{"id":4881,"date":"2022-05-10T16:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/apple-begins-testing-folding-panels-for-iphone-and-ipad\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T16:00:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:00:30","slug":"apple-begins-testing-folding-panels-for-iphone-and-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/apple-begins-testing-folding-panels-for-iphone-and-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple begins testing folding panels for iPhone and iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"source-title\">Apple begins testing folding panels for iPhone and iPad<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-text\">\n<div id=\"review-body\">\n<p>Apple is developing a new folding OLED screen that should eventually make its way in a folding iPhone or iPad according to South Korea\u2019s <i>TheElec<\/i>. The big breakthrough is the lack of a polarizer layer on the panel which is currently being used in some conventional folding displays. The same polarizer-less display technology is used by Samsung in its Galaxy Z Fold3 and its Eco\u00b2OLED display. Apple is considering a similar approach for its own folding device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-row clearfix\">&#13;<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/21\/02\/apple-foldable-iphone-stylus-support\/popup\/gsmarena_001.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Schematics from an Apple patent on foldable phone design\" width=\"129\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/21\/02\/apple-foldable-iphone-stylus-support\/popup\/-x140\/gsmarena_001.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/21\/02\/apple-foldable-iphone-stylus-support\/popup\/gsmarena_002.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Schematics from an Apple patent on foldable phone design\" width=\"192\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/21\/02\/apple-foldable-iphone-stylus-support\/popup\/-x140\/gsmarena_002.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/21\/02\/apple-foldable-iphone-stylus-support\/popup\/gsmarena_003.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Schematics from an Apple patent on foldable phone design\" width=\"251\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/21\/02\/apple-foldable-iphone-stylus-support\/popup\/-x140\/gsmarena_003.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/><span><strong>Schematics from an Apple patent on foldable phone design<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The removal of the polarizer layer allows for thinner folding displays though at the cost of visibility and peak brightness. Makers are forced to increase the display\u2019s power consumption in a bid to crank up the brightness as a result which has a negative impact on the longevity of folding panels so it will be interesting to see how Apple tackles these issues. Apple\u2019s folding phone is still years away at this point and we should not expect it before 2025 according to renowned Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thelec.net\/news\/articleView.html?idxno=4026\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-image\">https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/21\/02\/apple-foldable-iphone-stylus-support\/-952x498w6\/gsmarena_000.jpg<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-link\">https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_begins_testing_folding_panels_for_iphone_and_ipad-news-54250.php?rand=119<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple begins testing folding panels for iPhone and iPad Apple is developing a new folding OLED screen that should eventually make its way in a folding iPhone or iPad according to South Korea\u2019s TheElec. The big breakthrough is the lack of a polarizer layer on the panel which is currently being used in some conventional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}