Samsung is apparently working on a brand-new foldable device. A company executive has confirmed that the company is developing a new foldable tablet and even revealed some of its design elements. So let’s have a look.

Samsung is investing heavily in foldable tablets

The news arrives from Samsung mobile head T.M. Roh. In an interview with The Independent last month, the senior official confirmed the development of foldable tablets as well as foldable laptops. He stated that “People open up a book to read and open up a notebook to write something. When they’re not being used or when on the move and they can be folded shut, which makes them more compact and portable, as well as protecting important information inside. It’s just a natural part of human behavior”.

ROh added that “What has been applied to the smartphone will then spread to the tablet and laptops as well. To that end, we at Samsung are investing a lot of resources.” This confirms that the South Korean tech giant is working on foldable tablets and laptops, and is investing heavily into the venture. In the laptop space, we have the Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED, which the upcoming foldable notebooks from Samsung will likely compete with.

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of a foldable tablet from Samsung. We had previously also reported on the brand possibly working on a Galaxy Z Fold Tab model. LetsGoDigital had even covered certain patents that described the foldable tablet, which featured two hinges for the folding mechanics.

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Samsung has patented a lot of designs for mobile devices in the past. Today, LetsGoDigital has spotted an interesting patent that suggests the company may bring a Foldable Galaxy Tablet in the future.

The said patent has been applied at USPTO(United States Patent and Trademark Office) and it has been granted on February 16, 2021. Under the category ‘Display Device’, the description of the patent hints that Samsung is working on a Galaxy tablet with a flexible display.

Foldable displays have always been breezy for Samsung these days. However, the South Korean giant has come a long way and has even faced a few failed attempts in the process. At present, its Galaxy Z Fold2 is a practically viable foldable device with a 7.6-inch external display and the company is already working on a successor.

Currently, Samsung has tablets in the Galaxy Tab S, A lineup, and considering the foldable displays are costly, it should probably debut under the Tab S-series if Samsung were to launch a Foldable Tablet. Talking about the design of the patent, we see the bezels are minimal except the center portion.

There is no cover screen and it looks to have an in-folding mechanism. The sensors, LED flash, and selfie shooter is placed at the center of the top. Speaking of which, the display has some sort of recess/notch on both top and bottom.

On the backside, the device doesn’t seem to have any cameras as the report points out. Turning it in portrait mode, we see speakers and a Type-C port for charging on the left. On the opposite side of this, there are the power button and another speaker.

As usual, this might just end up as a patented design and never make it to the markets as a commercial product. But we can expect devices having rollable and slider displays and also a foldable phone with a tri-fold mechanism from Samsung.

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We have lost count of the number of patents Samsung have presently related to foldable phones. The Chinese OEM also has a design patent for a multi-fold tablet which was approved in September 2016. The global market leader received a fresh patent for a multi-fold tablet.

Just like the patented design from 2016, this new design also comes with a physical keyboard on the backside of one of the folding panels. The rear aspect of the foldable part of the screen that lacks a keyboard is capable of displaying notifications at a glance using an unspecified mechanism. The design is a multi-fold one where the device can be folded into more than two aspects, making it easy to carry around. It seems the functions are also multiple as Samsung mentioned in the patent documentation. Mention was made of cellular capabilities and specifically, it is stated that Samsung envisioned a tablet that would allow users to make phone calls without further details.

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This new patent, no doubt, confirms that Samsung is still busy on the drawing board in trying to develop foldable electronics gadgets. We are yet to see anyone going commercial but that may happen soon.  The Galaxy X foldable phone is tipped to launch next year even though the tech giant is yet to reveal a timeline for the launch.

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