Recently, Samsung officially confirmed that it will release a new Samsung Galaxy S22 series on February 9, 2022.
At the same time, according to Samsung's official previous statement, the Galaxy Note series should have a great possibility that it will not launch new products in the future.
In this way, Samsung's usual release activities that will come in the second half of the year may be used for the iterative release of folding screen series products in the future. Based on this, Samsung's new technology promotion in folding screens is also more concerning.
Recently, news has exposed a patent related to Samsung's folding screen device, which shows some of Samsung's research and development ideas in this field.
It is reported that the patent was filed by Samsung on July 23, 2021, and published on January 27, 2022, and the patent is titled "Foldable Electronic Device Containing a Stylus". The patent shows a Samsung phone that can be folded into a "Z" shape.
After it is fully folded, you can get a device that is close to the length and width of a traditional smartphone, but because it has been folded twice, the thickness of the device is thicker than that of the general folding screen mobile phone.
When the device is fully unfolded, you can get a larger display screen, which allows it to have tablet function support.
Since the device supports dual folding, there is no need for an external secondary screen, and a part of the folding screen will automatically appear outside the device after it is fully folded.
In the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G released last year, it brought support for the stylus, which is also Samsung's first folding screen phone to support the S Pen.
In this regard, Samsung should also promote the support of folding device stylus in the follow-up. As a result, how to place the stylus has also become a part of the concern. This patent recognition also explores this.
The patented schematic shows that on the back of the display section of the device, Samsung has designed a groove for it. When the device is fully folded, the groove sections are connected to each other to form a space that can be used to place the stylus. And the stylus is magnetically fixed, and after putting it into the groove, it will not easily fall out.
Based on this design, the S Pen stylus can be automatically charged in a notch in the middle of the device. And its equipped stylus will bring more functional compatibility, users can connect to remote control devices through Bluetooth through this stylus.
However, the actual application of patents will be affected by a variety of factors, and interested users may wish to keep an eye on them.