It’s no surprise that Apple is currently working on a foldable iPhone, especially after this recently approved patent showing such a device. Just like any other patent sketches, these do not give a clear idea of what the final product will look like, although we can deduce that its display layers could be mounted under transparent sections of the walls.
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The front wall and sections of the sidewalls could have a glass layer or other transparent material, while the touch sensor layer as well as display layer extend under them. When you view the cross-sectional side sketches, they illustrate an electronic device with two flexible sections to allow the device to fold along two respective bend axes.
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FIG. 28 is a cross-sectional side view of an illustrative electronic device with three or more flexible portions to allow the device to fold along three or more respective bend axes in accordance with an embodiment,” said Patently Apple.
