Imagine a smartphone that folds.
Now, imagine one that folds again, from the other side!
No, no that! I’m not talking about the (pictured above) Huawei Mate XT – the $3,000 folding harmonica (that’s also being sold for $21,190 by some resellers) is a tri-foldable. It looks like an accordion.
I’m talking about a phone that folds like an origami, if you will.
Apparently, it’s Honor that has the honor to manufacture such a device.
Tri-fold phones are already old news: Honor working on phone that folds multiple ways
Here’s what the patent apparently looks like:
Image credit – CNIPA
In the last 30 years, we had to go through some major design shocks. The brands first asked us to accept the tank-like phones with protruding antennas and keyboard covers that flipped out. Then, the antennas were taken care of (what I mean by “taken care of” is exactly what every other Little Italy mobster means, too).
Then, the phones either had a physical keyboard and weren’t bending (think of the good old Nokia 3310, or did the fancy flip (think of the foxy Motorola Razr V3).
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