Microsoft received a patent for a foldable phone that folds outward and inward and doesn’t have a screen crease.
Suppose we told you that there is a sign that Microsoft is working on its first foldable phone. Sorry, but the Surface Duo doesn’t count as a foldable since it was a dual screen phone in reality with an annoying hinge in the middle separating the two individual displays. Back in February 2021, Microsoft filed for a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and was granted the patent on October 1st of this year. Patent US 12,108,620, titled « Foldable Display Device with Backplate Slots », includes illustrations of a book-style foldable phone like the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
What makes this foldable different from the Galaxy Z Fold 6 or other book-style foldables is that the phone can fold either way (inward and outward) and change into a tablet, a laptop with a virtual QWERTY keyboard, and other variations.
