This Is the Curved iPhone of Your Dreams

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Apple is rumored to be working on a curved iPhone. And this new render shows what it might look like.

Earlier this week, a Bloomberg report suggested that Apple is working on a curved iPhone that could dramatically change how we interact with the company's handsets. And now we have some renders that imagine how it might look and work.

Credit: iDropNews

(Image credit: iDropNews)

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Apple's imagined handset comes with a curve that would technically make it easier to handle and could direct the microphone to your mouth more effectively than it currently does. When you're ready to type, Hajek's creation lets you slide the cover down to reveal the keyboard. The top of the
screen, which comes with a notch, will also be accessible and give you access to iOS.

The rendering takes several other cues from the current iPhone X, including its glass-paneled design that allows for wireless charging. But unlike the iPhone X, which comes with a dual-lens camera array, the iDropNews rendering shows a single lens camera on the back.

The rendering shouldn't be construed as an actual glimpse into what Apple has planned. The company hasn't even confirmed it's working on a curved iPhone, let alone revealed what it will do in the event it's actually developing such a device.

Credit: iDropNews

(Image credit: iDropNews)

However, in addition to talk of an iPhone that curves at the top and bottom, Bloomberg's report suggested that the iPhone would support touchless gestures that would allow you to hold your finger close to the screen and with gestures, control the software. The feature is already available from Samsung, but Apple could offer it as an alternative way to interact with its operating system.

If Apple is indeed planning to release a curved iPhone, it could take some time to hit store shelves. Bloomberg reported that Apple wouldn't release the handset for two to three years.

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Don Reisinger

Don Reisinger is CEO and founder of D2 Tech Agency. A communications strategist, consultant, and copywriter, Don has also written for many leading technology and business publications including CNET, Fortune Magazine, The New York Times, Forbes, Computerworld, Digital Trends, TechCrunch and Slashgear. He has also written for Tom's Guide for many years, contributing hundreds of articles on everything from phones to games to streaming and smart home.

4 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Brad_53
    And that would feel good in my pant pocket up against my flat leg?
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  • bon
    This will only work if it can flex from normal straight to curve and back again. Otherwise it is a VERY bad design.
    Reply
  • LazarXD
    In other words this article is completely made up bullshit clickbait with absoutely no baisis in fact. It' s nothing more than another "this is what I with absolutely no access to Apple think they should or might be doing" a rticle.
    Reply
  • rehmatullah1
    It will work great against the BUTT Curve (_!_)
    Reply