Apple just published a patent that imagines what an iPhone would look like if the whole phone body were a wraparound screen. Here’s what Apple’s drawing looks like, via Patently Apple.

The new design could also produce 3D visuals through its unique dual display design . This is certainly one of Apple’s hottest inventions of the year and looks pretty cool. But what is really going on here?

Apple files all kinds of patents for gadgets and technologies that never actually see the light of day. Apple does this to keep its options open. The rule is: think of an idea? Patent it. Before Samsung does.

And it pays for companies such as Apple, Google and even Yahoo to be seen as consistent innovators. Even if secretly, the pace of their innovation, has actually  stalled.

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