A patent shows that Samsung also wants to innovate in this direction

While it is true that to date there is no confirmation from Samsung regarding the launch of its “triple” smartphonealmost all media outlets already take it for granted and think that the announcement and launch is just a matter of time. Likewise, it is true that we will still have to see how it goes during its private testing period, since a device like this is typical that can cause problems in the first phases.

In fact, with this new device, Samsung might face technical problems that do not occur on other devices. For example, by having such a large screen next to a supposed secondary screen, the battery consumption would be much higher than that of conventional terminals and even that of foldable terminals already on the market. Larger batteries would therefore be necessary.

But of course, larger batteries can't be folded to fit the form factor of a smartphone with these features… or they couldn't until now.

Foldable batteries for foldable smartphones

We thus arrive at the discovery made by xleaks7 and VeePN, who found a Samsung patent to develop single-cell batteries but also foldable.

With these batteries, the energy demand of the smartphone could be met without sacrificing its thinness. To do this, Samsung would use flexible materials that would allow the battery to bend in the same way as the phone.

With a battery of virtually the same surface area as the fully unfolded phoneit would be possible to give all the necessary energy to the device without having to increase its thickness.

Yes indeed, This idea might take some time. and we could still first see a Samsung triple folder with more conventional batteries. Let's not forget that since the Galaxy Note 7 caused so many problems precisely because of its battery explosions, Samsung takes the safety of the user of its products even more seriously.

Thus, a new foldable battery, which could pose problems in terms of explosions or fires, This would require a lot of testing before reaching the end user. and this would further delay this technology.

We will have to be careful to know if this is how the foldables will develop autonomy like that of standard models, if not better.

Pictures | Samsung, xleaks7 and VeePN

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