After Samsung, LG is referring to the foldable smartphone

After Samsung, its South Korean rival LG has alluded to the launch of a foldable smartphone, media reports said. The smartphone maker has requested three trademark registrations – "Flex", "Foldi" and "Duplex" – at the Office of Intellectual Property of the European Union (EUIPO).

"The three applications are classified in class 9, which includes smartphones, so it's a safe bet that LG claims these names for all future devices, collapsible or otherwise," Engadget said Friday.

However, it was not clear if the names would be used for a smartphone or any other device.

"The first two," Flex "and" Foldi ", are quite simple and synchronized with the Samsung Galaxy F and Huawei Flexi / Flex trademarks, while" Duplex "is an interesting choice from LG. especially if Google PhoneArena has used the word to designate its AI call creation feature that has just begun to be deployed to users.

Samsung plans to launch its first collapsible smartphone next March, with a fifth generation (5G) Galaxy S10 powered by network.

The South Korean technology giant plans to unveil the flagship smartphone Galaxy S10 in February, followed by the collapsible Galaxy F and another edition of the Galaxy S10, which will run on the 5G network in March.