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Originally Posted by HarryT
A capacitive touch screen is simply a transparent conducting layer painted on top of the outer screen of the display. Its associated electronics can go anywhere in the device.
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Yes, but the individual sensors are laid out in grids in the surface. Bending the display would move these elements closer together, decreasing the mutual capacitance (minutely, but it's measureable). This
might cause false triggers. Also, glass is not affected by humidity whereas many types of plastic are. Any absorbtion of moisture by a plastic substrate would decrease its dielectric coefficient (insulation valve) and
might require the touchscreen to be recalibrated.
Or possibly my brain has failed the smoke test, and the flexible display would work fine with a capacitive touch screen.