Electronic device by apple comes with flexible screen
Apple has filed a patent for a glass-made electronic device, or iPhone, with a display that switches sides when the user flips the device. Essentially, it’s a box-shaped gadget made of glass where its front, back, and all four rounded edges are part of a single, continuous touchscreen display. The glass enclosure can be built from either two glass pieces joined at the edges (with the front and sides as one piece, back as another).
Itcan also be a single hollow glass block with an opening to insert the device’s components. Inside, a flexible screen wraps around so the display is visible from all sides. In this case, users can tap anywhere on the glass to control it and squeeze certain thin side regions to trigger commands, as well as get sound and voice pickup that automatically switches to the best-positioned speaker or mic based on how they hold it.
image generated using Google’s Gemini with the prompt ‘transparent device shaped like iPhone’
Filed patent features gadget with glass casing
The glass-made electronic device, which is only one of the few patented devices from Apple based on the filed document, uses two major sides and four peripheral sides. The first piece makes up the front of the device and wraps around to form half of the edge (the edge of the glass gets very thin). The second piece forms the back and also wraps around to form the other half of the edge, still thin and tapered. When placed together, they create a hollow space inside, enough to fit a flexible and bendable screen. This display wraps around the entire inside of the body, so users can see pictures and videos on the front, the back, and even on all the edges of the phone.
The screen is a flat, flexible sheet as light as a piece of paper. Even if it’s this slim, it can still light up and show images and the display. Because the case is made of glass, users can look through the device anywhere, as if the entire smartphone is the display. The team filed the patent on March 14th, 2025, and the US Patent and Trademark Office released the document on August 7th, 2025. So far, Apple has yet to make official announcements on the ‘electronic device,’ but in the filed patent, the team includes images shaped like an iPhone and a smartwatch.
image generated using OpenAI’s ChatGPT with the prompt ‘transparent device shaped like iPhone’
all graphics courtesy of Apple Inc., via United States Patent and Trademark Office file
the screen flips when the user rotates the device
it’s a box-shaped gadget made of glass with its front, back, and all four rounded edges
view of the apps following the curve of the glass case
project info:
name: Electronic Device with Glass Enclosure
company: Apple | @apple
patent: here