Samsung patented a foldable smartphone with a spring-based hinge mechanism, check it out

Samsung patented a foldable smartphone with a spring-based hinge mechanism, check it out:

Yesterday, we reported that Samsung may be planning to launch an unique, foldable smartphone in 2016. Such a device is definitely being worked on, judging by the leaked patent schematics that describe different ways in which Samsung experimented pulling off this type of novelty. Speaking of which, today Patently Mobile uncovered a purported schematic for a foldable smartphone that opens and closes together with a hinge mechanism.



This is no flip-phone, however, as there is a mesh-type textile sheet attached as the cover of an actual bending AMOLED display. The device is separated in two ...