Samsung has secured a patent for yet another rollable display tech, as we’re waiting for first devices with rollable display to arrive. Foldable smartphones have been around for quite some time now, but phones with rollable displays, not exactly.
Samsung has patented yet another rollable display
We’ll talk more about that in a minute let’s first focus on this display. If you check out the images below, you’ll get to see some of the sketches included in the patent. This patent has been submitted with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
At the moment, we’re not sure for what it is, though. It could be for a smartphone, tablet, or TV. This is not the first rollable display patent Samsung submitted, not at all. Samsung also submitted a cylindrical roller design with the WIPO a while back, and it’s also worthing on a dual-folding display tech.
Samsung was the first company to release a foldable smartphone. That South Korean tech giant had a number of other firsts in the smartphone industry, and we wouldn’t be surprised if it delivered the first rollable smartphone.
LG was expected to release the first rollable smartphone, but that didn’t happen
LG allegedly had a rollable smartphone ready to go, but the company left the smartphone-making industry right before that. OPPO showed us its rollable smartphone concept a couple of years ago, but it still didn’t release such a product.
It will be interesting to see who will be the first to cross the finish line. Having new form factors on the market is always exciting. They’d provide competition for both regular phones and foldable smartphones alike.
Foldable devices are actually excellent nowadays, so the competition would be fierce. Devices like the OnePlus Open and HONOR Magic V2 really managed to push the ante when it comes to foldable smartphone designs.
We’re still not sure when we’ll see the very first rollable smartphone, but a rumor from last year suggested it will happen in the second half of this year. It remains to be seen.
2024-03-20 15:05:51