The new iPhone will have an invisible button? - Virtual Poland

new patent filed by Apple suggests that the future generation of iPhone will be equipped with buttons that literally merge into the phone cover.

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yesterday’s decision of the Patent Office of the United States will allow the Cupertino giant in the production of new devices with “disappearing buttons and / or sliders,” which will appear only when you need them.

According to the patent applied for by Apple, the keys would be made from the same material as the exterior of the product, which, if it would be needed, would be simply invisible. The button would be activated when running our application would use the hardware buttons, or when the sensors in the same key have detected motion, the temperature increase or … sound. Sliders (e.g., volume control) operate in the same way.

patent also describes the action buttons on other devices. On the laptop, for example, tactile buttons responsible for media playback uaktywnia?yby for example, after detecting a movie on a DVD is inserted into the laptop.

probably will say that many of the new phones has already built such a function, but you should look at the date of the application for a patent – October 24, 2008.

content of the patent can be read here.

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