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Samsung patent reveals how versatile a slideable phone could be
Current foldable smartphone designs are either about folding a regular phone display into half or unfolding a phone to turn it into a tablet (a mini tablet, to be more precise). Samsung sells phones with both form factors and leads the foldable market right now, and the company has also shown off dual-folding and slideable/rollable […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 1 year ago
Galaxy Z Fold design with touch-sensitive side buttons shows up in patent application
A lot of work and mental effort went into developing the Galaxy Fold series, given that there was no precedent of a foldable device hitting the consumer market. Likewise, a lot of Galaxy Z Fold design ideas have been patented by Samsung, yet they'll probably never see the light of day in the form of […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 3 years ago
Samsung is experimenting with Z-shaped foldable concepts, patent reveals
The World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) published a patent application filed by Samsung Electronics today for a multi-foldable electronic device, suggesting that the company is thinking of leveraging foldable display technology to create new foldable devices with unique form factors. To be precise, the patent application doesn't pertain to an actual device prototype but rather […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 3 years ago
Samsung patents new design for a foldable phone, tablet and an all-in-one desktop
Samsung was granted new design patents for a couple of foldable electronic devices today. The patents, granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), covers design for a foldable smartphone and a foldable tablet. Samsung has also patented a new design for an all-in-one desktop. As usual, these design patents don't reveal any information about the […]
- By Sumit Adhikari
- 5 years ago
New Samsung patent shows it wants to reinvent the tablet
It has long been rumored that Samsung will soon come out with foldable mobile products. We have heard rumors about foldable smartphones and tablets, and have also seen the design patents that Samsung has been awarded for its work. It has now been awarded another design patent which reveals that the company is working on basically […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung patents a foldable tablet with built-in keyboard and stand
We've seen a lot of rumors, reports and patents concerning Samsung's foldable smartphone but the one that's come up today isn't about a smartphone, it's about a tablet. Samsung has been awarded a design patent for a foldable tablet which features a built-in keyboard and stand. The illustrations show that this device will have a […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Patent shows an advanced Samsung tablet with a huge foldable display
Samsung has been rather busy working on smartphone and tablet designs with foldable displays for a long time, and as we exclusively revealed recently, the most recent project that could make it to the market is Project Valley, a smartphone that might have dual screens and could also be foldable. But even generally, Samsung has […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Samsung design patent reveals a tablet with a hole in it
Patent filings often reveal the quirky form factors manufacturers are working on, like a tablet with curved margins. The latest patent filing from the South Korean manufacturer features a Galaxy Tab-like tablet with a unique design twist: The device in question has a prominent hole in the bottom right corner. There is no indication as […]
- By Harish J.
- 10 years ago
Samsung patent filing reveals a tablet with curved margins
Samsung hasn’t changed the design much on its Galaxy Tab line of tablets. The Galaxy Tab 3 looks similar to the Galaxy Tab 2, and if the leaks regarding the Galaxy Tab 4 are legitimate, the manufacturer is looking to continue the design ethos. However, there might be a new design in the works as […]
- By Harish J.
- 10 years ago
Samsung granted patent for folding wireless keyboard for tablets
Samsung could be preparing to launch a new wireless keyboard for tablets, complete with a dock and kickstand to go along with it, as it has recently been granted patents for a wireless keyboard that can act as a kickstand as well. Furthermore, this keyboard will be foldable as well in order to save space, […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
Samsung ATIV Q Windows 8/Android tablet could be called due to patent issues
A couple of months back, Samsung announced its first dual-booting Android/Windows 8 tablet – the ATIV Q – but according to some reports, the device may have been cancelled. It's no longer on Samsung's website (it's only in press materials from the time of its announcement), and apparently patent issues are what Samsung to give […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 11 years ago
The Galaxy Tab 10.1N doesn’t infringe Apple’s patents.
DÜSSELDORF – The Galaxy Tab 10.1N a modified Tab from Samsung can be sold in Germany for the being. The demand of the U.S. smartphone and tablet manufacturer Apple to a ban the Galaxy Tab 10.1N is rejected by the german court. The German judge ruled Thursday that the Samsung Tablet is not similar to the Apple iPad competitor. Samsung and Apple are in a legal war for some time now. The companies accuse each […]
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- 12 years ago
Samsung may not pursue slidable phones, but its rivals might have to
Even though Samsung Display has been experimenting with various form factors and use cases for its state-of-the-art foldable display technology, at least one analyst believes that the company has no interest in developing commercial slidable phones. Furthermore, because Samsung has a tight grip on the foldable phone market as it is, Chinese smartphone manufacturers might […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 1 year ago
Samsung’s first foldable tablet might be coming in just six months
Samsung's next-gen foldable smartphones are days away from getting unveiled at Unpacked. But what will happen next once the Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4 are official? Will Samsung go back to the drawing board for another year? Or will the company release a third foldable device sooner rather than later? Well, […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 2 years ago
Samsung and Qualcomm have extended their chipset partnership to 2030
Qualcomm announced today that it has agreed to extend its patent license agreement with Samsung for another seven years. The agreement's renewal guarantees that future Galaxy devices and Samsung PCs will be powered by Qualcomm technologies such as chipsets and networking equipment through the end of 2030. More specifically, Samsung and Qualcomm have extended their […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 2 years ago
