Samsung makes phones across just about every price point there is, but as yet it hasn't released a dedicated gaming phone like the ones previously pushed out by Xiaomi, Asus and others. Two related trademarks that Samsung just applied for suggests that might be about to change.
The trademarks, applied for in Europe in relation to mobile devices and spotted by LetsGoDigital, are for the phrases 'Activate Fan Mode' and 'Unleash Your Fan Power' – and you don't have to be the world's greatest detective to infer that they refer to a cooling fan of some description.
If a phone needs a cooling fan, that suggests its internal components are being pushed right to the limit, and to us that sounds like a gaming phone rather than just another flagship. The other gaming phones that we've seen to date all make use of some kind of advanced cooling technology, including fans.
