Samsung's "unbreakable" screen is great news – if it really works – BGR

Samsung Display has put to the test its new so-called unbreakable smart display panel, and the results are there.

Samsung's flexible OLED panel, fortified by a plastic window, is indeed the Kimmy Schmidt of smartphones. It has been certified unbreakable by UL – Underwriters Laboratories, an official testing company of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the United States – after passing a series of "rigorous" tests. These were based on military standards established by the United States Department of Defense and included drops of nearly 4 feet, 26 times in a row, as well as subjecting the display to high temperature tests and bass

. , according to Samsung, no change to normal operation and no damage to the front of the screen, sides or edges. Even after a fall test nearly 6 feet above the military standard, Samsung says the panel has shown no signs of injury.

Samsung Display claims to have developed the flexible OLED panel "with an unbreakable substrate and cover window", which is distinct from today's generation of flexible display products, which attach a window to their glass that can easily be

"The fortified plastic window is particularly suitable for portable electronic devices not only because of its unbreakable characteristics, but also because of its lightness, transmissivity and toughness, which are all very similar to glass, "said Hojung Kim, general manager of the communication team for Samsung Display Company.

Some online chatter suggests that we will see this screen for the first time in Samsung's next collapsible phone This will not be the first time that plastic is used in a smartphone, and it is also worth noting the inc Disadvantages: You can refer to something like Motorola's "Shattershield" plastic screen that was very subject to scratches.

Samsung Display, meanwhile, not only think of the display for smartphone purposes. The company said it was also expecting to find uses "with other electronic products such as car display consoles, mobile military devices, handheld game consoles." and tablet PCs for learning online. "Unbreakable cars, no matter who? Too many of us are so accident-phone when it comes to our expensive smartphones may be behind some of that. And it's not just Samsung that is looking to make its mobile products more sustainable. We reported here, for example, how Gorilla Glass 6 – the new Corning formulation – marks a bit of a departure, as the focus on smartphones screens was on scratch resistance.

on panels that can seriously break, resist a fall and not break. In a release earlier this month, Corning said Gorilla Glass 6 is currently under evaluation and is expected to reach the market in the coming months.

All that is to say – hold firmly to this current fragile smartphone in your pocket for a few more months.