible. According to Park Sang-jin, CEO of Samsung SDI, the new device will use a similar OLED panel and will be curve-shaped (“not completely flexible”), which will “differentiate” the device from Samsung’s existing smartphone family. We suspect it may arrive with that new camera sensor too.

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Source: Reuters, Yonhap News (Korean)

[CES 2013] I am quite sure that many of us were impressed when we first stumbled upon the Youm flexible OLED display by Samsung at CES this year, and it seems that during Samsung’s presentation of the Youm flexible OLED display, there was a prototype Windows Phone-powered device as well. You can check that out in the video above, although do be forewarned that the video’s quality leaves plenty to be desired. Very little, if not no information can be garnered from the video other than the fact that such a flexible OLED display is very, very real, and assuming other factors such as the market’s preparedness as well as pricing structure proves to be right, then we should be able to check out flexible smartphones on store shelves in due time.

What kind of applications do you think would flexible OLED displays work best in? Also, just which of the major mobile operating systems do you think would be able to thrive with a flexible OLED display in the new world?

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Samsung wasn’t done with CES. During its second CES event, it just announced that it will brand its new series of flexible OLED displays Youm. Better still, the company brought on a handheld prototype that was all sorts of flexible. We then got a glimpse of a quick concept video where what appeared to be a phone proceeded to fold out to transform into a tablet. The prototype Youm device also had a screen that stretched beyond the front of the device, meaning that you’ll be able to see notifications and widget content even when the device is laid down flat.

Filed under: Displays, Samsung

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