The foldable iPhone may not be to everyone’s taste. All because of changes in the way you navigate your smartphone

Apple’s adoption of the touch screen in its first iPhone more than 15 years ago proved to be a watershed moment for the technology. The company is preparing to go a step further with future iPhone models. We have already mentioned that the iPhone Ultra will be deprived of the charging connector or even physical buttons. Currently, Apple has received a patent for touch control areas, including solid-state buttons on any surface of the current design of the iPhone and its first foldable device.

The foldable iPhone could ditch the physical buttons altogether and be touch-sensitive across the entire surface and allow users to navigate using its edge.

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The recently issued patent “Electronic devices with displays and touch sensor structures” relates to the desire to make the iPhone comfortable to touch and swipe to control it. It details how this can be achieved even if the iPhone becomes foldable or curved in the future. The patent covers the development of touch-sensitive, solid-state buttons that would allow users to navigate the iPhone using its edge rather than the display itself.

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Apple’s solution to solid-state buttons on a potential foldable device is interesting. In addition to basic illustrations of what might very well be a foldable iPhone, Apple explains how the touch sensors would be housed in the sidewalls (as opposed to conventional walls). They consist of thin metal lines that are small enough to be invisible to the eye. The touch controls on the sidewalls can be used to control the camera (shutter button) as well as to implement sliders for volume, screen brightness, color and contrast settings.

Source: AppleInsider