The much-rumoured folding iPhone is still shrouded in secrecy, but if you go digging through Apple's patent filings you can sometimes discover some clues. And our friends at Techradar have done just that, unearthing a patent that suggests some seriously clever tech that could protect your foldable phone from accidental damage if you drop it or knock it off a table.
According to the patent, Self-Retracting Display Device And Techniques For Protecting Screen Using Drop Detection, an iPhone Fold could use an accelerometer or similar sensor to detect when it's falling. That sensor would then activate an electronic latch to try and snap your iPhone shut before it hits the ground.
