LG registers a new patent for a Z-shaped folding smartphone

LG recently got a new patent in China for a foldable smartphone, different from all the foldable smartphones we've seen so far. The patent shows a device with a folding screen in the middle without a slot, similar to what Samsung did with the Galaxy Fold. Things will be completely different from there.

LG's patent shows a Z-fold device, and like one of the images listed below, the third screen is a stand-alone screen and appears to be the main interface of the smartphone. This design gives the device a full-screen interface similar to the smartphones we used to see in the market, but the folding nature of this device allows it to turn into a tablet when it is completely open to display the second big hidden folding screen.

LG applied for this patent in China on March 6, 2019 and obtained the patent on August 9, 2019. As illustrated by the diagrams attached to the patent, this smartphone has a very flat chassis and does not appear Cutouts of Screen or slots for the necessary front-end sensors. We also do not see any trace of a camera pop-up.

The logical assumption in this case is that this camera incorporates the front camera and other necessary sensors located under the screen in one way or another with the footprint sensor. digitalis. As you probably noticed, a slot separates the fixed main screen from the large folding screen. One of the possible warnings accompanying this folding screen device, and folding devices in general, relates to how users will be able to place them in protective covers to protect them from scratches and falls.

There is no charge port or speaker port, only the speaker port. It seems that this device relies entirely on wireless technologies. LG's invitation to IFA 2019 to be held early next month in the German capital, Berlin, is eager to have a smartphone with secondary screen and not a smartphone foldable. In addition to the patent we talked about today, LG has also patented a three-screen device with a space in the seal for the stylus.