https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/lg-claims-its-rollable-screen-smartphone-is-coming-early-this-year/
Today, LG produces a
rollable OLED TV
, but a report from
Nikkei Asia
says LG isn't actually using its own display tech in the LG Rollable. Instead, the report says LG is partnering with Huawei's
frequent display supplier
, the Chinese display manufacturer BOE. Samsung spent years and over a hundred million dollars developing its flexible display technology, and in 2018, South Korean prosecutors say that technology was
stolen by a Chinese supplier
and sold to other unnamed Chinese companies. A report from Nikkei Asia from around that time
pegs BOE
as a recipient of that stolen Samsung technology, and today, BOE and Samsung are the two main vendors of flexible displays for smartphones.
You also have to wonder why LG, Oppo, and TCL are all demoing what looks to be essentially the same rollable phone concept. If one of those companies came up with the design, it likely would have patented the design and snatched up the exclusive rights. Multiple companies doing the same thing suggests some supplier came up with the idea and is trying to sell it to multiple companies. Maybe that supplier is BOE, and maybe LG is just the first one to decide to commercialize it.
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