Apple seems to be stretching its imagination as well as its screens with a fresh patent hinting at exciting, ductile display technologies. In an era where every iPhone rumor stretches longer than a CVS receipt, Apple’s latest tease is a screen that can do more yoga than a Silicon Valley wellness retreat. This technology could roll itself around various devices, making the displays as versatile as their user’s needs.
While smartphones and smartwatches are the usual suspects for such whimsical wizardry, Apple’s ambitions snake their way into realms like VR headsets and car displays too. There’s no telling where these stretchy screens could appear – maybe next time you’re sipping coffee, your mug will display the morning news! The potential here stretches (pun intended) from a zany all-display MacBook to a wrap-around Apple Watch that could probably look into your soul.
However, we might have to wait longer than the next season of “Stranger Things” to see these magical morphing monitors in the wild, as Apple tends to knock around new ideas longer than a piece of chewed-up gum. And while these futuristic flexi-screens sound fun, there’s the ever-present tech-lover worry they could be just another cool concept confined to Cupertino’s cavernous vault of ‘could-have-been’ wonders.
**Hot Take**
So Apple’s bringing out screens that can stretch? Great, because the stretch from iPhone prices already requires some pretty limber financial gymnastics! If Apple actually pulls this off, it’ll be ‘Game of Thrones’-level plot twist in the tech world. Who knows? Perhaps, one day, we’ll reminisce about when screens used to be as flat and unyielding as my attempts to stick to a diet on Thanksgiving.
Original Article: https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/apple-could-be-working-on-stretchable-displays-for-its-displays-as-per-a-new-patent