Foldable Surface Phone patent shows device with one flexible screen instead of two separate panels
0.phoneArenaposted on11 Oct 2018, 20:27
Microsoft appears to have improved the foldable Surface Phone with a newly discovered patent showing the use of one flexible panel instead of two separate panels that fold inward.
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They're nowhere near the same. The Apple design uses fixed pivot points while the Microsoft design relies on an increasing radius hinge to avoid "pinching" the display.
5.worldpeace(Posts: 2955; Member since: 15 Apr 2016)
Hinge design looks really vague on Apple's patent, and it cover both inside fold (might pinch the screen), and outside fold (like this microsoft patent).
They'll still sue MS even if it's only remotely similar.