How do foldable phone screens work, in contrast to conventional screens? Is it possible to fold in more than one axis? Or to create a entirely maluable “phone screen” act like a sheet of paper?

Question

How do foldable phone screens work, in contrast to conventional screens? Is it possible to fold in more than one axis? Or to create a entirely maluable “phone screen” act like a sheet of paper?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Phone screens can easily be made to bend like a sheet of paper, the only problem is that the backlight of the screen usually is rigid. Phone screens that act like paper do exist, they just aren’t well known and aren’t produced.