Spotted by Lets Go Digital!, Samsung has patented a new design for a screen that folds completely around the front of a smartphone and onto the back.
While the patent was published today in the database of the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office), the request was put in as early as September of last year.
There is little explanatory text, but it's clear the touchscreen display would run around the back of the smartphone - on which app icons could be displayed.
It's unclear whether we will see this appear in Samsung's next batch of smartphones, but with the industry-wide surge of bezel-less designs it's clear that the Korean company will need something new for the future of its phone designs.
Still, if a curved phone means stronger glass (as it would be difficult to put a case around it) and, therefore, crack-proof screens, we're all for it.
