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Forget folding iPhones, Apple wants a foldable Apple Watch | Imagine being able to flip open the display on your Apple Watch, use it like an iPhone, and make video calls on it. That's what Apple's has been researching.


Imagine being able to flip open the display on your Apple Watch, use it like an iPhone, and make video calls on it. That's what Apple's has been researching.

Back in the very earliest days of the Apple Watch, there was a manufacturing fault that meant the whole front display would come loose around three sides. The text of the patent application refers to alternative options such as sliding the display to increase its size, but most of the illustrations show a hinged mechanism. "For example, the wearable electronic device of the present disclosure can provide intuitive access and enhanced usability of features for convenient video calling, camera usage, web browsing, messaging, and interfacing social media."

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