Apple is rumored to have invented a defense mechanism for iPhone 7 to protect its glass from getting shattered.
According to IBT, Apple has found a way to spare a customer from spending $100 to replace a shattered iPhone glass U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published Thursday an Apple Inc. patent application titled "Active Screen Protection for Electronic Devices." The patent application reveals that a mechanism combined with built-in accelerometers and sensors would push screen protectors, found on four corners of the display, as it senses a fall. The screen protectors would then serve as a shock absorber upon impact. Furthermore the screen protects reportedly would retract automatically after sensors detect the phone is no longer falling.
It was also mentioned that Apple intends to use the invention with a number of its devices, such as its iPads, Apple Watch, iPods and MacBooks.
According to ExtremeTech, Apple's iPhone 6 is more durable, less breakable than iPhone 5S, Galaxy S5, One M8. Based on the several tests mentioned in the report, the iPhone 6 does look like its one tough smartphone but this does not mean that it forever invincible. Its glass may still shatter from a nasty fall. Therefore, the next iPhone could use this new found technology.
On the other hand, it was is not clear yet as to if or when this new technology will be applied. According to IBT, Apple first filed the patent application on Apr. 18, 2014, giving credits to the inventors Apple engineers Tyson B. Manullang, Stephen B. Lynch and Emery A. Sanford. Apparently, the latest flagships still don't bear these mechanisms. Hopefully, it would be integrated with the upcoming iPhone 7. But some say that Apply might start using this technology with a bezel-less iPhone. Do you think this kind of screen protection is really very helpful?
