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The Wall Street Journal: Samsung stretches lineup, group plans to mass produce flexible mobile-device screens

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As the battle for dominance in the smartphone and tablet-computer market intensifies, South Korean conglomerate Samsung is pushing ahead with plans to start mass production of displays using plastic rather than glass, a move that will make mobile devices unbreakable, lighter and bendable. Samsung’s display unit, Samsung Display Co., is in the last phase of [...]

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[NEWS] Samsung to Supply Apple With IPad Screen After LG, Sharp Miss Requirements

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Samsung Electronics Co. will supply the touch screen for Apple Inc. new iPad after LG Display Co. and Sharp Corp. didn’t meet the U.S. company’s quality requirements, according to an analyst with iSuppli. Samsung, the world’s top flat-panel maker, currently is the sole vendor of the display for the 9.7-inch device, said Vinita Jakhanwal, a [...]

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[NEWS] Samsung Preps Foldable Screens For 2012

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Samsung is using its plastic-backed AMOLED devices to make phones that are lighter, thinner and include “foldable screens,” according to Richard Windsor, a senior technology analyst at Nomura Group. Nomura’s analysts in Asia have said they expect to see Samsung “apply plastic substrate-based, bendable or curved displays for smartphones from [the second quarter of] 2012,” [...]

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