Apple receives patent that could lead to an iPhone 7 with a curved and flexible display

Apple receives patent that could lead to an iPhone 7 with a curved and flexible display:

Apple has been awarded a patent for an application it filed in 2013 for a curved screen. The interesting thing is that Apple's patent not only covers a curved display like the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge, it also covers the ability to make the screen flexible. With such a display, Apple's screen could show more content than a competitor's screen, without having to increase its size. For example, Apple could fold the screen in a way that video or still images would appear to look as though they were coming from a continuous loop.



With the patent, Apple could make the iPhone a cylinder, a sphere, ...