A rollable iPad won't break at the hinge, and Apple keeps working on one

To combat the common failure at the hinge that existing folding smartphones commonly suffer from, Apple has spent years looking at how to make iPhone or iPad screens that can be rolled out when needed, and rolled back up when not.It won't look like this - but it could. Apple's patent includes drawings similar to this. (Scroll source: Fae on Wiki Commons)Following at least two earlier patents about foldable displays, and also much older ones, Apple is once more also investigating screens that can be stored rolled up.'A flexible display may be wrapped around one or more rollers,' says the newly-revealed patent application called 'Electronic Device With Flexible Display Structures.' It continues: 'optional deployment rollers may be used to help deploy the display as [it] is pulled out of the housing.' Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums