Samsung is planning to use Y-OCTA technology which will give the gizmo a touch sensor during the manufacturing process.

Samsung Electronics introduced Y-OCTA technology for the first time for the Galaxy Note 7, which was released during fall of this year. This ended badly when the Note 7 caught fire.

Y-OCTA replaces the need for film to implement touch function on flexible displays. At the moment the technology involves putting electrodes on top of plastic film and used an add-on method that attaches these onto displays.

However, Y-OCTA technology eliminates this add-on method and forms electrodes with touch function inside the display.

This is good news for Samsung which does not have to create the screens externally and can save costs. It also means that thinner and lighter displays can be manufactured.

This is not so great if you are a company which specialise in touch functions which might find their bottom lines gutted. Fortunately Y-OCTA displays can only be produced from Samsung Display’s A3 Line so there is limited supply of Y-OCTA displays. This will restrict them to the S8.