But the search for the next big smartphone innovation is taking companies to extreme, if not impractical lengths. Samsung transparent phone: What we know so far And some people thought foldable phones were a little over-the-top. By Ryan Haines Writer. Ryan started writing for Android Authority when he finished college in , and he currently resides in Pennsylvania. When not contributing the latest and greatest recommendations, you can usually find Ryan hiking, climbing, or otherwise unplugged.
What does the phone look like? What issues could arise? TASELs consist of a glass screen, fit with a layer of phosphorous, as well as a circuit board. This type of display, above all others, can provide the most transparent touchscreens. However, HUDs are also solid candidates. These are actually the oldest type of transparent screen technology out there.
Three key elements are needed to build a HUD: a combiner, a projector, and a video generation computer. With these promising technologies that are already being used, why aren't transparent phones a thing? While the idea of transparent smartphones seems exciting, several downfalls await transparent smartphones. The first, and the most obvious, would be its fragility. It's already way too easy to smash your phone, even with a metal chassis and a phone case.
With a transparent screen, you won't have these two protective layers, given that they'd essentially ruin the magic of the transparency. Therefore, there'd be a lot of breakages and a lot of unhappy customers. On the topic of customers, most have now become accustomed to high-quality screen displays. Unfortunately, transparent screens cannot offer the same high-grade colors and clarity offered by today's screens. This means that if a company were to release a transparent screen on a wide scale, sales probably wouldn't be too impressive.
However, the release of a transparent smartphone isn't totally off the cards. With Japanese companies creating prototypes and with whispers of smartphone giants like Samsung and LG considering working on this technology, too, we may indeed see the widespread release of a transparent phone in the near future. While many of us would love to see a transparent smartphone, not everyone would necessarily want to own one.
The setbacks in quality and functionality may be the nails in the coffin for transparent phones. Some phone models have been released with a 3D display. In practice, however, it appears this does not always provide the desired user experience. Many people get disoriented from the 3D effects or get even nauseous.
Although a transparent display will offer a completely different experience, the question remains to what extent our eyes can properly distinguish between the foreground and the background. For example, when you look at multiple icons on your start screen, this can be quite fatiguing to your eyes if the background also contains different elements. On a plain background this will undoubtedly be less harmful, optionally you can also adjust the brightness of your screen — this would, however, have a negative effect on the battery life of your phone.
In addition, you may wonder what the added value of a transparent smartphone is. It is possible that the added value should be sought in a double-sided touch screen with new operating options. For example during photography, where the transparent screen can function as a viewfinder. In addition, a double-sided screen can help with multi-tasking, so you can run a different application on both displays.
Perhaps certain advantages can also be achieved in the field of Augmented Reality. However, the benefits seem to be quite limited compared to the costs involved in developing such technology. The question is therefore; will there be a market for this type of mobile phones? Over time, other types of electronics products have been released with a transparent screen.
Samsung itself has already introduced very transparent displays for the B2B channel in the past. The company has also released a mirror display and transparent OLED Signage , intended for promotional purposes or displaying a welcome message.
However, all these products were introduced about 5 to 10 years ago, in recent years we have heard remarkably little about transparent display technology. It therefore appears that the Korean manufacturer is still exploring new possibilities to develop such a transparent display device for mobile devices.
View the documentation about the Samsung smartphone with transparent display here.
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