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Huawei Patents a Design for a Thinner Device When Folded
One of the chief criticisms of devices like the Mate X and the Z Fold is the thickness of the device, when folded. Huawei recently submitted a foldable phone patent application that was published at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), as discovered by 91mobiles. The phone has an outward fold design with a noticeable crease right in the middle where it folds. It has a protruding rectangular module on the back with four camera sensors. However, what’s interesting is that it brings a solution to reduce the thickness of the device when folded. As per the images, the phone has a cutout on the right side so the protruding camera module on the left side and sits inside it when folded, thereby reducing the thickness of the device when folded.
One of the chief criticisms of devices like the Mate X and the Z Fold is the thickness of the device, when folded. Huawei recently submitted a foldable phone patent application that was published at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), as discovered by 91mobiles. The phone has an outward fold design with a noticeable crease right in the middle where it folds. It has a protruding rectangular module on the back with four camera sensors. However, what’s interesting is that it brings a solution to reduce the thickness of the device when folded. As per the images, the phone has a cutout on the right side so the protruding camera module on the left side and sits inside it when folded, thereby reducing the thickness of the device when folded.
Folding phones wobble when placed on a flat surface. This design offers a solution to the problem by having a special cutout just to place the camera module. While reducing the thickness of the phone, it also protects the camera lenses when dropped. Outside of the camera cutout, the Huawei foldable phone has a typical design with a hinge on the middle and a large display on the front, probably with a noticeable crease. This design could be a Huawei Mate X2 successor considering the original Mate X2 has a large camera bump.