famous Apple analyst ming-chi kuo Recently it has been said that a foldable iPhone will not be revealed until 2024. Apple takes a while in the Fold race as Samsung, Huawei, Motorola have already launched devices in this segment, while others are working on it as well.
A report by Phonearena suggests that Apple may be working on an iPhone with a foldable display known by a different name: a rollable screen. Rollable phones are handsets that have a foldable OLED screen that rotates around a corner. We have already seen a few concepts, the best of which is from the Chinese smartphone maker Oppo.
Such expandable displays seem to be the next frontier for smartphone makers as companies such as Samsung and Xiaomi have received patents for phones with rollable or pullout displays.
In 2019, Samsung received a patent for a phone that uses a motorized “rolling mechanism” to expand the display from the size of a smartphone to the size of a tablet. Two weeks later, Samsung was issued a patent for a phone that allows the user to increase the size of the display by up to 50%. The 6-inch smartphone screen turns into a 9-inch tablet when the user drags the right side of the display to enlarge it.
As PhoneArena reports, Apple’s new patent application includes a . contains a cross-section of rollable iphone. Inside the phone, the screen bends around a roller place inside the device. Apple notes in the patent application that “a portion of a flexible display may be stored in an internal area of the housing when the housing is in the untwisted state. In the unflexed state, flexible displays may have one or more bends and be double.” Can back on itself one or more times.”
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It is also reported that Apple has filed a new patent application this June which is a continuation of the patent granted to Apple, titled Electronic Devices Having Sliding Expandable Display.
Another way to describe a rollable phone is a sliding expandable display. The screen will roll to the left or right, in which case. So you can say that the screen is shrinking because it is expanding in size.
The fact that Apple filed a continuation document seems to suggest that Apple is really interested in this particular design type for future devices. The general language used in the patent could apply to foldable phone designs, similar to those of Android vendors.
But Apple’s illustrations are focused on a design that includes a rollable screen. When “folded,” a portion of the rollable screen sits inside the phone. When “open,” the screen slides outward, rolling around an axis, along with a portion of the phone’s frame. Apple envisions rollable phones to be better than foldable phones.
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One advantage that a rollable iPhone has over a foldable model is that it won’t crease in the middle where the hinge is present. But Apple still has to make sure the sliding metal structure that supports the screen is durable enough to prevent damage.
But foldable displays already have access to more durable, bendable glass. It’s unclear whether we’ll ever get glass that rolls up to protect the rollable display. Again, Apple may already have access to the kind of glass replacement it might use inside the foldable and rollable iPhone design.
That said, there’s no guarantee that Apple will be making a rollable iPhone anytime soon. But the patent further proves that Apple is researching phone-sized devices that can offer larger screens. What if Apple makes a rollable iPhone that you can roll into a device like the iPad mini?
PhoneArena also reported that Apple recently filed a patent application regarding a foldable battery that will be used with its foldable phone. This battery will be placed near the hinge of the foldable screen.
Apple prefers to use a single foldable battery instead of using two separate rigid batteries for the foldable iPhone as it will be able to pack a larger capacity battery in the device. Additionally, the use of a foldable battery provides what Apple calls “mechanical flexibility” to the device.
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