Apple patent award could lead to all-glass iPhone

Is Apple planning to introduce a new all glass version of the iPhone? A patent that the tech titan has received from the USPTO, covers an all-glass casing. To be precise, the new patent is titled Fused glass device housings. Lo and behold, Apple's design chief, Jony Ive, is one of the applicants of the patent.



Considering that more than one out of every four iPhone units experiences a cracked screen within two years, an all-glass Apple iPhone would seem like one of those ideas bound to be ridiculed in the future. But Apple apparently does have something up its sleeve: sapphire glass. We've ...



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