Samsung patent reveals 360-degree foldable device | Infinium-tech

Most of today’s foldable smartphones are incoming folding devices – the main screen is preserved by external shell, and you have a small outdoor screen for information and basic functions.

Some manufacturers such as Huawei also have external folding equipment, which wrap the folding screen around the back of the device. While smooth and more future, this type of foldables are seriously compromised in terms of durability, as the performance part is always revealed.

What if you can be a foldable that bends both inward and outside? Well, Samsung has patented such a device that was brought into life by @xleaks7.

The patent-lambged device has a 360-degree folding area that allows it to bend its display in and outwards and eliminate the need for a separate cover display. We can also see that even in its folded position, the device has an exposed display strip under the camera module.

The patent details have a description of the self-developed support layers of Samsung under the flexible screen, which adds flexible polymer substrate and a flexible adhesive layer under the flexible screen. The device also appoints separate -fold axes and custom support plates that allow to bend in both directions that thanks to their lattice and striped patterns.

Samsung actually demoned a uniform “Flex in and Out” concept device in 2023, although we have not received any updates on its progress to bring the device into commercial form.

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