Samsung files patent for scrollable, tab-style and bendable smartphones
Samsung files patent for scrollable, tab-style and bendable smartphones
Samsung had shown off flexible OLED displays more than two years ago and it seems that it is ready to bring them into consumer devices with its latest patent application.
According to PatentlyMobile, Samsung filed a patent application earlier this month to the U.S Patent Office which reveals some interesting smartphone concepts. As seen in the image above, Samsung has plans for a smartphone which can be used in two states - rolled and unrolled. The user can grab one end of the device and roll out the flexible display on the other. This flexible display can be OLED or LCD with a plastic film.
The second concept calls for a Samsung Galaxy Edge-like design where the form factor is folded off-centre to leave one tab exposed on the left side for easy access to some favorite apps. If the user unfolds the phone, it will reveal the rest of the app icons.
Perhaps the most interesting concept is the bendable smartphone where the device is bent to a certain degree. PatentlyMobile also noticed that the Samsung designers added an iPod icon as one of the apps on the display!
In June this year, SamMobile reported that Samsung is in the early stages of developing smartphones with foldable displays. The project codename is called "Valley" and could see the first consumer devices hitting the market in 2016.
Source: PatentlyMobile via SamMobile