A foldable iPhone would be a dream come true in every way possible. Apple has been long rumoured to be working on foldable devices, however, it has also been made clear that the sight of a foldable iPad or iPhone is still at least a couple of years away. Or so most of us thought because out of nowhere a mysterious foldable iPhone has recently appeared on the tech news and caught the attention of tech enthusiasts around the world. So, is Apple ready to launch the foldable iPhone? As much as we want to answer in the affirmative, this mystery phone unfortunately has nothing to do with Apple.
To everyone’s surprise, it appears some talented engineers in another part of the world have already created what most of us have been waiting for. No, it is not a foldable iPhone announcement by Apple. It is a result of a DIY project by a team of engineers at Tech Aesthetics.
To show us how a foldable iPhone would look and work, a team of engineers at Tech Aesthetics have created a perfectly working foldable iPhone using the internal hardware of iPhone X and the chassis of Motorola Razr 2019 as a part of a DIY project. Developing the device took almost 12 months of hard work and a lot of engineering, reverse engineering efforts. The team at Tech Aesthetics went through multiple tests, trials and errors in order to complete the project that they have now presented to the world through their project video on YouTube.
Tech Aesthetics have named the foldable iPhone – iPhone V and has tried to give the device every iPhone aesthetic to make it look real. How did the foldable iPhone V come into existence and every trouble the engineers went through to live this project to fruition is a story in itself.
To turn this project into reality, the team has to rehash the screen of the phone which was done by removing the glass and the touch layers from the screen, keeping only the flexible OLED to work with for further engineering. Removing glass and touch layers in order to only keep the OLED needed advanced machinery and extra delicate manoeuvring. As per one report circulating in the media, more than 36 iPhone X screens were wasted to finally be able to achieve this one step of removing glass and touch layers. The project obviously was an expensive endeavour.
Moreover, a pair of Motorola RAZR 2019 was used in the project to get the chassis for the foldable phone. A custom motherboard was built using 3D-printed components. The battery used in foldable iPhone, however, is too smaller in capacity than what an iPhone would require to properly function. Since there was space restriction in the body of the phone, the team had to settle for a 1,000 mAh battery capacity only. On this front too, while appreciating the effort of the engineers, many tech bloggers and enthusiasts were quick to point out that Apple as a brand is also not really known for providing excellent battery support for their products. It has never been their USP, so this minor issue is absolutely understandable.
As for the operating system, the team had to make some changes in the foldable iPhone V iOS with jailbreak. The split screen applications were bought in using some software modifications and it is safe to say that the final outcome of the project is worth every effort.
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