As the folding screen mobile phone market began to shine, more possible future products gradually emerged. For example, as early as 2020, OPPO launched the first scroll screen concept phone, which looks very cool and even more interesting than a foldable smartphone.
PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT SAMSUNG, LG, AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING SMARTPHONES WITH SCROLLING SCREENS, BUT THE REAL MACHINE WAS NEVER AVAILABLE. SAMSUNG NOW HAS A NEW PATENT THAT SHOWS THIS POSSIBLE MODEL.
We don’t know what scrolling or sliding the screen means for Samsung, but it looks like the model is designed in a rather advanced language, more like a Flip phone with a slide/slide screen style. To some extent, there are also some sliding concept designs of the Xiaomi Mix 3 series.
THIS IS THE LATEST PATENT PUBLISHED BY SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS ON THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) WEBSITE, AND IT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES A SLIDE/SLIDE SCREEN DEVICE THAT IS IN THE CONCEPT STAGE.
from the figure, the device uses a sliding display, including a unique display design and a sliding mechanism, making the lower body of the device thicker, and this model does not have a visible front lens, combined with this rather advanced design can boldly assume that it will use an off-screen camera.
Of course, the current Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 under-screen camera scheme does not seem to be brilliant but considering that Apple is also considering Samsung’s off-screen camera scheme, it is expected that Samsung can gradually improve it in the next few generations until it reaches the flagship standard.
THERE ARE FIVE SMALL CIRCLES BEHIND THE FUSELAGE, FOREIGN MEDIA SPECULATE THAT FOUR OF THEM MAY BE CAMERAS, THE LAST ONE IS LED FLASH, AND THE UPPER HALF OF THE SLIDER / SLIDE PART ALSO HAS A DOUBLE-SIDED SCREEN DESIGN, SO YOU CAN ALSO TAKE THE REAR CAMERA AS A SELFIE LENS TO USE, SO IT IS NOT AFFECTED EVEN IF THERE IS NO OFF-SCREEN CAMERA TECHNOLOGY.
According to the patent description, this model uses a special slider, and the display on the back appears to be a transparent display. it includes “transparent is the display part and an opaque area”. therefore, such a panel may employ some transparent display technology.
In addition to the above-mentioned smartphones, Samsung Electronics also announced another sliding screen phone in the World Intellectual Property Organization, but the second device is more like a folding screen phone of the Fold series. It uses a horizontal slider, and when the screen is rolled out in its entirety, it is basically equivalent to a tablet in two, and even a little bold is a PC, tablet, and mobile phone.
Of course, applying for a patent does not mean that these smartphones will necessarily appear, after all, Samsung may just take a place in advance to avoid some unnecessary trouble. at the same time, Samsung has also said that it will continue to focus on the field of folding screen mobile phones, at least in recent years, you will most likely not see this new device.