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TL;DR A new patent filed by Samsung shows the company is still working on the idea of phones with rollable displays.
The filing shows two ideas for phones with a rolling screen.
This is just a patent filing at this stage, and it’s not likely to become a commercial product.
Samsung was one of the first major smartphone makers to bring foldable phones to the market with the Galaxy Fold. It wasn’t the smoothest of stories, but it led to the company’s hugely popular Z Fold and Z Flip series.
So what’s next after folding phones, you ask? How about phones with a rollable display? Yes, Samsung seems to be playing around with the idea of a phone with a screen that rolls out, according to a new patent it filed (h/t WearView).
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Phones with rollable screens aren’t exactly new either. They have frequently featured at events like MWC and CES, and Samsung itself has displayed concept phones with a screen that slides out.
However, this new patent has some interesting ideas. Of course, it starts off simple with a phone that has a sliding display. According to the drawings submitted in the filing, this could look like a regular smartphone. However, you’d be able to pull at the screen and make it wider, so it’d resemble a Galaxy Z Fold 7 more than a Galaxy S26.
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