Samsung patents flexible smartphone that can be worn on your wrist
It’s no secret that Samsung has put in a lot of time and resources into flexible displays and the company’s intentions go far beyond the Gear S and the Galaxy S6 edge. Often we have come across patents that show what Samsung has envisaged for the future vis-a-vis flexible displays and today is one of those days. The company has been awarded a patent for a flexible smartphone which can be worn on your wrist, this would effectively allow the device to double as a smartwatch. Even though the company already makes smartwatches that are capable of making calls, this technology would put a full fledged smartphone on your wrist.
The patent details that a flexible OLED display will be attached to several segments which are designed to be rotatable. This design feature of the segments will allow the user to curl the device into a bracelet shape, which can then be worn on the wrist, or extend it into a flat shape so that it looks like any other smartphone. However since this technology exists only in the patent at this point in time it can’t be said for sure if and when Samsung intends to bring it to market. It might take a few years or it might not be released at all, that’s the thing with patented technologies, you never really know what’s going to happen.
6 Comments
Sign in »6
Leave a Reply
And these will be stolen off of arms in one smooth move.
Why does the picture say Patently Apple?
Because it’s CrApple’s way of searching for ideas to steal or like in the case of them finding out that Samsung had applied for using an Authentec Touch or Scan fingerprint sensor for use in Galaxy S3 in November 2011. So they frantically worked to buy Authentec out from under them and the rest of the industry (including Motorola, HTC, HP, Lenovo, etc) before Samsung got a chance to launch it months later. Keep in mind this is how Apple has always worked, since they spend just a fraction of their profits on R&D and simply wait till other companies… Read more »
Maybe they are also patenting the model name, in a big F U to iCorporation…
There’s a site named patently apple.
Eeek! ….. it has a cracked screen 😉