Samsung will launch foldable smartphones by 2019, The Korea Times reports, citing a Samsung Display engineer. "I agree that foldable OLED displays may be released by 2019", said Samsung Display's principal engineer Kim Tae-woong. "It took 10 years for the rigid OLED to become the norm in the display industry. Flexible and round OLEDs also needed the same amount of time," he said. "A foldable OLED will mark its 10th anniversary by 2019 and the technology will be mature by then", Tae-woong added.
According to Samsung Display, the exact timeline for the commercialization of devices with foldable displays will be decided by Samsung Electronics. "Samsung Electronics, as our client, will give us specific requirements for the new display products such as brightness, color volume and how many times the display can be folded. We may start producing the products under such specifications," a Samsung Display spokesman said. "Samsung Electronics will determine when and how we release a foldable display."
