Smartphone patents are home to some of a company’s most bizarre and unique-looking handset experiments, and today’s candidate is no exception. According to a recently discovered design patent from Samsung, the Korean phone manufacturer may be working on an L-shaped folding smartphone.
LetsGoDigital generated the renders after the patent was filed with WIPO. These renderings depict a folding display that opens sideways and wraps around the back of the phone when closed.
The L-shaped design is similar to the LG Wing, which can flip out to reveal a sideways display.
The phone’s 2D renders show a triple camera setup on the back with an LED flash unit. This camera setup is right next to the phone’s folding display, which curves around the back.
Because the display curves to the back, it could serve as a viewfinder for the primary camera. In the top centre of the main display on the front is a punch-hole selfie camera.
The images below depict the device from various angles.
Because it is only a patent, no further information about the phone is available. Having said that, there’s a good chance it won’t make it to the shelves because patents rarely make it into final products. As a result, take this information with a grain of salt.
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