As soon as you read the headline and look at the image that heads this post, it is not that we can say that the latest Apple patent presents us with a very original concept. It would be a Foldable iPhone with flexible OLED display that it would bend in a similar way to how the clamshell terminals did, something that those of Cupertino would have been working on for years.
Published today Tuesday, this patent has been called «Flexible display devices»And describes a foldable iPhone that could bend thanks to several flexible components, the most important of which is its OLED screen and metal frame. On the other hand, the device described in this patent would use nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy primarily known for its elasticity.
Apple has been working on a foldable iPhone for years
Seeing this second image it is already understood that what Apple wants to do is not a phone like the shell type. Apple's proposal would allow its foldable iPhone it will bend from the right and the other way aroundThat is, we could leave the screen on the inside to protect it or we could leave the screen on the outside, which would result in something like an iPhone with two screens. On the other hand, Apple also values ​​the option of joining two or more of these devices, which could result in a configuration with a larger screen or allow us to unleash our imaginations.
Taking into account how current mobile devices are and the design that Apple is betting on for its iPhone, it is difficult for me to imagine those of Cupertino presenting an iPhone like the one described in this patent in the short term, but I would not rule out that we would see this patent made reality in the future. In fact, I (and I suppose everyone) would like to have a small device many times and other times I prefer a large iPhone, something that could be solved with a foldable device. How do you see it? Can you imagine this patent made a reality for the XNUMXth Anniversary iPhone?