A mobile terminal including a terminal body having an inner surface, an outer surface and side surfaces, and configured to be opened into an open state and closed into a closed state; a touch screen having first and second regions disposed on the inner surface, a third region disposed on the outer surface, and a fourth region disposed on the side surface between the first and third regions, in the closed state; and a controller configured to display an execution screen to at least one of the first and second regions in the open state, display information related to the execution screen on at least one of the third and fourth regions, based on a closed type of the terminal body corresponding folding closed the terminal body, and execute a function related to the displayed information.

A method in an electronic device includes determining, with one or more processors, an operating condition of the electronic device influencing one or more magnetic fields measured by a voice coil motor sensor of the electronic device. The method includes obtaining, by the one or more processors from a memory of the electronic device, an expected voice coil motor sensor measurement that is a function of the operating condition. Thereafter, the method includes causing, by the one or more processors, a voice coil motor driver to modify a voice coil motor drive signal until the voice coil motor sensor detects the expected voice coil motor sensor measurement, thereby compensating for effects of the operating condition affecting the voice coil motor.

Techniques for communication protocol based on physical configuration of a wireless device are described and may be implemented to adapt to a variety of different wireless scenarios. For instance, configuration of an antenna system of a wireless device is adapted to optimize wireless performance in different physical configurations, such as open configurations and folded configurations. Further, network communications are adapted to optimize wireless communication with a wireless device in different physical configurations of the wireless device. The described techniques, for instance, optimize performance in different frequency bands based on changes in device configuration between open positions and folded positions.

An electronic device displays, on a first display of a foldable display, a user interface provided by a reading application, a user may flip over the electronic device, to trigger the electronic device to display, on a second display of the foldable display, a user interface provided by the reading application. In addition, the second display may display the user interface in a form suitable for reading by the user. The user can trigger, in an interaction manner of flipping over the electronic device, the electronic device to display, on the second display with reference to a currently running application or a current location, content that the user expects to view.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device may include: a foldable housing including a hinge structure, a first housing structure, and a second housing structure, wherein the hinge structure includes at least one first conductive portion, the first housing structure is connected to the hinge structure and includes a first surface oriented in a first direction, a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a first side member surrounding at least a part of a space between the first surface and the second surface and including at least one second conductive portion, the second housing structure is connected to the hinge structure, includes a third surface oriented in a third direction, a fourth surface oriented in a fourth direction opposite the third direction, and a second side member surrounding at least a part of a space between the third surface and the fourth surface, and is folded onto the first housing structure about the hinge structure, the first surface faces the third surface in a folded state of the foldable housing, and the third direction is identical to the first direction in an unfolded state of the foldable housing; a flexible display extending from the first surface to the third surface; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the first conductive portion in the folded state of the foldable housing, and electrically connected to the second conductive portion in the unfolded state of the foldable housing, wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal having a selected frequency. Various other embodiments may be possible.

A method for execution control using a cover and an electronic device supporting the same are provided. The method includes acquiring a sensing value of a cover sensor included in the cover and a sensing value of a main body sensor included in a main body of the electronic device, due to a physical change generated in the electronic device, comparing the sensing value of the main body sensor with the sensing value of the cover sensor, and controlling execution in the main body according to the sensing value of the cover sensor, when a result of the comparison meets a preset criterion.

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a housing including a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface; a display at least partially accommodated in the housing and viewable through the first surface; a conductive layer disposed between the display and the second surface and including a first opening; a support disposed between the second surface and the conductive layer and including a conductive portion; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the conductive layer, and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal through an antenna including at least a portion of the conductive layer surrounding the first opening.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing coupled to the first housing and that performs a sliding operation, a display, of which a size of a visual exposure area is changed in correspondence to the sliding operation of the second housing, a first variable magnetism member disposed at a first location of the first housing, and of which a magnetic force varies depending on a current or a voltage that is supplied thereto, a second variable magnetism member disposed at a second location of the first housing, and of which a magnetic force varies depending on a current or a voltage that is supplied thereto, a magnet member fixed to an inner surface of the second housing, and that moves between the first variable magnetism member and the second variable magnetism member during the sliding operation, and a processor operatively connected.

An accessory apparatus and an information display method are provided. The accessory apparatus include a housing, a display exposed through a first portion of the housing, a conductive pattern, a wireless communication circuit configured to support a short-range wireless communication protocol, at least one processor, and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that allow the at least one processor to control the wireless communication circuit to operate in the first mode, operate in the second mode in which the second type of external electronic device is allowed to read the second data for the second time period following the first time period, detect the existence of the second type of external electronic device at one or more points of time in the first time period, and switch into the second mode when the existence of the second type of external electronic device is detected.

A terminal includes a first middle frame, a second middle frame, a rotating assembly, a first screen, a first audio assembly, a second audio assembly, a third audio assembly and a fourth audio assembly. The rotating assembly is located between the first middle frame and the second middle frame and is connected with the first middle frame and the second middle frame respectively; the back surface of the first screen covers the first middle frame, the second middle frame and the rotating assembly; the first screen is a folding screen; the first audio assembly and the second audio assembly are located at two opposite ends of the first middle frame respectively; and the third audio assembly and the fourth audio assembly are mounted at two opposite ends of the second middle frame.