According to many experts, Apple will probably launch its first folding iPhone in 2024. Leaked patents show that Apple has been working on the design of a folding iPhone for many years, but there is no actual product yet.
Meanwhile, Android smartphone manufacturers are racing to sprint in this new game and continuously launch their own new folding screen smartphone models. But it seems that Apple still wants to wait until the folding screen technology becomes the most complete, before launching its product.
So what will an “iPhone Fold” or a folding iPhone have, to make it the most complete folding screen smartphone for users? AppleInsider has based on leaked information, Apple patents and current folding screen technology of Android smartphone manufacturers, to create a fairly complete iPhone Fold design.
Since the iPhone 14 will likely bring a completely new design when it launches in 2022, the iPhone Fold will also bring those new design touches. The highlight of the new design is to remove the familiar notch and replace it with a punch-hole selfie camera design.
In addition, the iPhone Fold also has a flat edge design like the one changed on the iPhone 12 and has a flat rear camera cluster instead of a protrusion. Apple is experimenting with two screen designs that fold in and out, but maybe when the iPhone Fold launches, it will have an inward folding design like Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold, because this is the best design so far. now.
With the folding screen technology becoming more and more perfect, we can expect that the iPhone Fold will no longer have a crease in the middle. When fully folded, it will be about the same size as a regular iPhone and slightly thicker, while when unfolded, the screen size can be similar to the iPad mini.
On a device that can be both an iPhone and an iPad, the big unanswered question is whether Apple will use iOS or iPadOS, or a combination of both.
However, the idea of AppleInsider also has a controversial detail. That is, the iPhone Fold does not have an external secondary screen, like many other folding screen Android smartphones, to use as a regular smartphone.
If the iPhone Fold really does not have a secondary screen, then users will only be able to use it when opening the screen like an iPad. This can change the way to use and experience, compared to the features of a regular iPhone, making the iPhone Fold more like a folding screen iPad.
Of course, this is just a design concept and idea, there is no guarantee that this design will be used by Apple. But surely we are all very excited for an iPhone Fold like this.
Reference: appleinsider
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