Samsung Leak Reveals Radical New Galaxy Smartphone
My friends at LetsGoDigital get the credit. They have uncovered a major new patent Samsung attempted to file quietly with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for a smartphone with a full front display (no bezels), in-display fingerprint reader and pressure sensitive display.
Samsung also explains how navigating on such a device would work.
Like existing Android smartphones there will be an on-screen navigation bar with menu/home/back keys, while a digital fingerprint scanner will appear on the display when the phone is locked. Unlock the phone and a moderate press on the home button will activate the microphone for voice control (similar to Google Assistant), while a harder press will open a list of applications.
Shifting away from traditional smartphone controls, however, is a hard press on the back button which displays a new range of icons. Meanwhile, a softer held press will allow the navigation bar to be customised (much like icons on iOS).
Interestingly Samsung’s new patent builds upon a similar patent the company filed in November, again discovered by LetsGoDigital, describing the construction of the world’s first truly bezel-less smartphone.
With Samsung rumored to be cancelling the Galaxy S range entirely after the Galaxy S9, the company clearly needs something to get the so-called ‘Galaxy X’ replacement wowing the crowds. I suspect we might be looking at it…
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My friends at LetsGoDigital get the credit. They have uncovered a major new patent Samsung attempted to file quietly with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for a smartphone with a full front display (no bezels), in-display fingerprint reader and pressure sensitive display.
Samsung also explains how navigating on such a device would work.
Like existing Android smartphones there will be an on-screen navigation bar with menu/home/back keys, while a digital fingerprint scanner will appear on the display when the phone is locked. Unlock the phone and a moderate press on the home button will activate the microphone for voice control (similar to Google Assistant), while a harder press will open a list of applications.
Shifting away from traditional smartphone controls, however, is a hard press on the back button which displays a new range of icons. Meanwhile, a softer held press will allow the navigation bar to be customised (much like icons on iOS).
Interestingly Samsung’s new patent builds upon a similar patent the company filed in November, again discovered by LetsGoDigital, describing the construction of the world’s first truly bezel-less smartphone.
With Samsung rumored to be cancelling the Galaxy S range entirely after the Galaxy S9, the company clearly needs something to get the so-called ‘Galaxy X’ replacement wowing the crowds. I suspect we might be looking at it…
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Follow Gordon on Twitter, Facebook and Google+
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