Apple working on transparent and Six-sided glass enclosed IPhone

Apple has filed a patent that details designs for an all-glass iPhone which would have a wrap-around display for images on both the front and back sides.

Glass appears to be the new black with the company also coming up with bold designs for its Watch and Mac products alongside the iPhone.

The design patent was filed last week, although that does not necessarily mean any of the ideas will come to fruition.   

The glass iPhone is described as an, ‘Electronic device with glass enclosure’ although 9to5Mac dryly notes ‘It’s almost as if Apple has patented a glass box.’   

The patent filing also include drawings which see some of the screen’s buttons curved along the edge of the phone including ones to activate airplane mode, Wi-Fi enabling, and controls for volume. 

But the highlight is the filing which suggests the product would also have a display on the back of the phone, and not just the main screen on the front. 

The lengthy patent filing goes into detail suggesting the device will have screens that run over the edge of the phone so that all six sides will have the capability to display something, or at the very least will be glass encased, with room for microphones and speakers.

The filing noted the challenges inherit in producing, ‘a device with multiple displays viewable through multiple transparent sides–including embodiments where displays are visible through each of the six main sides of the device.’

Apple’s filing also includes a drawings of an all-glass cylindrical Mac Pro tower through which the components would be able to be seen and owners would witness the processors in action.

The filing also shows pictures of how an Apple Watch may appear featuring glass enclosures with the curved edge of the screen blending seamlessly with the watch’s casing. | Daily Mail