Oppo Secures Patent for Rollable Smartphone with Unique Camera Design
Enter, rollable smartphones. The latter nonetheless feature versatile shows, however have a really totally different kind issue. Oppo was one of the primary firms, alongside Samsung, to showcase a working prototype unit and has now secured an interesting patent for a (doubtlessly upcoming) rollable smartphone.
Probably the most intriguing half of the design is that the rollable phone’s digicam is barely uncovered when the gadget expands. Underneath regular circumstances, it stays obscured. The patent was first noticed and lined by 91Mobiles in a dedicated article.
For reference, rollable smartphones work by extending the versatile show solely when essential with the intention to present extra display screen actual property, whereas remaining comparatively transportable. In a way, they’re a extra superior tackle notepad-model foldables just like the Galaxy Z Fold 4.
Whereas it’s nonetheless early to say whether or not rollables or foldables are the best way to go, it’s good to see extra firms taking the initiative and experimenting with versatile shows. The know-how has come a good distance for the reason that days of the primary Samsung Galaxy Fold.
Whereas foldables have been as soon as a borderline gimmicky idea, they’ll now lastly supply a significant various to the mundane handsets most customers are caught with. Maybe the identical may at some point be mentioned about rollables as properly.
Lastly, Oppo is positioning itself as one of the largest gamers within the foldable/rollable market. Its subsidiary, OnePlus, might be launching foldables of its personal worldwide this 12 months (i.e. OnePlus V Flip and OnePlus V Fold). Maybe this new competitors will as soon as once more push Samsung to innovate and never relaxation on its laurels.
