Korean electronics giant, Samsung often files a wide variety of patents with trademarks and patent houses across the globe. Even though not all devices or technologies in these patents come to fruition, they do provide us a glimpse about the company’s future offerings. Not long ago, the company patented a couple of foldable smartphone (1, 2) which could succeed it’s first foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold.
On April 4, 2019, the company filed a patent for a unique smartphone accessory with The Hague International Design System which was published earlier this month. The said patent exhibits a total of 6 images which reveal that the accessory happens to be a smartphone case. Funnily enough, it has two human-like ears that are attached to its either side.
Unfortunately, the text attached along the patent does not reveal many details about the purpose of the case. However, going by its overall shape and a hole in each ear, it could help in evenly spreading audio output from a smartphone’s stereo speaker. The benefit of such an accessory is that it will allow to fill a large space with audio rather than firing it towards just one person who is holding the smartphone.
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While the case does not have a extendable design which would allow smartphones of different length to be compatible with it, it does have a safety mechamism that elongates vertically to secure the device in its place.
As of now, it cannot be predicted whether Samsung plans to launch such a smartphone case or not. Until more details are revealed, we would recommend taking this patent with a grain of salt.
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