Samsung Vertical Rollable Phone Design Revealed in New Patent Doc

Samsung was lately granted a design patent for a rollable smartphone by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent contains particulars of the handset’s design, and we are able to count on it to debut as a compact telephone that extends vertically to kind a bigger display. It could possibly be outfitted with a twin rear digital camera setup that strikes with the higher portion of the smartphone. Other OEMs like Oppo and Motorola are additionally growing ‘sliding’ telephones with extendable or rollable shows, whereas an earlier report steered Samsung might launch a rollable telephone in 2025.

Samsung Rollable Phone Could Feature Two Rear Cameras

A patent doc (through DomoAI) granted to Samsung Electronics on April 15 reveals the design of a brand new rollable telephone from Samsung. The firm has been rumoured to be engaged on a handset with a rolling show since 2019, and the patent doc offers us a have a look at what a vertical rollable smartphone from Samsung would possibly seem like.

Fig 2 and Fig 3 within the design patent reveals the back and front of the purported vertical rollable telephone. The design reveals that the handset is likely to be fairly compact whereas it’s folded. We can see the a part of the handset that’s anticipated to increase on the high of the rear panel in figures 4 and 5, and it contains what seems to be two cameras and an LED flash. 

Fig. 8 reveals us the design from one other angle. The telephone seems to have slim bezels alongside the highest, left, and proper edges, whereas the chin is significantly massive. It is prone to be thicker than Samsung’s different telephones, as a result of rollable mechanism.

The patent doc would not embrace any particulars in regards to the smartphone’s specs, however we are able to speculate that it’s going to arrive as a premium smartphone, just like the Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Z Fold collection. These telephones are often outfitted with the identical high-end chip because the Galaxy S collection lineup that’s launched at the beginning of the 12 months.

Samsung has already proven off a prototype of its rollable telephone, which extends horizontally. While the corporate might have already discovered easy methods to produce a telephone with a rollable show, it stays to be seen whether or not a vertical rollable telephone is commercially viable. As is the case with all patents, it stays to be seen whether or not Samsung launches a business model of the machine seen within the doc.