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Samsung's Upcoming Foldable Smartphone Could Have an Out-Folding Design, Patent Hints

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A Samsung patent published on the USPTO may indicate one of the two new foldable smartphone designs the company is said to be working on.
Samsung showcased its first foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold some time ago but things didn’t go as planned for the South Korean smartphone maker. A few review units showed issues with their foldable display causing Samsung to delay the launch until it could make the necessary improvements. The Galaxy Fold had an in-folding display design but it looks like Samsung did consider an out-folding design based on newly published patents. These design patents were applied for in the US late last year and in Korea in December 2015. The US patent was only published earlier this week though.
It’s been reported that Samsung is working on two more foldable smartphone modes. It is said to be developing a vertically folding design similar to a flip-phone and the other is a clamshell-like design similar to the one seen on Huawei’s Mate X.

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