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.
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”