Apple Preparing Flexible iPhone? A New Patent Tips Fully Flexible Mobile Devices

Apple has been awarded a patent for "flexible electronic devices." The patent describes a mobile device that is fully flexible - inside (batteries) and out (screen).

According to the description of the patent by Apple, users will be able to bend, fold and squeeze the device and perform certain functions as a result of those actions.

The exterior of the "flexible electronic device" could sport a flexible display cover under a flexible housing. The make the interiors flexible, Apple could use a flexible OLED display, flexible batteries and flexible circuit boards.

However, the "flexible" devices are not the first thing we have heard about. Samsung Galaxy Round and LG's G Flex are already leveraging curved display. But, these phones aren't close to being as flexible as the device described in the Apple's latest patent.

"Flexible electronic devices may include flex-sensing components for sensing deformations of the flexible electronic device," Apple notes in the patent. "Deformations of the flexible electronic device that are sensed by flex-sensing components may provide user input to the electronic device. For example, twisting a flexible electronic device may change the operating mode of the device, may be interpreted by the device as a command to an electronic gaming system, may turn the device on or off, etc."

However, a patent doesn't mean the product will be launched or is in production. It is not even a proof that the company patenting has the actual design described. However, we have no idea in the case of Apple.