After the rather discreet launch of the Surface Duo, and a market of folding devices with more and more participants, it seems that Microsoft would be considering trying a new shape format for your next smart devices, going one step further in the use of folding screens.
Released recently by Patently Apple, it should be noted that it was presented by the company on June 23, 2020. Although the document does not refer to any name, referring to this terminal as «a multi-panel display device“, undoubtedly this nomenclature of Surface Trio created by the first users to discover and share this document seems more than adequate. Thus, in this document you can read some of the utilities and uses that this device would cover:
«Multi-panel displays can be useful in a variety of different scenarios. For example, multiple software application windows can be displayed on separate display panels at the same time. Multi-panel display devices can use a hinge to allow the display panels to fold in different directions (eg, inward / outward). Such folding capability allows multi-panel displays to have a larger total display area relative to a single portable display device similarly, while also allowing smaller folded dimensions relative to a non-display device. foldable offering the same viewing area«.
Although the document is quite technical and dense, without a doubt the image included in it is quite enlightening, presenting a device practically identical to the Surface Duo, adding a screen.
That said, as we always want to remember that we must bear in mind that at the moment we are only talking about a patent, so there is no certainty that Microsoft will end up presenting this device officially. However, recently we have seen how other brands were also interested in this triple format.
