Say goodbye to buttons on your smartphone! In September 2011,
Apple filed a patent to the US Patent & Trademark Office for a new smartphone
feature: a “curved AMOLED display” wrapped around a smartphone. The wrapped display will eliminate any button on the smartphone. The new AMOLED
display not only will create a 3D effect with multiple layers of displays, but
also supplies facial recognition technology. Apparently in January, Apple’s
main competitor Samsung showed off a prototype smartphone with a bent display
around the edges as the “‘virtual buttons’ for the user’s touch.” I wonder if
this wrapped display is actually an improvement for the smartphone. Despite the
additional technology, such as the 3D effect and facial recognition, I doubt
the “wrapped around” design is a good fit. I feel like the design will make it
difficult for the user to hold the phone. However, I think it is pretty cool to
have 3D effect and facial recognition technology on the phone.
For more information, visit: http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_apple-patents-wraparound-amoled-display-concept-smartphone_1816963
http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020671593_iphonepatentxml.html
I'm really excited about this new technology and am actually looking forward to it coming out. I have a Droid, but I'm ready to make the switch to Apple. If this is something that Apple does release, I would definitely want to get my hands on it.
ReplyDeleteThis would be incredible technology to own! Maybe I should switch to an iPhone if this is the case.
ReplyDeleteThe curved glass is probably a Corning Inc. creation and has been rumored to be released on several smartphone products by this year and definitely 2014.
Interestingly enough, there has been no mention of the 3D aspects from Corning so possibly the effects must have been developed from Apple.
Wait so Samsung demoed a prototype that is described in Apple's patent? I wonder if they'll sue over this too.
ReplyDeleteWe don't know if Samsung had already have the patent for the technology, or maybe they filed for something similar. Besides, Apple's patent is not issued yet. Everything is hard to say right now. But, I do think there might be lawsuit for this case.
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