The future of the móvil industry continues through the collapsible cell phones, although they currently do not have the desired start on their stage. Last year Samsung did Galaxy folds and a few weeks ago the Galaxy Z Flip, a device that we’ve already tested in several first impressions. But other brands are also working on their folding devices, for example Huawei with its new one Matt Xs; or Microsoft proposed in a patent What will the screens of the future look like?.
if recently TLC presented new prototypes of foldable mobile phones and tabletasnow it’s Microsoft, with patentHe suggested what the maleable screens of the future will look like: They will have a third panel to cover the hinge. There is currently a problem with the latest dual-screen implementations: the hinge connecting the two screens splits at the same time. However, Microsoft has an iniciativa of what the future of these terminals will hold, as the company’s latest patent proposes a foldable device with a becomes a third screen hinge.
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The distance between the two screens of devices that have this feature some restrictions Due to the current display technology, this often leads to unusable space construction with bezels. There’s even a aparente area that bisects the image, as in the LG V50 ThinQ 5G. Until now, since the new Microsoft patent it turns that same space—the hinge—into a third screenwhich could be very useful when using a foldable device.
A patent that turns a foldable phone’s hinge into a third screen
This way the device would have three screens instead of two. The third panel covering the hinge and which acts as the “backbone” of the device. In the patent, this third screen is seen when the phone is unfolded Content follows visually from one screen to anotherTherefore, it eliminates any visual gap between the two main screens and does not allow the content to be cut off.
It should also be noted that the Microsoft patent provides a maleable device that perro be unfoldedas if the Huawei Mate X, so the hinge would be on the outside. In this case, the hinge would be a third screen that would allow notifications and important information to be displayed more quickly.
It is clear that the new patent from Microsoft could Change the way a foldable phone is carried and built by using the hinge as a third screen. Of course, for now, we have to treat the information as it is – patent – because it would be possible said device that never sees the light or that it does, but with a different design.