Apple has taken the time to present a foldable iphone. And it is that, by experience, the company prefers to wait for a safe product, before taking risks with a product which, in the long term, presents more complications than advantages, as certain bets of other companies with this device type.
So, some reports show that at least in concept, the company has already addressed several of the weaknesses of today’s foldable phones, like the display and the hinges. Of course, these reports also include innovations like those presented a new patent on the foldable camera system for iPhone.
The foldable iPhone camera would have a special feature never seen before
As shared by Phonearena, Apple submitted a request called “Camera systems for flexible electronic devices”. The request coincides with the alleged testing of one of the two folding models with its main contract manufacturer, Foxconn. The latter is said to have subjected both designs to quality assurance testing and both prototypes have already been seen in some videos.
In the patent application, Apple says:
“An electronic device can have a flexible housing of flexible fabric, flexible polymer, or other flexible materials. Cameras can be mounted in the housing. The housing can be folded into different configurations… The cameras can have respective camera image capture directions. By reorienting the cameras by folding the housing, the cameras can be used to capture panoramic images or 3D images.
Although Apple is often innovative, the patent application surprised, indicating that the cameras would connect to the phone using wired or wireless technology. This indicates that the cameras could be in a case used by the phone and not placed directly. The housing would be removable and would allow the user to be creative when it comes to taking photos and taking videos.
This year, like never before, reports speak of specific testing of foldable iPhone prototypes, supporting the until recently rebuttable possibility that Apple if you are interested in introducing a foldable device, but as is also the norm in the company, in due time.