An example may include a display in which a display area of the display is expandable and retractable, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the memory, wherein the memory includes instructions causing, when executed, the processor to: display an execution screen of a running application on the display area at a first magnification value; expand the display area on the basis of a first designated input; based at least in part on the first designated input, information related to the application, and a first user content included in the execution screen, determine whether to maintain a display magnification of the display at the first magnification value or change the display magnification to a second magnification value different from the first magnification value; and display the execution screen on the expanded display area based on the determined display magnification.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first display slidable through the housing, a portion of the first display being exposed to an outside through the housing, a region of the first display being capable of being changed based on a sliding of the first display through the housing, a second display spaced apart from the exposed portion of the first display and forming a flat surface with the exposed portion of the first display, an optical member positioned on a portion of the second housing associated with the exposed part of the first display; and at least one processor configured to output light through a first portion of the first display associated with the optical member, the light being diffused through the optical member.

A method of controlling a portable device including first and second touch screens is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first and second touch screens, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first and second screens during the sliding of the third and fourth information.

An electronic device may have a hinge that allows the device to be flexed about a bend axis. A display may span the bend axis. To facilitate bending about the bend axis without damage, the display may include a display cover layer with a flexible portion. The flexible portion of the display cover layer may be interposed between first and second rigid portions of the display cover layer. The display cover layer may also include a layer with self-healing properties. The layer of self-healing material may be formed across the entire display cover layer or may be formed only in the flexible region of the display cover layer. The display cover layer may include a layer of elastomer in the flexible region of the display cover layer for increased flexibility. Self-healing may be initiated or expedited by externally applied heat, light, electric current, or other type of external stimulus.

A communication device, method and computer program product enable multiple transceiver communication in a communication device having a configurable housing. A pivot mechanism is connected between first and second housing portions for relative movement of a housing assembly between open and closed positions. The closed position aligns four antenna positions in the first housing portion adjacent to one of four antenna positions in the second housing portion to present four pairings of adjacent antenna positions. Four antennas are positioned within the first housing portion or the second housing portion at a different one of the four pairings of adjacent antenna positions. A radio frequency (RF) front end is communicatively coupled to the four antennas and has two or more transceivers that utilize the four antennas to communicate without antenna-to-antenna signal cancellation in RF low band while the housing assembly is in either of the open position and the closed position.

Provided is a method, performed by an electronic device, of performing an operation based on bending, the method including: sensing bending that deforms a shape of the electronic device; determining a first region, from which the bending is sensed, from among regions of the electronic device; selecting an object indicated by the first region from at least one object displayed on the electronic device; and performing an operation on the selected object.

A mobile terminal includes a first frame, a second frame slidably-movable in a first direction or in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the first frame, a slide frame movable in the first direction or in the second direction with respect to the second frame, a flexible display unit including a first region coupled to the first frame, a second region coupled to the slide frame, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region and bent while surrounding the second frame, a driving unit disposed to be positionally biased in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the driving unit provides a force to the second frame to move, and a linear guide positioned between the first frame and the second frame and guiding the movement of the second frame in the first direction or in the second direction. The mobile terminal may improve durability of the flexible display unit by not restricting a point where the flexible display unit is bent to a specific position.

A mobile phone device includes: a display device that switches a display state between first and second display states; a communication unit that executes a call between a first user and a second user who makes a call using another phone device; an image generation unit that generates a first image indicating first information including a phone number of the another phone device based on identification information and generates a second image indicating second information related to the second user based on the identification information; a detection unit that detects a switching operation by the first user to switch the display state of the display device from the first display state to the second display state; and, a display control unit that changes the display state to the second display state and causes the display device to display the second image in a case where the switching operation is detected.

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a first and second housing movable relative to each other. The second housing supports a flexible display which may be at least partially exposed to an exterior, and at least partially stowed within the first housing based on the movement of the housings. A processor implements the method including detecting movement of the housings such that a visible display area of the display is changed, detecting whether the resizing meets a predetermined condition, and if resizing does not meet the predetermined condition, executing image processing on a portion of the resized visible display area.

A foldable screen of an electronic device includes a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region. When the electronic device is in a folded form, an included angle between the first display region and the second display region is less than or equal to a first preset angle. The third display region is disposed between the first display region and the second display region. A touch control method for the electronic device includes detecting a first operation in the third display region and controlling the first display region and/or the second display region. When the electronic device is in the folded form, a primary screen and/or a secondary screen may be controlled by using an operation detected on a side screen.