The everlasting hope for phones with screens larger than their footprint pushed LG and Samsung to invest heavily in foldable technological innovations. LG just filed another patent for a foldable phone, which hold on to your hats, folds on the vertical side. So when you open the device, you actually get a tablet-looking device in Landscape mode. Unfolded device (a) Back (b) Front (c) Looking at the graphs in the patent documents, the device will be with touchscreen display on the front and the back while the middle/bending side could be used as a music controller or...
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