Samsung has Racked-Up another round of 10 Patents describing varying aspects of their next-gen Slidable Display Smartphones
In May Patently Apple reported on a rumor that Samsung was preparing to introduce the world’s first-to-market ‘Slide-Out’ Smartphone later this year. On June 2 we followed-up with a Samsung patent report presenting 10 patent application filed covering future smartphones with slidable, rollable, scrollable displays to illustrate Samsung’s dedication to this new form factor.
Today, our report covers yet another round of 10 newly published Samsung patents from WIPO, focused on all aspects of their next-gen slidable form factor. That’s 20 new patents on this form factor in the last three weeks.
Is it a sign that Samsung is in fact planning to launch their first Galaxy Slide smartphone later this year? Well, that’s what the rumor in May forecasts. While patents never reveal a release date, the sheer number of patents running up to a product release could be telling, but never a guarantee. Below is the latest list of Samsung patents that we’ve linked to so that curious techies could check out some of the concepts and features the company is considering.
10 New Samsung Slidable Smartphone Patents
01: Samsung Electronic Device (WO2022119337)
02: Electronic Device including Sliding Structure, Flexible Display & Antenna
03: (Slide-out Display) Electronic Device including Speaker Module
04: Rollable Electronic Device Comprising Flexible Display
05: Electronic Device Comprising Flexible Display and Operating Method
06: Electronic Device Comprising Rollable Display
07: Slidable Electronic Device
08: Electronic Device Comprising Flexible Display (2nd Patent, same name)
09: Electronic Device including Flexible Display
10: Electronic Device Comprising Structure Compensating Gap
As a reminder, Patently Apple has covered a few scrollable display patents from Apple (01 02, 03 and 04), though it doesn’t appear to be a priority with them at this point in time. Until Samsung or another competitor can prove that the slidable-display form factor is a winner with consumers, Apple is likely to remain on the sidelines and continue to file patents in an evolutionary manner until needed.
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