Most foldable smartphones today are folding devices inside – the main screen is protected by the external shell, and you have a small external screen for notifications and basic functions.
Some manufacturers like Huawei also have external folding devices, which wrap the folding screen around the back of the device. Despite the sleeper and more future, these types of foldables are seriously compromised in terms of durability, as part of the display is always open.
If you can fold that fold both inside and exterior? Well, Samsung has patented a device that was brought to life by @xleaks7.
Patent-pending devices have 360-degree folding areas that allow it to fold its display inside and outward and eliminate the need for a separate cover display. We can also see that even in the case of its fold, the device has an open display strip below the camera modules.
Patent Description Samsung’s ultra-thin glass (UTG) details the self-developed supporting layers below the flexible screen, which will add flexible polymer substrates and flexible adhesive layers. The device also employs different axes and custom support plates that can be attributed to their nets and striped patterns in both directions.
Samsung actually made a similar “Flex in and out” concept device back in 2023, though we have not received any updates about its progress to bring the device into a professional form.
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