INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Cupertino behemoth is looking into different ways to innovate the iPhone
patent it filed way back in 2017
work.(Image credit: Apple/US Patent - Trademark Office)With Apple recently struggling to innovate the phone that started it all, could this
in the real world, and at a price point that will prove competitive in the mainstream market.(Image credit: Apple/US Patent - Trademark
Office)According to the patent, this device will move away from the conventional front touchscreen smartphone design
In such cases, the enclosure may appear visually and tactically seamless, such that the entire enclosure may appear to be formed from a
single piece of glass (even though it may be formed from multiple separate pieces attached together)."This means that instead of the typical
resulting in a more rounded shape.(Image credit: Apple/US Patent - Trademark Office)This all-glass device will also boast multiple sides
glass backs and glass sides may be transparent, allowing the electronic device to include additional displays that are viewable through the
sides and/or the back.Moreover, the side- and back-viewable displays may be made touch and/or force sensitive using touch- and/or
force-sensing systems, effectively turning the side and back surfaces into additional input devices or surfaces with which a user may
interact to control the electronic device."In other words, while Apple still intends to utilize the front of the device as the main display,
as is traditional, it will also use the other five sides of the device as additional output and input surfaces.Use cases of such a design
could be anywhere from displaying graphical outputs like images and applications to spill over the sides or even wrap around the back, to
having touch controls for such things like volume and mute as well as single touch toggles for WiFi and airplane mode.Though how all that is
But hey, if anybody can make this into reality, it would be Apple.ZpLFiRiwE6oQDwsh3vpnV7.jpg?#
