Samsung's been patenting phone designs again, and this one looks like an exciting hybrid of the versatility of the current Galaxy Z devices with the convenient productivity of a Galaxy Note phone. This concept could eventually become the Galaxy Z Fold 4, but it's way too early to say. The original patent, filed with China's CNIPA,  was discovered last month by LetsGoDigital. Now we've got some tasty renders of the original illustrations, courtesy of Technizo Concept and LGD, to help us imagine how this phone would look and function.

This concept could eventually become the Galaxy Z Fold 4, but it's way too early to say. Here's a look at the design and features based on the patent. LGD describes this phone as the "Galaxy Flex Note". That's based on a Samsung trademark for the name that was also filed earlier this year. The patent itself doesn't make any mention of the name.

The design uses what can be described as a "wardrobe-style" fold, with the larger fixed portion of the display on one side and the smaller display and camera array able to be folded around to sit on the back. Unfolding both sides of the device reveals the full breadth of the wraparound display, plus the cameras in case you want to take a selfie. That does mean that the screen is a lot less protected than the inner panels of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or Galaxy Z Flip 3, although it matches other foldables with different styles like the original Huawei Mate X. So with the outside taken up by display and cameras, the S Pen is then located on a magnetic strip on the outside edge of the extended display. There's a cutout near the center of the device's back too so that the stylus can stay in place when the whole thing is folded up.

The Galaxy Z Fold 3 can already use one of two different S Pens, and is the first Samsung foldable to be able to do so. However, there's no on-board pen holster for either version, with Samsung only offering a case that can contain the smaller S Pen Fold Edition. This patent would improve on that capability significantly were it to be brought to a future phone.