LG introduces flexible battery and mass produces flexible displays

Well that certainly didn't take very long, the ''flexible'' displays of LG's upcoming Z model and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Active or Galaxy Round (or whatever their flexible screened device will be called when it is announced this week) won't make much of a difference until the internal components of smartphones get a bit of the flexy treatment too. Otherwise all we get is a more resilient screen.

Well, that is all set to change with LG Chem announcing that they have developed flexible cable batteries capable of powering smartphones. The company's ''stacking and folding'' technology can also be used to fit smartphones, but it is not yet clear if they will use curved batteries, which they have also produced, or the folding or cable batteries in their next gen devices.

The degree of flexibility of the assembled smartphone will of course be directly related to the flexibility of the internal components, the battery being the largest and least flexible of them once the display is taken out of the equation. LG has also announced it has started mass producing thefirst fully flexible smartphone display. LG Chem's batteries are apparently also capable of being used in smartwatches or smart glasses. The cable batteries can be tied in knots and don't heat up, meaning there are a lot of great wearable applications of the technology in the future for LG. In the meantime though, we can look forward to more hard-wearing screens until both flexible screens and the new batteries appear in devices in the coming years.