INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Samsung is rumored to be announcing its first flexible phone in the first few months of 2019, but the company seems to already be preparing
other bold ideas for future smartphones.A new patent filed in March this year with the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office) shows a new
tech that will allow the company to use flexible screens to put one display on both sides of a phone.The example in the patent shows a
flexible display that will sit on the front, top and rear of the phone
It doesn't take up all the room on the back of the device though, in fact it's only about a third of the size of the screen on the front.The
aim here is that you could then have a smaller display on the rear of the phone so you can know what you're shooting when taking selfies
Most phones have much better rear cameras, so it would make sense to use that rather than the selfie camera on the front.One screen, two
In this patent there is still a front camera, but it may be something the company would decide to drop if this phone made it to market.In
this idea, you can also use the top edge of the phone to control certain elements
The patent shows it displaying notifications, the lock for your phone and the music control features as well.The rear of the display may
also show similar information, and it may be that the always-on display features of phones like the Samsung Galaxy S9 could be displayed on
both the front and rear of the phone.This is just a patent so we may never see this technology on devices you can actually buy, but this is
an interesting insight into some of the ways Samsung might improve its devices in generations to come.The next big upgrade expected is the
fully flexible Samsung Galaxy X that's rumored to launch next year, but before that we have the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, while the Galaxy S10
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