The first commercial mobile-a bracelet with a screen of graphene

It would seem that the cards in the global market of high technologies in the key segments already distributed and the struggle for a Royal flush are the same leading players. But from time to time it happens that even small companies employees who can be counted on the fingers of both hands is possible at least for some time to get around the leaders. This time, judging by what has already been achieved, is closer to its goal of creating a flexible and innovative full-featured smartphone was not a transnational multi-billion dollar concern, a small Chinese startup Moxi Group from the city of Chongqing in Central China.



 
A startup from China Moxi Group, represented by the Executive Vice President Moxi Group Chongsheng Yuya announced the intention to submit by the end of 2016, the first commercial shipment of flexible smartphones, if you wish, wrap around your wrist like a smart watch and bracelets. In the "stowed", fully flexed, a smartphone with a screen of graphene did not lose functionality over what is still still working in the labs of leading technology companies on the planet.

Market

As we know, the idea of a flexible and bendable screens are not new and actively developed in the labs of Samsung, LG and Apple, patented his version of the flexible display last year. But in some ways, the development of Chinese experts has a fundamental difference — the variants offered by competitors, as explained by the engineers Moxi Group, far from those offered by the company solutions. None of the existing (at least officially) prototypes it is impossible to bend without losing functionality and integrity as a smartphone from Moxi. This fundamental advantage has been achieved thanks to graphene component.

Previously, researchers from the laboratory of Human Media Lab of Queen's University (Canada) demonstrated the first prototype of a thin flexible smartphone ReFlex by LG display based on organic LEDs (OLED). The first impression is poor — the screen by bending the unpresentable is bubbling, and the supported resolution is 1280 x 720.

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Another product of the aforementioned canadian laboratory was presented in early may, a prototype smartphone, which not only is capable of deformation, but also allows you to view three-dimensional image without special glasses.



This time the device was called HoloFlex and equipped with a touch screen format Full HD (1920 × 1080 pixels) of the Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diode (FOLED). The panel contains an array of more than 16,000 microlenses fabricated by 3D printing. As seen on the judge.

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Despite the fact that to view a stereo image may have several "viewers", the volume image with a resolution of 160 x 104 points, at this stage, to put it mildly, in doubt.

In April of this year on Sharp's plant in the city of Tenri (Nara Prefecture, Japan) held a demonstration in fact of the first flexible organic led display by Sharp. In the implemented prototype of the color gamut achieved 93% in the NTSC scheme, the consumption is 0.4 W, with a weight of 2 grams and a thickness of 0.07 mm When it reached a resolution of 540 × 960 pixels (RGB), but the allowable bending radius without damage and loss of functionality is not more than 10 mm.



The current dynamics of the market for flexible and curved displays, according to analysts

If in January of the current year sufficiently authoritative analysts of the company IHS did not dare to give a definite answer about the prospects of the market for flexible and curved displays even for 2016. Despite the shown interest of the user, the skepticism of experts was associated with the lack of functional displays with qualitative characteristics, is able to bend as necessary to the user. The profile of those devices, which are already available on the market, opt to not change. The optimism shared by analysts in connection with prospects of development of flexible displays based on OLED matrix, including displays and TVs with curved screens, the growing demand for which became noticeable in the past year.

As for the market of curved displays in 2015, according to IHS estimates, in total, has sold 55 million devices with curved displays, for a total amount of 2.4 billion USD and 99% of these devices have curved OLED displays.

In accordance with the forecast, marking the beginning of this year, 2016 was planned to increase the market of devices with flexible displays in the amount of $5.26 billion. ie the market will almost double, reaching a volume of 122 million devices. And in the coming years, the sales volume in this segment will increase to 353 million units annually, reaching an average of $15.7 billion.

As you know, building your projections, analysts from IHS not guided by the opinion of miniature Chinese startup Moxi and sales data provided by the industry giants. And change the absolute leaders in the production of flexible OLED-displays for today is not expected. Moreover, they plan not only the expansion and restructuring of existing facilities and construction of new plants, entirely oriented in this direction. According to preliminary estimates the volume of investments planned for each of the leaders will amount to $7.8 billion.

Display on graphene-based

Graphene as the base material of the flexible touch display promising smartphones Moxi was not chosen by chance. First, the study of the properties and possibilities of this material, the company's specialists are already long enough. And secondly, that graphene has the unique combination of qualities that are required to create thin, fairly sensitive displays high flexibility. In addition to its valuable physical properties, graphene is extremely strong, lightweight, has needed to create a high-quality picture clarity.



A prototype smartphone has already been created. The first batch of 100,000 smartphones will be realized in China this year. If the real demand to confirm the expectations of the team, production will be expanded and flexible smartphone display based on graphene will travel outside of China.

Despite the increased interest of the curious public, it is necessary to clarify that the first batch will be black. And this, of course, minus the fat development. As explained Chongsheng Yu, the work on creation of full-color flexible graphene panels the newest smartphones of today are already underway, but the first models with color displays can be expected no earlier than 2018. And, in light of the already growing competition for the right of the first night in this segment of this date, of course, are not happy.

Price

Like any new product, during the absence of competitors in the market, the smartphone will be offered at the exclusive price of 5,000 yuan ($ 760). Will the price be reduced in the future, and most importantly, whether the provided offer and the investments in massive demand can't confidently say even the developers themselves. Certain questions arise here in connection with usability, because the smartphone is not a bracelet and read information from the flat screen all the same familiar, more natural and much easier.

Despite the original solution, a fully functional beef and futuristic design, based on the monochrome display and the uncertain prospects of the gadget, price how to start looks a bit high. Confidence in this is growing, if we remember that the cost of the initial version of the flagship Apple iPhone 6S in China is 5,288 yuan (US $806).

Source: geektimes.ru/company/dronk/blog/276632/

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