We can have smartphones with displays having pixel densities of 560 ppi and 4K resolutions by 2014-15, according to South Korean giant – Samsung.
At an event in Korea, the company revealed plans for the next few years including devices with AMOLED panels sporting 560ppi (pixel per inch) pixel density. It also expects to launch phones with WQHD resolution (2560×1440) by next year, though the exact launch timings have not been revealed. Further, the Korean giant intends to launch smartphones with 4K displays sometime in 2015. It is also believed that Samsung is claiming one out of every three patents for flexible displays.
That’s not it, the Korean giant also revealed that it is working on custom ARM CPU, pretty identical to Qualcomm and Apple. This implies that Samsung will soon be launching its custom CPU architecture licensed from ARM and which will be compatible with ARM instructions for its upcoming devices.
Samsung has given assurance to its investors that they will have new technology to take on Apple, and that there will be renewed focus on tablets. A recent report suggests that Samsung’s tablet sales would exceed 40 million units in 2013, which is more than double the sales of Samsung tablets in 2012.
Also, top executives at Samsung have also announced new plans for devices, such as devices with foldable displays and foldable phones expected to be launched by 2015.
Of late, Samsung has been putting in a lot of effort in new form factors such as phablets, wearing devices (Galaxy Gear), flexible phones, curved display smartphones (Samsung Galaxy Round) and even foldable phones.
However, Samsung did not reveal a time period for devices with folding displays but clearly suggested that the company is working on such devices.
Source: Android Beat