Google it has never been at the forefront of producing “revolutionary” smartphones. But the influence of Xiaomi, Oppo and many other brands has led the Mountain View giant to change plans. If before his goal was to produce respectable mid-range (the Pixel phones), now he has in mind of produce a leaflet. The company's first foldable may have already been unveiled by a patent released just yesterday. Let's see how it should be.
What will the Google leaflet look like? A patent complete with photos reveals the design and also the operation: will it be lucky like that of Xiaomi?
The documentation comes to us from Patently Apple, a well-known portal that mainly deals with Google and iPhone devices. Yesterday the US giant would have filed a patent with theUS Patent & Trademark Office. In the documents there are sketches but it is not specified that it is specifically a smartphone. It could also be a tablets, Chromebook or even one tablets. The latter is unlikely, but not to be ruled out.
It should be noted that the project focuses specifically on closing mechanism. As we know, the hinge that is used to close the wings is the critical point of each foldable smartphone. Google would be hard at work trying to eliminate this problem. But how? Basically he wants transform the folding mechanism into a translation mechanism. In pennies terms the new hinge mechanism can transfer a rotational motion of the flexible device and allow bends without any damage or breakage.
