Samsung patent points to hinge-based S Pen storage for a future Galaxy Z TriFold

Samsung appears to be exploring a cleaner way to store an S Pen in a future tri-fold phone by putting the stylus inside the hinge area instead of adding a separate slot in the body, according to patent-based renders shared by leakers and republished by recent reports.

The concept is being tied to a possible Galaxy Z TriFold 2, but Samsung has not confirmed the device or the design.

The idea matters because Samsung’s current Galaxy Z TriFold ships without stylus support.

On its official product page (as for now), Samsung says:

“No, Galaxy Z TriFold does not support S Pen.”

In the company’s launch post for the device, Samsung said the phone “expands the boundaries of what’s possible for mobile work, creativity and connection,” even as it stopped short of adding the stylus hardware many foldable users have been asking for.

The newly leaked patent images by @xleaks7 suggest Samsung could use one of the TriFold’s two hinges as a storage pocket for the pen, with magnets holding it in place and sensors checking whether it is inserted or removed.

One report says the design could also allow the stylus to charge while docked, which would avoid the bulk of a traditional built-in silo and keep the chassis slimmer than a body-mounted slot would.

The tradeoff is that a hinge-based slot could force one section of the phone to be shorter than the others, which would make the tri-fold body less symmetrical.

That is still only a patent concept, and Samsung files many designs that never reach shipping products, so the real-world version, if there is one, could look different or skip the feature entirely.