According to LG, the manufacturer which along with Samsung is the most innovative in design with smart phones, this trend will not stop once for a while. Although devices like LG G Flex, which is partially rounded, will occupy more and more of the pie of the market, real change in the design of smart phones won't soon occur.
The reason for this is the lack of components that can allow such a thing. For example, although OLED displays can be easily bent or can be made transparent, as it was presented by the Korean giant for the past few years, all other components in smart phones can't, such as motherboard, battery etc. In translation, the real change in the design of smart phones will have to wait for the progress in the development of other parts.
Nevertheless, the Director of Corporate Communication of LG, Ken Hong, emphasizes that LG is working on a new technologies that will very soon bring innovations in smart phones. Sumarasing how much LG is investing in OLED displays, it is clear that this company would be among the first companies that would risk development and other exotic technologies.
The problem with the lack of advanced technological components, against the wishes of the producers, according to Hong will be reduced in about three years and then we can see pliable phones for the first time, although without the opportunity for full assembly, which would arrive much later.