Apple patent shows how an iPhone could make use of 'sidewall' displays"Electronic devices with sidewall displays"
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A newly-published Apple patent shows how Apple could use sidewall displays in a mobile device.
It's based around flexible displays that are bent to cover the front and the edge of a device.
The side displays could supplement the front of the device with information or virtual buttons and feedback components.
An Apple patent published today, December 31, has revealed technology that uses flexible displays to create supplemental, "sidewall" displays in a mobile device.
As reported by Patently Apple, the patent is titled "Electronic devices with sidewall displays" and the abstract states:
Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing memb...
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Apple patent shows how an iPhone could make use of 'sidewall' displays
