根据外媒报道，三星近日在美国推出一款抗摔性的 OLED 柔性显示面板，其还通过了 UL（Underwriters Laboratories）军规认证。

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据悉，三星抗摔型 OLED 显示屏能够在 1.2 米高度下连续掉落 26 次而不被损坏，以及在 1.8 米的高度单次掉落而不被损坏。三星介绍，这款 OLED 面板是在柔性 OLED 显示层上附着一层不易碎的材质和「透明纸」，以此提升面板的韧性，相比传统玻璃面板更轻、更透光。此外，这块面板的工作环境区间为 -32℃ 到 72℃，非一般屏幕面板可比。官方还表示，这款柔性面板除了会应用在手机上，还将应用于非手机领域，如车载显示器、平板电脑、游戏机等。

Samsung develops an 'unbreakable' flexible phone screen

First truly foldable phone could be around the corner.

The next Samsung smartphone to hit the market could have a flexible screen that's unbreakable, delivering the first truly foldable handset.

The Korean electronics giant said Wednesday that its recently developed smartphone panel has been certified by Underwriters Laboratories, meaning it's ready for shipping to consumers in actual devices. Samsung said it expects the new panel to have applications in non-phone markets as well, such as automobiles, mobile military devices and portable game consoles, among others.

Samsung's efforts to make a foldable phone come as demand for smartphones slows down. It's getting harder for handset makers to differentiate their devices, and consumers don't feel the need to upgrade as often. In the fourth quarter, overall smartphone unit sales fell for the first time ever, according to Gartner.

The flexible OLED panel is constructed of an unbreakable substrate with an overlay window adhered to it, Samsung said. Flexible displays currently commercially available tend to shatter when subjected to severe impact.

That apparently won't occur with Samsung's new screen.

"The fortified plastic window is especially suitable for portable electronic devices not only because of its unbreakable characteristics, but also because of its lightweight, transmissivity and hardness, which are all very similar to glass," Hojung Kim, a spokesperson for Samsung Display Company, said in a statement.

The display passed rigorous durability tests, Samsung said, including being dropped 26 times in a row from a height of nearly 4 feet and continued to function normally, suffering no damage to its front, sides or edges.

All of Samsung's flagship phones now have flexible, curved displays, but the screen could lay the groundwork for foldable phones. ZTE's 2017 Axon M has two screens that fold out into a tablet and are connected by a hinge, but Samsung is widely expected to release a device that will be a truly foldable phone with one flexible OLED display and no hinge.

Samsung is in competition with Huawei to claim first in the race to release such a foldable phone. Samsung Mobile President DJ Koh has gone on the record to talk about the company's plans for a foldable Galaxy phone and has previously told reporters to expect a folding phone as early as this year.