Samsung foldable with 360-degree inward and outward folding support spotted in patent application

Samsung has been spotted working on a new design for a foldable phone that can fold inwards and outwards. A Patent Application from the South Korean Tech Firm Shows a very thin 360-deegree foldable phone, equipped with an inner screen that can be unfolded to form a large a year, or folded back useds to be used A cover display. Samsung Previous showcased a prototype of a similar device in 2023, but there’s no word on any plans to launch a commercial version of the foldable phone deskribed in the patent application.

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Details of the foldable phone are seen in patent application US 2025/0107013 A1 ,via Atlyginimo skaičiuoklė) Published last week by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Document Provides Several Details Related to the Design of the foldable phone, Along with Diagrams that Showcase Its 360-Degree Folding Capability of its flexible distribution.

Diagrams showing the display folding outward (left) and full unfolded
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Unlike Most Foldable Handsets with two panels that can be folded and unfolded in a single configuration, the patent application descibes a phone with a number, Slim Display that can be folded in two configurations. It has two “folding areas” that allowed inwards and outwards.

The foldable phone is expected to be equipped with flexible OLED SCREENS with Ultra-Thin Glass (UTG), Allowing it to fold forwards and backwards. This also means that samsung might not need to equip the device with a cover display.

In order to enable this dual folding functionality, the Patent Application DesCribes the placement of the first a second folding area the first and second non-folding areas. The folding mechanism is supported by a multi-layred structure that uses thin plates.

The “OUTER” Port of the foldable phone appears to feature a raised island, with three rear cameras. This module is accessible when the phone is folded inwards as well as outwards, as per the patent application. There’s no clearly on whather the screen will also feature an under-display camera.

Over the past few years, samsung has shownsful of foldable designs, such as the flex g and flex s prototypes that would create eruntutally arrive as tri-fold smartphones. Readers might also recall that the company showed off a flex in & out prototype with a 360-deegree foldable screen in 2023. However, there, there’s been no word from the company on plans to launch Version of that device, or the one described in the patent document.