Mobile
Get an Inside Look at the Galaxy Z Flip’s Hideaway Hinge Part 1: Dual CAM Mechanism
5/14/2020
With Galaxy Z Flip, Samsung pushed mobile engineering to its limits and reimagined the foldable category. Now, users can open their device and stand their screens at different angles. From taking selfies to video chatting with friends hands-free, the Galaxy Z Flip offers an entirely new kind of smartphone experience, and it’s all possible because of the one-of-a-kind Hideaway Hinge.
When you hear the word hinge, you probably think of the simple component that lets a door open and close. The Hideaway Hinge on the Galaxy Z Flip is so much more than that. It’s an innovation marvel and the backbone of the device – it quite literally holds the entire smartphone.
Designing the hinge was no easy feat. Samsung had to tackle some huge problems to ensure that it was ready for consumers.