Your next smartphone could have a self-healing display to help slash repair bills

Date:
Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:02:21 +0000

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Industry analysts say self-repairing smartphone displays could launch by
2028, which could save you money on repairs.

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Keeping the best phones safe from bumps and scratches can be a tricky business. Either you have to add an ugly, tacky screen protector to your smartphone, or you have to go without and risk damaging your device beyond repair. Its hardly an ideal situation.

Fortunately, that could all change in the next few years, with one industry analyst group predicting that self-healing displays could arrive in popular smartphones by 2028. If thats correct, it could spell an end to hairline cracks and fractures blighting your phone screen for good.

The idea comes from a booklet produced by industry analysis firm CCS Insight
. In the pamphlet, CCS Insight claims that self-healing displays are in the early stages of development. If perfected, this tech could be capable of repairing minor scratches and dents on their own.

Thats a pretty exciting idea. Not only would it mean you wouldnt have to encumber your phone with a screen protector, but youd also save cash on
having to have the display replaced if it gets scratched up. Thats a win-win situation. A mobile gamechanger (Image credit: Image Credit: Pixabay)

How would this technology work? CCS Insight believes it will all come down to a special material in the display, which when exposed to air reacts and forms a new layer of material to fill an imperfection.

Before we get too excited, its unlikely that self-healing displays will be able to repair some of the more serious mishaps that can befall a smartphone. A totally obliterated screen or even a moderately bashed-in display are probably well beyond the remit of this tech, and will be for some time.

Still, even the ability to repair small scratches could be a gamechanger. Right now, getting Apple to fix the broken screen on an iPhone 15 will set
you back $279 (around 230 / AU$440) if you dont have AppleCare+ coverage, so avoiding that would be a massive benefit of the self-healing technology not to mention saving heaps of glass from landfill.

CCS Insight expects self-healing iPhones to still be at least five years from launching, so well have to be patient for now. But if you've recently
upgraded and don't switch phones often, that could mean your next phone has
an early version of the tech. When this tech does arrive, it could change the world of smartphones in a big way. You might also like A watershed moment for consumer rights: Apple takes major step towards making iPhone repairs cheaper Samsung's self-repair kits for Galaxy phones and laptops finally land in the UK Apple's self-repair service now includes these new iPhones and MacBooks



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/your-next-smartphone-could-have-a-self -healing-display-to-help-slash-repair-bills


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