I hope that the Samsung Galaxy S7 does not look like this – Fredzone

 
 
 

Samsung file each year hundreds of patents to protect their ideas and prevent them from falling into the wrong hands (*). The giant has just been finalized by a new one. And be careful because the document in question describes the operation of a telephone also provided a flexible screen. I sincerely hope that the Galaxy S7 does not look like this.

The Korean is often accused of copying its competitors but it also happens to innovate and has been the first manufacturer on the market to launch a phone with a flexible screen. Galaxy Note Edge

And a world exclusive and interplanetary, here … the Galaxu S7. No, I’m kidding.

It has since done it again with two other terminals you probably know since it is the Galaxy S6 Edge (tested here) and Galaxy S6 Edge + .

They are very similar and both screen and races forward on both flanks of the unit. Behind, there are also plenty of software optimizations for faster access to some shortcuts same or missed calls.

In all likelihood, the Galaxy S7 Edge also should have the same attributes. At least if you believe what is whispered in the right circles.

This patent describes him as a terminal equipped with a flexible screen but it works a little differently.

This time, it does not actually cover the lateral edges of the device, but rather its lower edge . So where we generally find the connector and the headphone jack.

Yes, but Samsung has not done things by half and designers of the company have thus developed two variants of this story more fun. The first resembles a traditional smartphone with angular, rectangular lines while the second is closer to … ahem … the trapeze.

In either case, the screen extends to the base of phone.

But what’s the point of placing a screen there? The question is then, finally, and I have not really easy answer. I’m returning the item in every way, I do not see useful and practical application.

That said, I may lack imagination, which does not seem be the case of the authors of this patent

But pity, made the Galaxy S7 does not look like it

(*):.! Understand “in the hands of competitors’

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