General Category | GDPR - Important notice => Patents, Software Patents, Patent applications => Topic started by: javajolt on August 14, 2020, 10:53:45 AM
Title: Huawei reveals likely first REAL Huawei Mate X2 pictures in patent application
Post by: javajolt on August 14, 2020, 10:53:45 AM
We have earlier reported that Huawei is working on a Huawei Mate X2 folding smartphone which would be inward-folding, and today it appears the company leaked its own high-quality render of the device.
The image shows up in a May 2019 design patent (noticed by LetsGoDigital) at the (China National Intellectual Property Administration) which was published today and includes 23 images, one of which includes the high-quality colour render above.
The patent reveals a large amount of detail regarding the device, such as that it will have 2 front and 4 rear-facing cameras, will support a (somewhat blunt) stylus housed in a raised area on the side, and that this raised area will have a sub-display which will presumably offer some information when closed, and act as additional special-purpose screen real estate when open.
What is not revealed is how Huawei intends to create such a thin device with a flat-folding screen, especially when using a Samsung display, as earlier rumours suggest.
The design strikingly resembles a concept video created earlier this year which can be seen below, though of course, the specific fantasy specifications can be ignored:
The full patent which can be seen here (http://nl.letsgodigital.org/uploads/2020/08/huawei-foldable-smartphone-sub-display.pdf).
While Huawei’s phones are more or less useless in the West at present, we imagine this situation may change come November this year.