Illustrations from Apple’s patent software for an iPhone Flip hinge. Picture credit-USPTO
The illustrations present a non-descript clamshell telephone that folds round a vertical axis just like the Galaxy Z Flip telephones, the Motorola Razr fashions, and different telephones that fold on this method. The hinge strikes each inwards and outwards though the previous is the motion most related to clamshell foldables. Some outward folding gadgets, just like the Honor V Purse, do exist.Â
The patent software mentions elements corresponding to friction clips and synchronization gear plates. The patent submission does not imply that Apple is unquestionably engaged on an iPhone Flip. In spite of everything, it submits many patent functions a 12 months and solely a small share of them ever grow to be merchandise or elements of a product.
Apple would possibly think about making a clamshell foldable iPhone earlier than a book-style foldable. That is perhaps because of the gross sales information which reveals that the clamshell Galaxy Z Flip has been the perfect promoting foldable over the past three years beating out the Galaxy Z Fold fashions.
