Flexible and foldable devices could be the next significant evolution in smartphone design, According to Kolon Industries, a company playing a big role in developing this technology, three to five tech companies will be mass-producing flexible devices by 2018. They could prove popular by 2019 and grab a chunky 20% share on the Korean smartphone market.
You may haven’t heard of Kolon Industries, but this is the world’s only company with the means to mass-produce the colorless polyimide needed for the flexible film that will replace displays’ rigid glass sheets.
