Samsung cell phones that won't have to be charged daily

 Samsung is working on technology to bring phones that won't have to be charged daily  

It’s pretty clear that smartphones will soon be getting even smarter. In the mid 2000s, mobile phones could only do a tiny fraction of the things that their modern counterparts are capable of. Now, thanks to a number of recent technological advancements, it looks as though there will be no shortage of new smartphone features in the future to keep us evermore attached to our little digital devices. Latest news is that Samsung is developing OLED display without polarizer film which will usher in the era of frugal panels whose power consumption is less than half of current phone screens' battery draw. That is what the Samsung Display VP disclosed during an "Everlasting Evolution of Display with AI" keynote address at the ongoing IMID 2024 expo. The Samsung Display department VP, who made the announcement, claims that its new frugal panels will lead to flagship phones that don't have to be charged daily, and will have a battery life of more than 24 hours even with extensive usage.

Needless to say, the whole keynote was set in the context of powering the next generation of devices which will be tasked with artificial intelligence duties. The imagery created with  generative AI will require very high definition displays "that can naturally express details and subtle colour/grey differences that cameras in the real world cannot capture," says Samsung. Low power consumption that does not require charging for at least a day, vivid image quality which cannot be distinguished from reality, and large-screen yet portable design are essential conditions for AI-era displays. This is an extremely exciting development, as phone screens and processors consume the bulk of a phone's battery capacity when operational. A display with 50% smaller power draw will thus result in a significant boost in battery life. They will also have to be thin, light, and flexible for numerous form factors. "Additionally, various functional features such as low-power consumption will be required to make AI service even more effective," added Samsung's Vice President of mobile and IT displays.

This sounds suspiciously like an intention to take the 50% power consumption drop of the upcoming frugal OLED panels from Samsung, and reallocate it to demanding AI calculations, rather than aim for a direct battery life increase. Hopefully, Samsung will find a good balance between the two, but even if the new screen technology results in phones that don't have to be charged for a weekend, we'll still take it. In addition to this, at the Mobile World Congress event in 2015, Israeli tech company StoreDot revealed a customized Samsung Galaxy S5 with a nano technology-utilizing battery that could charge from 0 to 100%  in less than a minute. The technology evolved out of research being conducted in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Through their study, scientists learned that peptide molecules, which are responsible for the disease, have an incredibly high capacitance, making them excellent little electrical storage units. The only catch is that, in its current state of development, the StoreDot battery only lasts about two-thirds of the time of a conventional lithium-ion smartphone battery. However, it shouldn’t take too long for the company to improve the technology. StoreDot has already received substantial investments from Samsung, and is in discussions with manufacturers about integrating its battery into future smartphones.