Samsung (005930) faces a daunting task in its efforts to follow up its enormously successful Galaxy S III smartphone, but Reuters reports that the company may have something truly unique up its sleeve: An unbreakable screen. Reuters cites a recent report by UBS analyst Nicolas Gaudois speculating that Samsung has made “preparations for volume manufacturing of unbreakable plastic substrate displays” that could be ready for the Galaxy S IV’s rumored launch in April. Samsung declined to comment for the story, but we’ve known for a while that the company has been working on flexible displays that could arrive as soon as next year, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility that the Galaxy S IV could be the first to feature some variation of them. Or as Stanford Bernstein analyst Mark Newman told Reuters, “either the Galaxy S IV or S V will have unbreakable and even possibly flexible and foldable displays by 2014.”
Samsung may give the Galaxy S IV an ‘unbreakable screen’
Updated Apr 4th, 2013 10:41AM EDT
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.
