According to foreign media AppleInsider reports, Apple is currently developing an OLED surround display, or will expand the possibilities for the iPhone's operation. According to a patent published by the US Patent and Trademark Office, the realization of Apple's patent theoretically requires a combination of flexible screen and transparent casing.
Apple is developing a surround OLED display or for new products
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Apple first introduced the patent in 2016, and Apple said the display panel can display images in any part of the transparent casing. More importantly, in addition to the location of the main display content, there will be at least one edge area that can implement the touch operation function. This technology not only enables the mobile phone to display more content, but also allows the user to further enhance the handling of the mobile phone.
Apple has cancelled the design of the physical Home button on the iPhone X. Although the user's learning cost will be higher than before, the advantages it brings are obvious. Cancel the screen area expansion brought by the Home button, so that under the premise of the same size of the fuselage, the mobile phone screen can display more content, the user can get more information at the same time and more diverse touches than before. Control operation.
Apple is developing a surround OLED display or for new products
▲ Picture from AppleInsider
In addition, Apple has also obtained a patent, as we can see from the figure, the patent should be mainly for the innovation of the iPad. The user can click on the part of the screen border to realize the operation of the iPad. By clicking on the specific edge part, the operation of the mobile phone screen can be realized, and even the edge of the screen can be clicked to realize the power on/off.
It can be seen that Apple has been working hard to cancel physical buttons, and future Apple phones may cancel all physical button parts. Through the combination of software and hardware, to achieve more fun and useful features, let us wait and see!