Samsung To Develop World's First Foldable Smartphone, Aims To Crush Apple, LG

Samsung is working on the most revolutionary smartphone in the world. The innovative foldable smartphone will be launched on the market sometime this year. 

Devices like the original iPhone were innovative enough to destroy mobile phone giants like BlackBerry and Nokia and to change an entire industry. LG's new G5 is also an innovative gadget. Now, it's Samsung's turn to design a revolutionary mobile device. While sales and innovation don't always go hand in hand, the South Korean tech giant is well aware that in order for industries to move forward, technology needs to progress.

New details have emerged about Samsung working behind closed doors on a new mobile device. According to BGR, the upcoming smartphone has the potential to be the world's most innovative phone.

On Wednesday, March 23, a new Samsung patent application was published. The patent describes technology that is required to build the world's first foldable smartphone. The mobile device would feature a large display that can be folded in half.

It's is well known that in the tech industry, patent applications are filed all the time, but not always the devices described in them come to materialize. However, this patent is different, according to Dutch Samsung news blog Galaxy Club.

Samsung has filed the patent application just recently on March 11. Less than two weeks later, the patent has been published. Such an accelerated schedule could indicate the fact that the foldable smartphone is in already in advanced stages of development.

This corroborates with earlier rumors that Samsung is working to release a foldable smartphone sometime in 2016. However, when it comes to innovation, Samsung has a mixed history and often takes its time before launching a new product.

Samsung would strengthen its position as a leader in innovation with the foldable phone described in this patent application. A phablet with a large display that you can put in your pocket and is more compact than the iPhone SE would make a great market success.