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12-16-2017, 11:04 AM
This mysterious patent may mean Microsoft is making a sick smartphone
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The last time Microsoft tried releasing a phone, it didn't go so well (http://mashable.com/2017/09/26/bill-gates-uses-android/). Even so, rumors have been circulating for months about the possibility of a new phone from the company, the Surface Phone (http://mashable.com/2017/06/16/panos-panay-surface-interview-mashtalk/), which could actually be awesome.*
Thursday, the World Intellectual Property Organization granted Microsoft a mysterious patent. The patent, filed in June, contains sketches and descriptions of what such a phone might look like.*
SEE ALSO: You can now download Microsoft's Internet Explorer followup for your phone, if you're into that (http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/microsoft-edge-mobile-app-ios-android/)
The patent is for a "self-regulating hinge," a hinge that could grant additional flexibility to a dual-screened device, similar to Lenovo Yoga (http://mashable.com/2017/08/31/handson-lenovo-yoga-920/), but with screens on both parts. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/microsoft-dual-screen-phone-patent/)
More about Microsoft (http://mashable.com/category/microsoft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Windows Phone (http://mashable.com/category/windows-phone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Foldable Screens (http://mashable.com/category/foldable-screens/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Foldable Displays (http://mashable.com/category/foldable-displays/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Foldable (http://mashable.com/category/foldable/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/PyuRBBl641Q
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The last time Microsoft tried releasing a phone, it didn't go so well (http://mashable.com/2017/09/26/bill-gates-uses-android/). Even so, rumors have been circulating for months about the possibility of a new phone from the company, the Surface Phone (http://mashable.com/2017/06/16/panos-panay-surface-interview-mashtalk/), which could actually be awesome.*
Thursday, the World Intellectual Property Organization granted Microsoft a mysterious patent. The patent, filed in June, contains sketches and descriptions of what such a phone might look like.*
SEE ALSO: You can now download Microsoft's Internet Explorer followup for your phone, if you're into that (http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/microsoft-edge-mobile-app-ios-android/)
The patent is for a "self-regulating hinge," a hinge that could grant additional flexibility to a dual-screened device, similar to Lenovo Yoga (http://mashable.com/2017/08/31/handson-lenovo-yoga-920/), but with screens on both parts. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/microsoft-dual-screen-phone-patent/)
More about Microsoft (http://mashable.com/category/microsoft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Windows Phone (http://mashable.com/category/windows-phone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Foldable Screens (http://mashable.com/category/foldable-screens/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Foldable Displays (http://mashable.com/category/foldable-displays/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Foldable (http://mashable.com/category/foldable/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/PyuRBBl641Q