Bend it like Apple. Apple patents a flexible phone

Samsung has a huge lead against Apple when it comes to flexible phones. But Apple seems to be catching up. This week they were granted a patent for a flexible phone.

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The flexible phone includes a flexible display, a flexible housing and flexible internal components .

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Further, flexible displays include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing includes one or more stable positions.

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Similarly, the flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components.

Patent Information
Publication number: US 9274562
Patent Title: Flexible electronic devices
Publication date: 1 Mar 2016
Filing date: 5 Jan 2015
Inventors: Jeremy C. Franklin; Scott A. Myers; Benjamin M. Rappoport; Stephen Brian Lynch;
Original Assignee: Apple Inc.

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