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Would You Like To See A Bendable iPhone In Future?

Apple has been awarded a patent for its bendable iPhone concept recently, and the patent is in the name of an Engineer.

 

Conforming to what Apple was researching back in 2013, the company seems to have finally got a patent on to its hands. According to Patently Apple, it looks like the long rumoured foldable iPhone concept may be a reality soon, though we do not know when.

Apple has been finally awarded the new patent that was filed back in Aug 28. However, Patently Apple seems to have claimed that the news did not become public during the filing process as Apple had applied for the patent under an Engineer’s name, so as to keep the whole patent process under the wraps.

Patently Apple has put up several drawings depicting the patented design and it is being said that one of the materials that would probably be used in this bendable iPhone form factor is ceramic. Also, the patent explains, according to Patently Apple, that Carbon nanotube structures may be used so that they can help in creating paths for printed circuits or other flexible substrates such as those that are involved in touch sensors and displays.

Here’s what the patent further says:

The carbon nanotube structures may be incorporated into signal cables such as flexible printed circuit cables, rigid printed circuit boards, printed circuits that include rigid portions with flexible tails (sometimes referred to as "rigid flex"), portions of display structures, portions of touch sensors such as capacitive touch sensor arrays for displays or track pads, camera structures, antenna structures, housing structures, internal device structures, electrical components, substrates, brackets, housing walls, other structures, or combinations of these structures.

While this may definitely excite many Apple fans for the innovation being used, do no expect to see this device anytime soon in the market. This is a patent for sure. But, not all patents have actually turned into a product. However, chances of seeing this are definitely there in the future, though we are not yet sure when.

[via gizmodo.com]


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