Samsung Display Patent Hints at Tri-Fold Phone With Two Hinges, S Pen Support

Samsung Display was lately granted a patent for a tri-fold smartphone that may be folded twice. The firm at the moment presents single-fold flip and book-style foldables, however has but to launch a competitor to the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design. According to a latest report, Samsung is creating a brand new tri-fold foldable telephone that’s anticipated to launch within the coming months, alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7. This handset is claimed to debut with a brand new foldable design that utilises a separate cowl show.

Samsung Tri-Fold Phone Patent Reveals Presence of Three External Cameras

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) lately granted a patent to Samsung Display (through 91Mobiles) for a tool with a tri-fold show. The doc accommodates a number of photos of a tool with two hinges, and the three show panels will be unfolded to kind a a lot bigger display.

Like the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design that arrived final 12 months, Samsung’s newest patent exhibits a smartphone that unfolds horizontally. The doc signifies the presence of a horizontally-aligned exterior digital camera module (Fig. 10). The quantity rocker is seen at the highest of one of many folding panels (Fig. 13), and there is a USB Type-C port on the underside fringe of the alternative panel (Fig. 14).

Images of Samsung’s tri-fold telephone from the patent doc
Photo Credit: USPTO

The doc additionally means that the interior show on the tri-fold smartphone shall be surrounded by barely thick bezels. It seems to function a single digital camera on the left panel, whereas the one on the proper seems to deal with an S Pen (Fig. 9), which implies that it might supply assist for options that require a stylus.

Samsung has proven off a number of prototypes for foldable units with two hinges since 2022, however the firm has but to launch a industrial model of those ‘Flex G’ and ‘Flex S’ foldables. According to a latest report, the corporate could possibly be gearing as much as launch its first tri-fold smartphone, that would arrive as quickly as July.

The rumoured Samsung G Fold might introduce a brand new design with three panels that fold within the form of a G, as a substitute of the Z-shaped fold on the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design. Samsung’s tri-fold smartphone might function a separate cowl show, because the interior display of the Galaxy G Fold would not be uncovered whereas the handset is folded.

While Samsung’s newest patent additionally describes a telephone that additionally folds within the form of a G, it’s at the moment unclear whether or not the corporate plans to launch a foldable telephone with this design sooner or later. We can anticipate to study extra in regards to the firm’s first tri-fold smartphone within the coming months, as it’s anticipated to launch — in choose markets — alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7.