When Apple gets into the foldable phone market, as arch-rival Samsung has already done, its first model might well look much like the iPhone 12 Flip. But for now, this is only a concept design.
Watch a video of it now:
The proposed design was published by ConceptsiPhone. This YouTube channel gives artists a place to share proposed Apple designs.
Check out the details of this iPhone concept
The proposed “trailer” for this iPhone concept says, “All-new iPhone 12 Flip is HERE with Quad Camera, Innovative Flip Display, Wonderful Colors and FlipOS 14.”
As its name suggests, this design includes a folding touchscreen on the inside. This folds horizontally, producing a tall-and-thin display. There’s no sign of a “notch” or a front-facing camera.
Plus, there’s a smaller screen on the outside that’s always available. Also on the exterior is a trio of camera lenses and a LiDAR scanner — features expected in the real iPhone 12.
Taking on Samsung
While Apple is still just exploring the folding phone market, arch-rival Samsung recently took the wraps off its third.
This iPhone concept design is similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, which debuted winter of 2020. Both these take a different tack from the Galaxy Z Fold 2, unveiled last week. Like the original folding Android from Samsung introduced in 2019, this latest handset folds vertically to create a mini tablet.
It’s not known what design Apple will use for a folding iPhone. But the company is undoubtedly considering one. It received a patent for flexible batteries in April. And earlier this year it got one for an innovative hinge mechanism designed to prevent flexible displays from creasing.
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 25 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh Classic II (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer. He’s written for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview, and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
