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Posted on 31-10-2011

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Remember Nokia's flexible phone prototype showcased at the Nokia World 2011 event? Well, we don't know when Nokia is going to materialise its 'concept kinetic device' but what we know is that Samsung will start selling bendable phones from next year!

"The flexible display, we are looking to introduce sometime in 2012, hopefully the earlier part than later," says Samsung spokesperson Robert Yi on its earnings conference call. "The application probably will start from the handset side and then migrate over to tablets and other mobile devices." The spokesperson declined to divulge more details.

Earlier this year, Samsung had taken over a Dutch company Liquavista, which develops electrowetting displays. These displays are not only known for their low-cost but also for high brightness, flexibility and transperancy. Samsung has already showcased its flexible and transparent displays at the CES 2011. The 4.5-inch flexible and 19-inch transparent AMOLEDs had then received extensive media coverage.

If reports are to be believed, Samsung's flexible phones will also feature an interactive screen, very much like the one showed off by Nokia. While Asha and Windows Phones headlined the Nokia World 2011 event, Nokia's concept 'kinetic device' also managed to grab the eyeballs. As previously reported, Nokia's bendable phone features a flexible OLED display, which can be bent from the middle and edges.

Samsung's foray into the flexible display segment has not surprised the industry much as the company seems to be riding high on the success of its devices, especially the Galaxy S II. The company also recently surpassed Apple in global smartphone sales in the third quarter of 2012.

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