Rumor: Samsung makes bendable battery of at least 3000mAh for smartphone

Samsung is reportedly working on a bendable battery for smartphones, which has a capacity of at least 3000mAh. That is in line with the capacity of batteries in current models. Samsung is said to be working on a fully bendable smartphone.

The capacity is between 3000mAh and 6000mAh, ITHome reports. The battery would come from Samsung SDI, the subsidiary of the group that develops and produces batteries. The bendable battery would be in a foldable smartphone that should be on the market next year at the latest.

Samsung has previously shown a bendable battery, but it did not go beyond a capacity of 210mAh. That is about the battery that goes in a smartwatch. To make a smartphone bendable, Samsung will need many components that are bendable. OLED screens are flexible in themselves, although they usually have non-bendable glass over them for protection.

There have been rumors about bendable smartphones from Samsung for years. The manufacturer does use curved screens for its Galaxy S and Note devices, such as the S9, Note 8 and S8. It contains non-flexible batteries.