The Galaxy Skin phone will be so flexible that you can roll it up - and may be in shops early next year.
Demonstrations of "bendable" screens have been a staple of technology shows ever since there were screens small enough.
This week, Samsung has given the strongest sign yet that the hi-tech devices might become reality.
Reports this week hint that phones using the technology - which can be "rolled up" and survivehammer blows - will appear in the second quarter of next year.
The technology relies on atom-thick layers of "graphene" - sheets of carbon atoms - sandwiched together, protecting a layer of liquidcrystal "screen".
Phones using Graphene screens would be practically unbreakable, and offer an instantadvantage over every other smartphone on the market.
Now, according to reports in the International Business Times, the handsets could be on sale early next year.
The reports also stated that the handset would offer specifications including a high-resolution 800×480 flexible AMOLED screen, eight megapixel camera and 1GB of RAM as well as a 1.2GHz processor.
Will Findlater, editor of Stuff magazine said: "AMOLED is already the mobile screen technology to beat, so if it's as good as promised, flexible AMOLED could put an end to smashed smartphone displays - and tablets, which are even more fragile."


据英国《每日邮报》9月26日报道，明年年初，店铺就可以销售三星Galaxy Skin手机了，这款手机非常柔韧，甚至都可以被卷起来。
自手机的屏幕变得足够小后，可弯曲屏幕的展示就成了科技展的主题。

这周，三星透露出一个强烈信号--这种高科技产品可能成为现实。
根据本周的报道，这款手机采用可以"翻卷"的技术，可以承受捶打，将于明年第二季度上市。


该技术依靠石墨烯的厚原子层，使其与碳原子板夹在一起可以保护液晶屏。

采用石墨烯屏幕的手机几乎弄不碎，这使手机立刻拥有超越市场上所有其他智能手机的优势。

如今，根据《国际财经时报》的报道，这款手机将于明年年初开始销售。

报道还称，这款手机提供了包括800×480高分辨率、易弯曲的AMOLED屏幕、8兆像素的相机、1GB内存和1.2千兆赫处理器等规格。

《新科技产品博览》杂志编辑威尔·芬德拉特说："AMOLED确实是手机屏幕的尖端技术，所以如果它真的像它承诺的那样优质，柔韧的AMOLED将使能弄碎的智能手机显示器和更易碎的平板电脑成为历史。"

• survive [sə´vaiv] vt.幸存；残存 (初中英语单词)
• hammer [´hæmə] n.锤子 v.重击 (初中英语单词)
• carbon [´kɑ:bən] n.碳；(一张)复写纸 (初中英语单词)
• liquid [´likwid] n.液体 a.流动的 (初中英语单词)
• crystal [´kristəl] n.水晶 a.水晶的 (初中英语单词)
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• advantage [əd´vɑ:ntidʒ] n.优势；利益 (初中英语单词)
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• screen [skri:n] n.银幕 vt.遮蔽 (初中英语单词)
• flexible [´fleksəbəl] a.灵活的，柔韧的 (英语四级单词)
• staple [´steipəl] n.&vt.(用)钉书钉 (英语四级单词)