• CNBC, Thursday, June 16, 2016 9:05 AM

A future iPhone could have a curved wrap-around screen, according to a patent awarded to Apple on Tuesday, while a separate patent highlighted the technology giant's interest in augmented reality (AR). In one filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Apple outlines an electronic device with "wrap around display". It says the typical rectangular form factor leaves "the sides and rear surfaces of the device unused or at best configured with buttons and switches with fixed location and functionality". Apple said that a flexible display can be folded in such a way "to form a continuous loop such that images (still or video) can be presented in a wrap-around manner in which the images appear to be presented in a continuous loop".

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