The foldable iPhone is on the way, and it is reported that Apple has contacted multiple screen and hinge component suppliers

On February 14, according to the latest news shared by Korean news source yeux1122, Apple is actively developing a folding screen iPhone and has contacted a number of screen and component suppliers to bring a more excellent folding interactive experience.

The revelation is divided into two parts, the first is the hinge and the second is the screen.

hinge

Apple pays great attention to the hinge design of the folding screen iPhone. Unlike Samsung’s existing hinge design, the folding screen iPhone is a component with a series of interconnecting connectors. It was reported that the hinge of the folding screen iPhone adopts a crescent-shaped slot design. An Apple hinge patent was reported on April 4, 2023, and the hinge design currently exposed is very similar to the patent. The connection may be formed by interdigitating fingers in a friction clutch. The fingers or other portions of the connector may be provided with crescent-shaped slots that receive pins. During folding of the device, the pin can slide along the crescent-shaped slot, ensuring that adjacent links rotate relative to each other about a rotation axis located outside the hinge and within the flexible display panel. Connectors may also be formed from connector members having curved mating support surfaces that slide relative to each other when adjacent connectors rotate relative to each other. Apple has also given full consideration to the durability of the hinge. The rotation axis on the outside of the hinge and the rotation axis on the inside of the flexible display panel rotate relative to each other.

Screen

Different from the existing Samsung design scheme, Apple has put forward higher requirements for flexible screens, connecting the body shell and the display screen together to form a unified structure. The locally thinned portion of the display cover must have a greater thickness to accommodate other parts of the exterior. In addition, Apple also requires the screen to have excellent impact resistance to reduce the impact of accidental drops. Apple has asked component suppliers to send samples, and some suppliers have already sent samples.

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