Apple patents gadgets with flexible displays

27 November 2017
It looks like Apple may please its fans with foldable gadgets in the coming years. This can be judged by the filing of a patent application for "Electronic devices with flexible displays. The corresponding application was recently published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Despite the fact that it was filed in September last year, on the site of the office it has been published only now. According to the published document, flexible displays can get the most diverse gadgets, such as smartphones and tablets, as well as laptops and smart watches. In this case, the device can support touch control. It is expected that the gadgets created using the new technology may have more than one section with the ability to bend. Despite the absence of any official data on the possible implementation of the patented technology in practice, according to rumors, the first flexible gadgets from Apple may see the light after 2020.