The Galaxy Fold (pictured) may not be the future of flexible smartphone form factors (Image Credit: TechRadar)
The issues with the Samsung Galaxy Fold are well-documented, but perhaps the hinged form factor isn’t what the future holds for expanding screen smartphones – maybe we’ll get something like the Samsung Galaxy Roll (a name we’ve coined) instead.
That’s based on a new patent filing which has been made publicly available, which details a Samsung device with what appears to be a vertically scrolling display which can slide in and out of the handset’s body.
Samsung filed the patent on November 28, 2018 (so before the Galaxy Fold troubles), but it has only now been published online.