The race to release the first smartphone with a flexible screen is over. The LG G Flex and Samsung Galaxy Round have been released in all their glory. Now, the race begins to create an a smartphone that actually utilizes the flexible screen correctly.
Some Samsung sketches just leaked, which show exactly what they’re trying to do here with their next generation of smartphones. These ideas aren’t anything new, as Samsung showed us a prototype with a bent screen on the side of the device, creating a control/information bar.
Bloomberg brings us today’s leaked plans. Hit the break to see just a few things that could be done with such a phone:
1. Slide to lock/unlock functionality and battery charge indicators could be located on an “always-on” side-screen.
2. The ability to arrange and navigate through photo gallery via folder or dates, or by a combination of touch/tilt gestures.
3. Quickly navigate through long list-apps such as address books or bookmarks in an e-book.
4. Easily store items on the side screen for later sharing/viewing use. (View-able copy/paste clipboard)
5. See more details about certain items, such as the size of attachments on messages.
If you ask me, I’d say these features beat out the G Flex and Galaxy Round in just about every single category. It’ll be exciting to see what gets implemented and all of the other possibilities for this new technology. The folks over at Unwired actually suggested that this could make for a legitimate use for Samsung’s TouchWiz UI. (Until, of course, Google implements the flexible display hardware into Android, and once again reduces the need for TouchWiz…)
Via: Unwired
Source: US Patent and Trademark Office
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