Samsung confirms folding display devices due for 2015 release

We can have smartphones with displays having pixel densities of 560 ppi and 4K resolutions by 2014-15, according to South Korean giant - Samsung. At an event in Korea, the company revealed plans for the next few years including devices with AMOLED panels sporting 560ppi (pixel per inch) pixel density. It also expects to launch phones with WQHD resolution (2560x1440) by next year, though the exact launch timings have not been revealed. Further, the Korean giant intends to launch smartphones with 4K displays sometime in 2015. It is also believed that Samsung is claiming one out of every three patents for flexible displays. That's not it, the Korean giant also revealed that it is working on custom ARM CPU, pretty identical to Qualcomm and Apple. This implies that Samsung will soon be launching its custom CPU architecture licensed from ARM and which will be compatible with ARM instructions for its upcoming devices. Samsung has given assurance to its investors that they will have new technology to take on Apple, and that there will be renewed focus on tablets. A recent report suggests that Samsung's tablet sales would exceed 40 million units in 2013, which is more than double the sales of Samsung tablets in 2012.

Also, top executives at Samsung have also announced new plans for devices, such as devices with foldable displays and foldable phones expected to be launched by 2015.

Of late, Samsung has been putting in a lot of effort in new form factors such as phablets, wearing devices (Galaxy Gear), flexible phones, curved display smartphones (Samsung Galaxy Round) and even foldable phones. However, Samsung did not reveal a time period for devices with folding displays but clearly suggested that the company is working on such devices.

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Galaxy S5 and other Samsung phones will have 560 ppi displays next year launches

Think the 441 ppi display on the Galaxy S4 is pretty stunning? Just wait until next year when Samsung plans to dazzle (and possibly confuse) your retinas with incredible 560 ppi WQHD panels. The 2560×1440 displays that Samsung says are on the way will pack nearly as many pixels (3.6 million vs. 4 million) into your smartphone as Apple managed to fit into the new MacBook Pro. Obviously the effect is slightly different at 13 or 15 inches than it will be in the 5-inch range. What’s perhaps even more amazing is that Samsung also told the audience at its 2013 Analyst Day that it plans on shipping 4K displays in their phones by 2015. That’s right. In less than two years the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5 will have twice the resolution of today’s 1080p models.

Looking back, though, it’s really just the way smartphones have been trending for the last couple of years. The Galaxy S2 arrived in the spring of 2011 with a humble 4-inch, 480×800 pixel display. The evolution to today’s 1080p displays was actually a slightly bigger leap than what’s coming. And while Samsung didn’t make any specific promises about flexible displays they did take the time to point out that they own 33% of all flexible display-related patents. In total, Samsung has around 10,000 display patents in its portfolio. Also coming next year from Samsung: 64-bit Exynos processors. They’ll play a very important role, too, since pushing all those extra pixels is going to require a decent amount of computing power.

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