Samsung is working on a phone with screens on both sides - here are three futuristic ideas

• A new patent shows three ideas Samsung has for wrapping a display around a smartphone.
• These designs show future smartphones with screens on both the front and back of the phone.
• Users would be able to view content from either side of the phone.

Samsung uses curved display technology in phones like the Galaxy S8. Now it's trying to figure out how it's going to use that technology to completely change the way smartphones look in the future.

A patent, recently discovered by the Dutch blog LetsGoDigital, reveals several ideas Samsung has for future smartphone designs featuring a display that wraps around both the front and back of a handset.

The patent was registered at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on January 4 but was originally submitted on April 12, 2017. It includes three device models with different functionalities.

Here's some of what Samsung may have in store for future smartphones.