Lenovo Launches 'ThinkBook Plus G6 Rollable'
Also Unveils Micro LED for Watches
Samsung Display will mass-produce the world's first rollable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) for laptops in April.
Lenovo's 'ThinkBook Plus G6 Rollable' laptop equipped with Samsung Display's rollable OLED. Photo by Samsung Display
On the 8th (local time), Samsung Display held a media invitation event at the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas, USA, and announced that it will supply rollable displays for Lenovo's new product, the 'ThinkBook Plus G6 Rollable.'
The day before, Lenovo unveiled the laptop locally in Las Vegas. Lenovo plans to launch this product in the global market in June. The 'ThinkBook Plus G6 Rollable' expands the panel hidden under the keypad vertically, increasing the screen size by about 50%.
In its usual (rolled-in) state, it can be used like a regular 14-inch laptop with a 5:4 aspect ratio, and when the screen is extended (rolled-out), it offers a large 16.7-inch display with an 8:9 aspect ratio.
Samsung Display stated that this panel product not only features rollable technology but also applies the polarizer-free low-power technology, 'Eco Square OLED,' used in premium smartphone panels for the first time in a laptop product, reducing the panel thickness and improving power consumption by about 30%.
Eco Square OLED is the industry's first 'OCF' (On-Cell Film) technology that integrates the polarizer function into the panel.
Kim Young-seok, Executive Director of IT Sales at Samsung Display, said, "Due to the nature of rollable displays, stress can be applied to the entire screen, but based on extensive foldable production experience, we were able to secure the durability of rollable products. Rollable technology will bring innovative changes to the portability and user experience of IT devices, especially laptops."
Samsung Display also unveiled a micro LED for watches for the first time that day. Approximately 700,000 red, green, and blue LED chips smaller than 30 micrometers (㎛) were transferred onto a polyimide (PI) substrate to create a 2.1-inch rectangular watch panel.
With a resolution of 326 PPI (pixels per inch) and a peak brightness of 4,000 nits (1 nit equals the brightness of one candle), Samsung Display explained that this is the highest level among previously disclosed watch-type products.
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