A flexible OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen which could stretch in both direction by as much as 12 millimetres might spell out a new era in…

A flexible OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen which could stretch in both direction by as much as 12 millimetres might spell out a new era in phone screen technology, the report says

Samsung says the stretchy screen will be useful for everything from wearables to in-car displays, and could also lead to a new generation of wearable devices that can be knocked or dropped and simply move back into place

’When the screen is pressed from above, the screen is dented like a rubber balloon, then returns to its original flat shape, ’ the firm said

The Korean manufacturer revealed the panel at the Society for Information Display 2017 event in the LA Convention Centre, insiders say

’While current flexible OLED is able to be transformed in only one side, this stretchable OLED can be transformed - whether curved, bended or rolled - in both sides, above and below’, Samsung told Korea Herald

Samsung is also exhibiting a 5.09-inch OLED with ’glassless’ stereoscopic 3D, and a new 1.96-inch 4K LCD whose ridiculously high 2,250 pixels per inch density could be ideal for virtual reality

The market for flexible displays will continue to grow into rollable and bendable structures in the coming years, London research firm IHS Markit predicted

IHS estimated the sales for flexible displays will rise to $15.7 billion (12 billion pounds) in 2020

This might lead to smartphones that could change size depending on what they are being used for

Insiders suggest it would also mean screens were less likely to crack