{"id":105382,"date":"2018-07-26T10:45:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T10:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=105382"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:14:42","slug":"unbreakable-smartphone-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/unbreakable-smartphone-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"At last, an unbreakable smartphone screen!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Samsung has announced that is has developed an indestructible screen that could be in your next smartphone<\/h2>\n<p>Smartphones are incredible things, but their touchscreens make them fragile beasts. I always have a heavy heart when I see some poor soul dragging their fingers across smashed glass. God forbid it ever happens to my beloved black slab of connected happiness, I think I\u2019d break down and cry. To protect myself from such a public display of abject hopelessness and despair, for years I\u2019ve been using hardened glass screen protectors to spare me a bout of humiliation. These, however, present their own problems and I\u2019d love to do without them some time in the future. Step up Samsung, which has just unveiled an unbreakable OLED smartphone screen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m_innzQWrAE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Traditional screens come with a glass covered window, attached to the display, which breaks when impacted. The Samsung flexible screen, however, comes with an unbreakable substrate attached to an overlay window, which is securely adhered to the flexible display. In a Samsung blog post, Hojung Kim, general manager of the Communication Team, Samsung Display Company, said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe fortified plastic window is especially suitable for portable electronic devices not only because of its unbreakable characteristics, but also because of its lightweight, transmissivity and hardness, which are all very similar to glass.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/phone.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Do you need a flagship smartphone?<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/do-you-need-a-flagship-smartphone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Read Now<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/do-you-need-a-flagship-smartphone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Basically, the new Samsung display is unbreakable and will also work well as a touchscreen. It isn\u2019t just Samsung saying this either. Kim\u2019s bold claims have been backed up by the independent Underwriters Laboratories. UL ran durability tests on the screen, and the new Samsung display came out normal without any signs of damage.<\/p>\n<p>We really could be looking at broken-screen-free future here. 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