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New Samsung Patent Shows a Fully Curved Galaxy Smartphone In 2013, Samsung released its first smartphone with a flexible AMOLED display: The  Galaxy Round . A year later, the  Galaxy Note Edge  hit the market with a curved display. The Galaxy Round and the Note Edge had limited availability, and it took 2015’s  Galaxy S6 Edge  to make curved displays really popular. It’s telling that Samsung doesn’t sell a mainstream flagship smartphone with a flat display anymore. And if a new patent is any indication, it’s not stopping at displays — its next phone might fold around itself. Following on the heels of Samsung’s patent for a foldable phone user interface ,  LetsGoDigital  found a series of new patents in the WIPO (World International Property Office) database for a device with a curved display on both sides. It doesn’t merely have a curved-edge display — instead, the proposed smartphone has a 180-degree curved display that curves all the way to the rear. In the patent, Samsung sa