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Patent pending: Apple could skip foldables and advance directly to a rollable iPhone (www.techspot.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As other leading smartphone makers are perfecting devices with vertically or horizontally folding screens, recently published patent information suggests Cupertino might take a different route. A patent for "electronic devices with rollable displays" filed last October and published on July 13 references a device with a display that could be moved between an unrolled state where it is planar and a rolled state for storage.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hear ye, hear ye, scrolls may be back

*for those who care nothing about usablilty and just want something weird and expensive. Like seriously, what benefit would this offer to the consumer?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I can imagine some use cases but they would be in addition to your phone not a replacement. Like a smart band sized device that can be pulled out into a usable display. But afaik were years away from that being possible. A device like that would be good for when you're exercising or whatever, assuming it could be made moisture resistant at least.