A brand new trademark application by Samsung in the UK suggests the corporate could also be engaged on modern skins for its telephones, as reported by Android Headlines and Let’s Go Digital. The UK Intellectual Property Office software describes “protective and decorative films adapted for smartphones,” utilizing the title “Fashion Film.”

This doesn’t affirm that an precise product will observe (you possibly can see other trademarks Samsung’s registered to learn the way many are by no means used). Still, any signal the corporate is taking a step to enter the pores and skin accent market is notable. Currently, the house is principally taken over by smaller firms like Dbrand, which has even had its product featured in Samsung’s stores. And whereas the trademark software doesn’t specify a selected cellphone these skins could be suitable with; they might simply be cool options for anybody who desires to decide out of utilizing a cellphone case for easily-changeable seems to be.

Samsung introduced Bespoke Edition smartphones for its Galaxy Z Flip 3 in October that’ll additionally permit house owners to alter out their cellphone’s shade utilizing a small lineup of shade selections for $79. Dieter Bohn argued that Samsung’s promotion of the Galaxy Z Flip 3 as a trendy selection, as a substitute of emphasizing highly effective specs, represented a change in what the units can talk about their house owners, and promoting swappable skins could be one other acknowledgment of that.

In response to a request for touch upon this information, Dbrand CEO Adam Ijaz advised The Verge, “lmao ‘fashion film’.”