Patent Shows Oppo’s Moto-Razr-Like Foldable Smartphone

Sep. 7, 2020

With companies likeSamsungandMotorolamoving ahead in the foldable smartphone market, several other companies aretrying their handsin developing the best of them. Similarly, a recent report suggests that the China-based smartphone-makers, Oppo might bring a Moto-Razr like foldable with a clamshell design.

The patent, spotted by the Dutch media LetsGoDigital, hints at an Oppo foldable that comes in a clamshell design with the foldable screen on the outside of the device. This means thatthe screen, instead of folding inwards, folds outwardsleaving the user with screens on both sides of the device (picture below).

So now, the company is aiming to develop a foldable that solves the issue of having a tiny screen on the outer part of the foldable devices. Hence, as we saw in the image above, Oppo made a device with a foldable display that folds outwards, much likeHuawei’s Mate X.

Coming to the design of the smartphone, when folded, it becomes a really compact device withscreens both at the front and back.

This eradicates the issue of integrating a separate tiny screen as a “cover screen” for the folded form. In this form, the main camera module becomes the front camera, as there is a screen at the back. When unfolded, the device becomes a thin smartphone with a long screen.Via: LetsGoDigital

There is also an “angle detection” tech that helps the device to adjust the UI according to the angle of the fold. This works with the help of magnets and “Hall sensor”.

Featured Image Courtesy: LetsGoDigital

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