A newly surfaced patent sheds light on a future Samsung Flip phone with a Galaxy Watch-like cover screen slapped on the back. This major shift is expected to give the company the leverage to slash the pricing significantly.

As elaborated by workgpt (via @xleaks7), Samsung has patented a Flip phone with a Galaxy Watch-like round cover screen. It looks like the company’s most honest attempt yet at an affordable clamshell-style foldable phone.

The design centers on a large circular outer display that sits on the back of the phone, right where Samsung usually puts a rectangular cover screen. It looks exactly like a Galaxy Watch got fused into the rear shell.

Two cameras sit next to it, along with an LED flash. The smartphone folds in half like every other clamshell, but this time, the outer screen does not try to do everything. It will help the OEM save component cost and reduce factory price.

A circular outer screen actually works better for quick AI stuff than people think. Message summaries, reply suggestions, calendar nudges, assistant readouts. All of that fits on a round display without feeling cramped.

The patent drawings show a device that’s surprisingly plain when you strip away the circular screen. Rounded frame, slim profile when unfolded, side-mounted buttons where you would expect them.

The hinge runs across the middle, the body folds cleanly, and the whole package looks like Samsung decided function beats spectacle this time.

This could finally get Samsung closer to Motorola’s $699 Razr, which has been sitting there for months, making Samsung’s $899 FE pricing look awkward.

Most Samsung patents disappear into a filing cabinet and never see daylight. This one feels different because the timing lines up with a real problem Samsung has right now.

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