Only Samsung can minimize the crease in the iPhone Fold, says report

The biggest reason Apple hasn’t yet launched a foldable iPhone is reported to have been the company’s dissatisfaction with the very visible crease in several generations of competitor models. We heard earlier this year that Samsung had solved this problem to Apple’s satisfaction. A new report backs this, noting that neither of Apple’s other display partners has yet managed to do so … The visible crease problem A visible crease in the centre of the unfolded screen has been one of the biggest complaints users and reviewers have made about existing folding phones. Apple reportedly wanted to wait until it was technically possible to reduce the crease to one which was barely noticeable, telling its suppliers to go back to the drawing board around a year ago. This was a big ask given that the most advanced maker of folding screens, Samsung, had not yet succeeded in doing this for its own models. However, we heard back in February that Samsung finally succeeded in producing samples which ... Read full article.