This story is from February 24, 2020

Apple patent hints at an all-glass iPhone

We may see an iPhone with an all-glass body and a touchscreen covering the phone body both at the front and the back sometime in the future.
Apple patent hints at an all-glass iPhone
We may see an iPhone with an all-glass body and a touchscreen covering the phone body both at the front and the back sometime in the future. Apple recently filed a patent for such a device.
As per the image of the device as shown in the patent (US Patent No 20200057525) filed by Apple, it would be touch sensitive both on the front and the back surfaces and can display images, icons and other information.

The patent is titled Electronic Device With Glass Enclosure and as per the abstract, would be an electronic device that includes a six-sided glass enclosure. “The electronic device further includes a touchscreen display within the interior volume and positioned adjacent at least a portion of each of the six sides of the six-sided glass enclosure.”
This means that should something like this go into production, there won’t be the need for any correct orientation of the device as the touchscreen would wrap around the body of the device. Users may not have to hold the iPhone vertically for FaceID to work.
The electronic device described in the patent application uses “glass to define multiple sides of the enclosure... In such cases, the enclosure may appear visually and tactilely 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)."
Having an all-glass body leaves space to enable additional functions on the device. As per the patent, “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."
End of Article
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA