«Samsung Wins Several Design Patents for
New Smartphone Form Factors with Flexible Displays Main Samsung Design Patents Reveal a New Mystery Smartphone Feature & Possibly a New Pen System»
Samsung has racked up another four design patents related to various cell /
smartphone form factors with the one in top left corner being an odd design indeed.
Motorola's Razr is the mobile phone manufacturer's first handset to carry the Razr name since 2008, only without a clamshell design and in a regularly
found smartphone form factor.
With Apple's iPhone 7 rumored to be a major leap in design, Samsung may be preparing for a major shift of their own if they're able to introduce the next
generation smartphone form factor as presented in our report.
With its latest 4.7 - inch and 5.5 - inch iPhone models, Apple is for the first time launching two new
smartphone form factors simultaneously, broadening the usual upgrade cycle choices beyond storage capacity and color.
Since Patently Mobile (first under Patent Bolt) started covering Samsung's utility and design patents back in 2012, there's been one ongoing, never ending trend that's undeniable: Their search for
new smartphone form factors that could give them the lead over their competitors like Apple.
Devices like e-readers and tablet computers that fit in between the laptop and
smartphone form factors «have a lot of growing to do,» he added.
They may also be able to create true «pocket computers» that come in
a smartphone form factor, but offer support for desktop monitors and other peripherals, similar to Microsoft's Continuum feature for Windows 10 Mobile.
Instead, Park talked about a foldable device that would cover both tablet and
smartphone form factors in its various states.