Samsung GALAXY X is the foldable phone that the Samsung company wants to launch on the market for users all over the world, it has been in development for some time, and will soon be officially presented. Samsung GALAXY X is the first foldable smartphone that the Korean company wants to launch, and there are extremely high expectations from it, all because until now the president of the mobile division has praised it a lot.
The Samsung GALAXY X has the screen as the central part of the novelties, a foldable OLED one being prepared, but it seems that there will be a small/big problem for this component, which is very difficult to produce, by the way. According to some information that appeared today, the Samsung GALAXY X will have a foldable screen that is not protected by Gorilla Glass against impacts, but by a material developed by a company called Sumitomo Chemical, from Japan.
Samsung GALAXY X: THE BIG DISAPPOINTMENT of the Screen
The Samsung GALAXY X will have a screen protected by a material that is inferior to Gorilla Glass, but the fact that it is flexible is the reason why it was chosen by the Korean company, it also has an increased resistance to excessive heat. Gorilla Glass manufacturers offered Samsung flexible protective panels for the Samsung GALAXY X screen, but the tests did not convince the Koreans, so they decided not to use them.
"Sumitomo Chemical will supply transparent polyimide (PI), a core material for Samsung Electronics' foldable smartphones. Samsung Electronics has confirmed Sumitomo Chemical as a supplier of transparent double-layered PI. Samsung's first smart phone will be released in November and early next year. A transparent PI is a cover window that protects the display.”
Samsung GALAXY X has not yet entered production, and the company chosen by Samsung to manufacture this material is still working on its improvement before being integrated into the new smartphone model. Considering all these problems, it will be interesting to see what exactly Samsung will integrate in the future phone models of the Samsung GALAXY X series, the screen being extremely important, and it must be protected.
