Apple may be working on folding smartphones, but users may never come across one of these Cupertino models.
All because the North American brand does not trust either technology or the positive signals that this segment has been giving lately.
Flexible technology means too many compromises for Apple
Apple may be working on a foldable smartphone, but fans of the Apple company shouldn’t pin their hopes on a foldable iPhone. All because Apple doesn’t exactly trust the market or the technology in this segment.
According to leaker Dylan, the American giant is working on several iPhone prototypes with flexible screens, and is even testing them. But it seems that Tim Cook’s company believes that folding smartphone technology involves too many “compromises” that the brand is not willing to accept.
Apple mistrusts the success of folding smartphones
And that is not the only problem. According to the same source of information, Apple also has many doubts regarding the foldable smartphone market. Apparently, the company fears that this segment will not find a profitable fixed position in the market or that it will become obsolete.
In reality, Apple does not know if folding smartphones are a trend that is here to stay or a fad. And, therefore, your strategy will be to watch the market and avoid making mistakes, explains the leaker.
Patent shows that Apple’s foldable can function as a laptop
There have been rumors for some time that Apple will develop a foldable smartphone, and in the meantime, a patent registration has even revealed the company’s ambitious plans for this model.
From what we saw in the documentation, the company wants this smartphone to function as a laptop as well. According to the images, when opened, the device offers users a giant screen, on which they can view any content. Now in the laptop position and with a virtual keyboard, it can work like this.
But the ambition goes further. The patent clarifies that, when the folding smartphone is in joint operation mode, the images are distributed over several screens and columns of other equipment, in addition to being able to work with cameras as well. The idea here is that the devices work together and share resources.
Good prospects for a device that may never see the light of day … unfortunately.