Samsung's Latest Patent Is a Foldable Phone

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: A recent patent application (PDF) shows that Samsung has ambitious ideas for future phone-design experimentation, although the South Korean manufacturer may have second thoughts about bendy phones after recent battery explosions and recalls. In April, Samsung was reported to have filed a patent with the Korean Intellectual Property Office for a foldable smartphone. The application was picked up by Dutch website Galaxy Club. The document shows a narrow Samsung device with a screen that bends and folds like an old-school flip phone handset. The device is described as something that can be "folded or unfolded semi automatically." The patent also referred to a "secondary" display, which is supposed to activate when you fold the device, according to International Business Times UK.

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[LifesABeach]

I would hope that both are non flammable.

Great, foldable explosives

[Anonymous Coward]

Need i say more? :)

Linux ? Explosion ?

[stooo]

Does it run Linux ?
Does it explode ?
(both are not related)

I'll get the popcorn

[namgge]

Apple's already got at least one patent for a folding phone:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/this-... [ibtimes.co.uk]

Looks like they're gonna have another fight...

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[MouseR]

You'll want to go back to the Knowledge Navigator for first Apple examples of bendy screens.

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[MouseR]

**featuring Bill Bye

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[GuB-42]

The iPhone 6 is foldable, once.

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[stooo]

>>Apples way behind the curve, they are just building smoke
Samsung, on the other side builds smoke machines :)

Ass rape

[bigbang137]

That's because whenever I have purchased a Samsung phone, I have been f'ed in the azz. With Note 3, the screen died. With Note 4, the reception died. Clearly I must've been holding it wrong. With Note 7, don't ask.

Does it come with a foldable fire extinguisher?

[melted]

The question is, does it come with a foldable fire extinguisher?

ITS NOT A PATENT

[hashish16]

ITS IS A PATENT APPLICATION. GET IT FUCKING RIGHT SLASHDOT. I'm so sick of these stupid journalist who think an application and a patent are the same thing.

Flip phone

[jasonbrown]

Folding phone = Flip Phone? Right?