So far, people have dreamed of foldable smartphones. Although this is a futuristic idea, it seems that Xiaomi is experimenting bendable displays.

The potential of bendable displays

We are living in the fast-growing technology world. So far, we have come up with many innovations. However, there are some ideas that still remains in theory and yet to reach mass production. Among them, bendable display is no doubt one of the most desirable features. And recently, scientists and engineers are working hard to make this dream come true.

Very recently, it has been reported that Xiaomi is conducting experiments in making bendable displays. A render image was spotted on Baidu, showing a smartphone display that is able of being bent either backwards or forwards, flexible both left and right sides. The phone clearly shows off Android OS running over Xiaomi’s own MIUI on the display. However, realistic as it may look, we don’t see any sign of power source yet. So, our guess is that Xiaomi still has a long way to go.

Just to make things clear, Xiaomi is not the first company to every put effort in making bendable displays smartphones. As you may recall, LG G Flex is the world’s first curved, flexible smartphone. The G Flex comes with curved battery and flexible screen. This handset can be seen as the first step in making bendable displays. Other examples of curved display smartphones are S7 Edge and Note 7 of Samsung. Both companies have stated that the flexible OLED displays have brought much profit to their company.However, the displays of these devices are far from being completely bendable. Therefore, if Xiaomi succeeds in making their own bendable displays, it would become one of the most significant inventions of the 21st century.

Bendable displays: desired display of future

Yet, making a foldable mobile at present seems to still be quite a challenge. In order to have a totally bendable display, the smartphone maker needs to make sure every feature is capable of bending too. In addition, the cost of this kind of phone would be very high. Even so, with the leaked image shown above, we are positively hoping that Xiaomi will soon find their secret recipe and be successful in introducing this future technology.