South Korean media The Elec alleges that Samsung will produce flexible OLED panels for folding phones for multiple customer brands from October, including Google, Vivo and Xiaomi, and provide key components for the folding phones released by these three brands in the fourth quarter. .
According to reports, Google’s rumored folding phone Pixel Fold will use a 7.6-inch flexible panel, while Vivo will launch a model that uses Samsung’s 8-inch foldable screen and BOE’s 6.5-inch external screen. Xiaomi’s new phone is expected to be Samsung’s The folding screen is matched with the external screen of Huaxing Optoelectronics.
▲Samsung currently invests considerable development resources in flexible OLED panel technology
In addition, although Oppo also expects to use Samsung’s flexible panel to launch a shell-shaped foldable phone, the original plan to launch in 2021 has been postponed to 2022. It is expected to use a 7.1-inch screen in cooperation with Samsung and a 1.5 to 2 inch external screen.
Huawei had planned to purchase Samsung’s flexible panels for use in foldable phones, but eventually Huawei terminated its plan to purchase flexible panels from Samsung.
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