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Title: Apple applies for patent on that ‘single slab of glass’ iPhone
Post by: HCK on August 14, 2025, 04:05:09 pm
Apple applies for patent on that ‘single slab of glass’ iPhone

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/08/Apple-applies-for-patent-on-that-single-slab-of-glass-iPhone.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/ios-26/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iOS 26[/url] is giving us a glass-like UI, but Apple’s long-term vision for the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iPhone[/url] hardware is what former design chief Jony Ive referred to as a “single slab of glass.”</p>



<p>A new Apple patent application appears to refer to work on this, describing a “six-sided glass enclosure” … </p>



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