Apple’s long-rumoured foldable iPhone could finally become a reality if a recently awarded patent is any indication. This patent hints at a revolutionary self-healing screen.
Apple’s long-rumoured foldable iPhone could finally become a reality if a recently awarded patent is any indication. This patent hints at a revolutionary self-healing screen.
I know foldables have been in the market for a few years now, but do any have self healing screens?
https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US224376770
They aren’t doing anything new. They just have more money to throw at advertising propaganda.
Well that’s just redundant! I see Samsung holds this patent, I’m just wondering if they have this on any of their fold line of products.
yes, all of them. if what the tech was made for.
Thanks. I’m not exactly shocked to see this kind sensationalism in tech reporting, dumb.
I’ve read through the above Samsung patent and the Apples one. The one main difference I found was that Apple is talking about a heating layer between the other layer in the display that can initiate the selfhealing process (which could be initiated by the user, on schedule, or while charging the battery). I haven’t see a mention of such thing in the Samsung patent. Plus, Apples patent doesn’t seem to go into detail regarding the materials of the layer, only that it can be made out of „suitable materials”.
Do they use the material PDMS? I know that has some self healing properties
I don’t think they mention any material specifically, only „materials with selfhealing properties”. They leave it „open to interpretation” lol
Can they actually do „nothing new”? We’re talking about a patent here that they were granted. Aren’t patents by definition about something new?
Ideally. I literally just linked prior art though, their patent is invalid.
Apple made no announcement or advertisement of any sort. Government patent examiners, after careful review, determined this is a novel invention or improvement. It’s not possible for your comment to be any more literally wrong than it is.
Because the patent office is never wrong?
Hahahahahaha
It feels like… „selfhealing? I heard that before. Apple? Ah yes, don’t like. Apple does nothing new and here is a patent that has the word selfhealing in it too”
Loads of premium dumb phones had self healing displays back in the days. It’s just a property of some plastics. But once we moved to glass screens, this feature got lost. The problem with plastic screens is that they’re sticky compared to glass screens and that’s not a good feeling when using a capacitive touch screen.
Apparently Samsung Folds have some kind of healing (according to Reddit posts). But remember… Apple bad
My partner has been using a Samsung Fold for two years, the one that folds open into a small tablet. It looked nice at first but it hasn’t held up well. There’s this film on the screen that you’re not supposed to remove and it’s deteriorating fast. There are these little patches on the screen that look sort of like bubbles. Plus even from the start you could see the crease in the middle of the screen.
that was my case as well with the fold 2. I upgraded to the fold 5 since launch last year and can say the toughness on the main screen between the fold 2 and 5 is night and day. not a single scratch or bubble anywhere on the folding screen, held up very well.
I have a friend with the fold 3, and the main screen is basically destroyed, much like your partner.
it has to do with the way they are folded. the fold 5 uses a “tear drop” fold similar to the Motorola phones.
Pic for reference:
The protective plastic seems to still be on this one. I used my z flip for 1 year before realizing that the crease was actually the plastic and not the screen itself.
yup! there’s no need for me to pull this off yet, has held up surprisingly well. I had to take my screen protector off like 2 months into me owning the fold 2 lol
Jeez we are at the fold 5. This shouldn’t make me feel old but here I am, feeling old.
It was the crease I always knew was going to happen. Tech is cool but terrible in practice. Too short of a lifespan. Buddy bought one Amy time he happily showed me his phone in hopes of swaying me to it, that’s all I couod see was the crease. 1.5 years later, back to normal phone…
The crease doesn’t matter. Had a fold 3 for almost 3 years, and the crease has never bothered me. You dont see it when using the devices. you do from other angles, but even then, it’s dependant on external light. I have never found a situation where the crease being there has ever been a problem. And I challenge you to give me a good example.
This is the one thing people say that I feel is mostly rooted in a form of propaganda, or like a rumour if that makes sense. You have been told about the crease and it was made to sound bad you personally believe the crease would be bad and it all joins up to form a strange, baseless bias that the crease is bad. You have admitted yourself that you dont own one, so I can safely assume you haven’t held one for long enough to realise that the crease wouldn’t bother you if you had one of these phones.
Also, like I said, I’ve had mine for almost 3 years and it’s still going strong. I replaced the screen protector once because I accidentally scratched it but I did that myself with a £15 kit I got on amazon. So the lifespan is fine. Your bias is unfounded. You should use one as a daily driver for a bit and than review your opinion.
Edit. Inb4 “you’re butthurt”. Idc. I dont think I am, because I’m just arguing the side of someone who has one, but I dont mind if you wanna think im just angry cause you insulted my choice to buy one. I know from personal experience the only real downside to this phone is the narrow outer screen and that only really bothers me when I’m watching video, but then why would I use the outer screen for that? For general use that screen is fine.
You can get the film replaced, for free the first time, then like $20 after. Mine basically came all the way off on the fold for my z flip, but then I went to a galaxy store and they replaced it and it’s fine now.
lol yeah, love someone downvoting me for asking a simple question
The LG flex had a flexible and self-healing screen in 2013
It wasn’t a flexible screen, it was just bent. Also it was the back that was self healing iirc, not the display
How does it heal, does it still work 10+ years later? How many major OS updates did it get?
I don’t know. I know some older midrange phones tried it out. I wonder if the main benefit is to heal the crease from the screen being unfolded or if it is to protection the softer screen surface. I hope it solves the former issue.
My wife as one and no it does not. Does leave a crease just where it folds. Also it’s already began to glitch. Just saying we won’t be buying another one.