- LG Display just unveiled a stretchable display prototype.
- This screen can expand by 50%.
- We shouldn’t expect to see it in a smartphone anytime soon.
There was a time when we’d look to LG for weird, wonderful, and exciting smartphones. The last flagship phone LG made before leaving the smartphone market in 2021 was one of those devices: the twisting-screen Wing. That hardware was unique and exciting in a way that smartphones hadn’t been for a while, and except for devices like the new Huawei Mate XT there really haven’t been that many exciting smartphones since. While LG doesn’t build smartphones anymore, it does manufacture smartphone components, and it just showcased something incredible — a stretchable display.
Screens that don’t just fold, but also stretch, have been in development for years. According to LG, this display is a marked improvement over its 2022 prototype, which could stretch to 20% bigger than its starting size. Compared to that, this new one can go a full 50% larger than its starting point and is expected to survive 10,000 stretches without durability concerns.