Microsoft patents leave no room for doubt: they think of devices with folding screens, but for when?

We are very close to seeing how the MWC in Barcelona kicks off this year. We expect news from almost all the big manufacturers and it is that not everything is limited to Samsung and the Galaxy S10. Leaving Apple aside, the other big brand that doesn't have a presence in terms of handset launches is Microsoft, or that's what we hope.

It is true that they talk about news in the world of computing and that they even promote it on a website created for that purpose, but everything indicates that the news will focus on new HoloLens.The times when Microsoft was present at the Barcelona fair with its Lumia range are long gone. And since dreaming is free, we would like to see how some terminal can be glimpsed this year fruit of patents registered by Microsoft... like this one that concerns us.

And the fact is that devices with folding screens are back today for the umpteenth time at Microsoft (Andromeda is already a well-known name) thanks to a new patent that has been discovered. We have been amazed with the Galaxy F and we wonder what the plans of the American company may be for the implementation of folding technology in all types of consumer devices.

Go for the foldable smartphone

This time the premise is similar to others already seen but it is not exactly the same.They are more than flexible, folding screens. An idea with which Microsoft seeks that with less space we can have more screen surface by folding one area over the other.

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Microsoft could hit the table by presenting an innovative device and that is what the latest patent filed with the USPTO makes us think about. A patent that shows a device that folds and has a flexible screen that would also hide the hinge offering an all-screen surface. The innovation is that in this case all the layers that make up the terminal are doubled."

This is not something new, since the patent that was echoed in Windows Latest was published by the USPTO in March 2018. It has rained since then, so we don't know which one It may be the degree of evolution in almost a year that a project of this type has been able to undergo.Could you have any upcoming releases or at least a prototype to show?

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For now everything remains up in the air and we can only wait It is difficult for us to see any news in this regard at MWC2019, but Until Satya Nadella concludes Microsoft&39;s participation in the fair, we can continue dreaming of a one more time with the Microsoft seal."

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