This impressive design of the Samsung Galaxy S21 surprises the iPhone 12

While Apple has opted to go with a flat screen on the iPhone 12, to the adulation of many tech critics weary of curved screens, it appears Samsung is taking melting displays to the next level.

According to a patent filed by Samsung in late October, found by the Dutch website Let’s Go Digital, it shows a design for a possible Samsung Galaxy S21 that makes the Galaxy Fold 2 look docile.

Like Xiaomi’s Mi Mix Alpha, the Galaxy S21 could opt for a screen that wraps the entire device. Unlike the Mi Mix Alpha, which had a strip cutting through the screen to house a camera module, Samsung is apparently working around this by creating a sliding mechanism.

Yes, just like the slide-out phones of 15 years ago, according to the patent application, this new phone will employ a similar mechanism to reveal its cameras. Let’s Go Digital also put together a video showing its rendering. Know that this is not an official Samsung video.

If this is true, then in reality this Galaxy S21 is not a phone with a true immersive display. Instead, they are two interleaved curved screens.

And the front camera? Well, Samsung could use an in-screen camera, which means no hole or notch will be needed for the camera. However, we have heard that the Galaxy S21 will have a drilled hole. So this could be a completely separate model or maybe an early look at a completely new Samsung phone.