News & Reviews:   Patent

It seems that a patent posted on patentlyapple.com seems to hint that Apple’s upcoming iPhone could come equipped with the MagSafe Charging port, which could replace Lightning Ports located at the bottom of most current generation iPhones. While not much is known in regards to which smartphones will come equipped with the MagSafe Charging port, it does give us a better idea of what to expect when it is officially launched in the near future.

If you thought phones will stop at 144Hz, think again. In their quest to one-up each other, brands continue to push the hardware available in phones. Now, a new Apple patent shows that the company wants to push display tech further.

With new tech, companies inevitably try out different ways to make it work. We've seen foldable smartphones that fold outwards and have a clamshell design. But have you seen one with both? A new patent from vivo could do just that.

Every year, we see smartphones improve in specs only. That's kind of sad, as it would be great to also have radically new features. That might not happen soon, but at least companies like Samsung are improving existing features. Case in point, the pop-up camera.

Previously, we've seen different smartphone patents showcase folding screens, sliding screens, and rollable screens. However, most of them only focus on one way instead of mixing them. Now, it is discovered that Xiaomi has patented a smartphone that not only has a full-screen design, but it also comes with a sliding mechanism for the rollable screen.

Microsoft is working on bringing the dead back to life, or something similar to that. It is reported that the tech giant has granted a patent that uses the personal information of deceased people to build chatbots. Although we've seen such an idea happening in movies or TV series, it's still surprising knowing that it can be achieved in real life.

Wow, Apple has sure been working on a lot of new techs lately. It's only the start of 2021, but we've already seen one patent for MacBooks and another two for iPhones. But that doesn't seem to be the end, as sources have now found another patent to detect voices.

It seems that a patent regarding Huawei device that’s equipped with an in-display selfie camera may have been spotted, giving us a better idea on what to expect when it is officially available in the global market. Based on the patent, it seems that the smartphone in question will also come equipped with a quad-camera setup at the rear and no buttons towards the left side of the device.

While there are only a few more days until the Samsung Galaxy S21 series launches, the company just filed a new patent to the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office). Spotted by LetsGoDigital, the patent is named Display Device and seems to be a phone with an under-display camera technology.

This year, we have seen smartphone manufacturers proposed some ideas on how to make their own under-display camera. As we've heard, the feature is a challenging one to put on smartphones considering photo quality and some other technical problems. That's why we have to wait this long for it to become a mainstream feature in the smartphone market. Now, Samsung has been spotted with an idea as well as it involves a sub-display to hide the camera.