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Samsung Wants To Bring Back the Flip Phone With Bendable Screens
redletterdave writes: A new patent filed last April but published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month suggests Samsung might be working on a smartphone that can bend in half like a flip phone. The biggest problem, according to the patent, is all the strain that accumulates by continually folding the display, or keeping the display folded for a long period of time, which can result in deformations and imperfections, Samsung notes. But Samsung's patent also describes how the phone could keep track of how long it's been in the folded and unfolded states, so as to alert the user of any strain that needs to be relieved. This could help extend the lifetime of the phone and its display.
A phone that nags me because it's under stress.
Get a fucking shrink like the rest of us.
"But Samsung's patent also describes how the phone could keep track of how long it's been in the folded and unfolded states, so as to alert the user of any strain that needs to be relieved."
So sorry, your RMA request is denied due to error 666: Folding counter too large. Please enable SMARTS on your new phone.
A problem we've solved already. Just use a hinge and two screens..
Please put a mechanical keyboard on one half, not a screen.
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
Of course the flip phone is coming back, they are even in use in the 23rd century! I have seen the historical documents!
If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
How is this news? The iPhone 6 is already foldable, I remember seeing videos when it was launched.
No sig today...