Foldable iPhone will avoid the flaws of foldable Samsung phones. Apple has a patent for it

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It is not difficult to imagine a number of applications for such sensors. The first and most obvious ones are, for example, displaying damage warnings and a suggestion to visit the website. The second is the usefulness of these sensors for service technicians who will be able to quickly assess the scale of the damage and determine its cause.

In the case of "flat" iPhones, the usefulness of such a solution would be marginal. When the glass breaks or the touch layer is damaged, you can see it at first glance. It is different in folded smartphones, where the glass layer is microscopically thin and the resulting micro-damage may be invisible to the eye, although in the long run it may contribute to a serious failure of the device. The use of resistors could provide a folding iPhone with an early warning function when the screen is damaged or worn out.

Interestingly, the patent application tells us that Apple has been working on its folded smartphone since at least 2018, because that's when it came to the office. However, it is an extension of another application, dated 2016, so it is highly likely that five years ago, somewhere in Cupertino, engineers were folding an iPhone in half.

The first foldable iPhone could avoid the blemish of the first Samsung folded.

When the first Samsung Galaxy Fold debuted, the company decided to suspend sales right after the premiere, as journalists testing the device massively reported that the screen could be damaged.

The second-generation Galaxy Z Folda, as well as the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and Z Flip 5G, suffered from occasional cracks due to normal use. The screens were simply wearing out, and while Samsung provides appropriate repair programs to give the assemblies a longer lifespan, the fact of these problems is also worrying.

Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3 finally offer a screen so strong that - purely in theory - nothing like the previous generation should take place. So it took as many as three commercial trials to create a product whose screen would be able to withstand the hardships of everyday use.

If Apple released such a device, it would be faced with a real tsunami of criticism and mockery. For this reason, I believe that the above patent will significantly go to a foldable iPhone precisely to warn the user of the possibility of damage before this damage occurs.

However, looking at how far Samsung has gotten away with its rivals in the third generation of foldable smartphones, the first foldable iPhone will have to offer much more than just under-screen resistors to chase the Koreans away.

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