It might not be long before we have smartphones with zero display bezels all around us. Samsung Display, the world’s biggest maker of OLED panels for mobile devices, showcased a bezel-less smartphone display during a recent presentation. The company suggested this design to be the next step after the industry moved from notched displays to the hole-punch design.
Samsung referred to this futuristic display design as an “All Around Full Screen” panel. The specimen phone shown on the slide seemingly has curved edges with the display wrapping around the edges. The company noted that this design allows for 3D lamination technologies and edge brightness control functions. There are also many other potential use cases, such as volume control and gesture navigation.
It’s unclear when and where this Samsung Display presentation took place. The slide showing a bezel-less smartphone was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by noted tipster @Tech_Reve. We don’t have any information about the company’s plans for the mass production of this OLED panel. It only shows Samsung’s vision for the future of smartphones.
However, this isn’t the first time we have heard about the Korean behemoth exploring OLED displays with zero bezels. A few weeks back, a rumor surfaced that Apple has tasked Samsung and its compatriot LG with developing a bezel-less flat OLED panel for future iPhones. It appears that Samsung plans to launch Galaxy phones with zero display bezels around the same time as similarly designed iPhones.
Don’t expect to see a bezel-less display on the Samsung Galaxy S24
These plans may not materialize in a year or two, though. Rumors about Samsung’s next-gen flagships have already started arriving and there are no hints of a drastic design change when it comes to the display. Instead, we are hearing that the company would make the edges flatter. Perhaps the first step would be to make flat OLED panels with zero bezels. Curved solutions may come next.
An under-display or under-panel camera (UPC) perfectly complements a bezel-less design. Samsung has used UPC solutions on the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 5, but the image quality leaves much to be desired. The company is probably working on improving the UPC tech as it pursues a bezel-less smartphone. Time will tell when it realizes these dreams. For now, we’d love to see Samsung cut bezels a little on the Galaxy S24 series. The new Galaxy flagships launch in early 2024.
2023-08-19 15:06:05