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Rumors that Apple intends to enter the folding machine market have continued to attract high attention from the outside world in recent years, and Samsung, which has a place in folding mobile phones, dare not ignore it!

At the beginning of November, Samsung estimated at a meeting for suppliers that it is expected to be as soon as 2024, and there may be a chance to see Apple’s first new product with a “folding” design, but the first folding product is not phone, but a tablet or laptop.

According to the latest report from foreign media Patently Apple, Apple has recently filed a document application with the US Patent and Trademark Office, showing that the screen self-repairing crease display technology that has been developed for many years is expected to be applied to folding-related devices.

Although the content of the patent technology does not specifically mention that it was born for folding iPhones, it only points out that it can be applied to iPhones, tablets or MacBooks.

However, with the exposure of this new technology patent, most of the outside world interprets it as an advance preparation for the folding iPhone to be launched in the future.

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In view of the current technology at this stage, it is difficult to avoid creases for a folding mobile phone with a concave folding design over a long period of use.

In order to improve the user experience and aesthetic considerations caused by creases caused by folding devices, the black technology developed by Apple itself calls for the use of coating technology with special conductors and self-healing materials, which can be used to cover the outer layer of the device display. When the current passes through , through the use of light or temperature stimulation from the external environment, and then promote the self-healing effect of accelerated dents, thereby improving the generation of dents.

It is still unknown when this special patented technology will be applied to Apple devices at the soonest after it obtains the audit and certification in the future.

However, judging from the description of the patented technology, the technology involves a wide range of levels and is quite complicated.

In addition, this patent is listed by Apple as a new product technology belonging to the special project group, which shows that Apple attaches great importance to it.