After the presentation of the iPhone 5, the reaction of users and experts was restrained. Apple failed to present a truly flagship smartphone, and there were quite a few complaints about the device’s performance. Bloggers hastened to conclude that with the end of the era of Steve Jobs, the corporation itself will also decline, which has ceased to surprise and set trends in high technology.

However, Apple is actively investing in innovative developments and, according to rumors, allocates up to 20% of profits for these purposes. The results were not long in coming: the day before it became known that the company had patented a unique technology, which, according to experts, will be implemented in new smartphone models.

We are talking about the use of a flexible display and internal components in an electronic device that will take on the functions of external devices. "The internal components may be located underneath the flexible display and may be output devices such as a speaker that transmits sound through the flexible display or an actuator that changes the shape of the display according to user input," the patent application states, according to Unwired View.

"Internal components may be a microphone or pressure sensor that respond to sound or touch on the flexible display. Structural components may be used to permanently or temporarily change the shape of the flexible display to respond to user input. The device display may be either convex or concave "a shape that will be formed by one or more layers, including a flexible display. Part of the flexible display can be used as a speaker membrane for sound-reproducing elements located inside the display," the document notes.

Thus, future models of the world-famous smartphone can be equipped with a tactile keyboard, a laser microphone and built-in speakers; the flexible surface of the device will radically improve all traditional input-output devices. The user will even be able to feel the keyboard when pressed: it will expand when touched.

The flexible screen will respond to voice, which will eliminate the hole in the gadget's body. The screen will have the ability to generate vibrations, acting as speakers. In addition, the new smartphone will likely have an improved battery, and the iPhone will likely have a smaller screen, experts believe.

However, Apple may be late and miss the implementation of the idea: according to rumors, Samsung will release devices with a flexible screen next year, and the touch screen will serve as both a speaker and a microphone, sources say. Be that as it may, the first such devices will go into production no earlier than the beginning - mid-2013.

Unwired View experts share their opinions on what the compact 7.85-inch iPad-mini tablet will look like. The new product is expected to be introduced in October 2012. Experts, citing industry sources, believe that the new iPad will be equipped with a Retina display, although debate on this issue continues: the price of the gadget will be higher. The tablet will be equipped with an A5X chip, a quad-core graphics processor and 512 MB of RAM. The tablet will have a front camera and will run on the iOS 6 operating system. The estimated cost of the gadget will be from 249 to 299 dollars.

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