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Flexible displays

TRYING TO ACHIEVE FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS IS A REAL PAIN IN THE GLASS

IT SEEMS AS if 2020 will be the year of the fold and the roll. Motorola’s rebooted Razr phone comes with a foldable display and a price of around $1,500, while Samsung’s Galaxy Fold has a bigger screen and price tag: $1,980. Both the screen and its price fade into insignificance next to LG’s OLED TV R9 — a 65-inch 4K TV that rolls away completely and will cost an estimated $60,000.

How do you make a display that folds? With some difficulty. We’ve been promised flexible, foldable displays for years but

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