Flexible Displays to Surge to $200 Billion Opportunity Within 5 Years, Says Report

Futuresource sees flexible display sales surging to become a $200 billion global market opportunity within five years, creating “radical new product concepts,” the research firm said in a Thursday report. Smartphones that unfold to become tablets and adjustable curved TVs are two examples of the novel form factors “made possible by advances in flexible display technology,” it said. “New materials and design processes will drive innovation and, in some cases, completely new usage models,” it said. It estimates more than a quarter of new smartphones introduced by 2026 will have flexible screens, which, among their other attributes, “will render them unbreakable,” it said. The strong growth in flexible display shipments is anticipated due to the “range of product benefits” the flexibility creates, it said.