Apple has filed a patent that details designs for an all-glass iPhone which would have a wrap-around display for images on both the front and back sides.
Glass appears to be the new black with the company also coming up with bold designs for its Watch and Mac products alongside the iPhone.
The design patent was filed last week, although that does not necessarily mean any of the ideas will come to fruition.
Apple has filed patents for an all-glass iPhone which could see screens on sides
Illustration of the all-glass iPhone is the most detailed, with displays on both the front and back together with functional touchscreen buttons on the side
The design is essentially an iPhone 'within a glass enclosure' with the buttons overalapping from the screen on the front
The glass iPhone is described as an, 'Electronic device with glass enclosure' although 9to5Mac dryly notes 'It's almost as if Apple has patented a glass box.'
The patent filing also include drawings which see some of the screen's buttons curved along the edge of the phone including ones to activate airplane mode, Wi-Fi enabling, and controls for volume.
But the highlight is the filing which suggests the product would also have a display on the back of the phone, and not just the main screen on the front.
The lengthy patent filing goes into detail suggesting the device will have screens that run over the edge of the phone so that all six sides will have the capability to display something, or at the very least will be glass encased, with room for microphones and speakers.
Artist impressions over how the phone might look show it to have screens on all six sides
The back of the phone may also have a display which could show other people you are on a call
The glass iPhone looks familiar with its curved sides and rounded shape that fit in the palm of one's hand
In the design patent illustration, buttons are seen to spill over the sides for ease of use
It might be hard to know which way is front and which is back with screens on both sides
The filing noted the
