Attention, Galaxy X! LG is working on a foldable smartphone that looks like a Flip device

All indications are that in 2019 we will see several different folding smartphones of many brands. Samsung is working on the Galaxy X, Huawei also creates a similar Apple and even tends to enter this new market, in addition to Motorola, which has also patented a model. Now, a recently granted patent indicates that LG may be another big name to launch such a solution.

Coincidentally, recent information indicates that the Galaxy X, Samsung device, is expected to bend vertically rather than horizontally. , and the same thing should happen with LG, where they describe that it will look like an ordinary smartphone with the ability to fold in half.

To achieve this, the South Korean brand may end up opting for a new mechanism for the joint that would bend it in certain angles, helping to avoid damage to the display. In addition, you can end up putting two magnets on the edges to keep it stationary, preventing it from unfolding alone.

It should work as a device that looks like the old flip phones of the past, according to the company's patent. In this way, by unfolding it, the display would be automatically activated and deactivated when closing again.

It would also have two antennas, two loudspeakers and two microphones, distributed in the upper and lower part. On the front camera, there is the possibility of integrating it into the screen, to create an effective borderless design.

Finally, it is unclear when the company will reveal its device with this capability, but if current strategy, can not be in a hurry to disclose it. That's because they said they'll only launch new smartphones when it's needed, rather than running behind the competition, only.