iPhone 6 to get curved glass screen?

The iPhone 5 hasn’t even made its debut and talk of its successor is already doing the rounds. Specifically, the rumours – courtesy of DigiTimes – are speculating that Apple’s design team is working on a new iOS device with a curved glass screen, to join the likes of the Nexus S. This means we could be faced with a curvesome iPhone, or iPad – or more excitingly, both – next year.

This curvy speculation serves to back up rumours we heard in May regarding the Apple purchase of 200-300 glass-cutting machines that specialise in curved screens and the possibility of implementing a curved glass screen into the iPhone 5.

This time round, the rumour is that Apple is helping display manufacturers purchase the necessary equipment they need to produce curved glass displays. While it looks like the boat to incorporate a curved display in the iPhone 5’s design has been missed, its successor, however, could be treated to a new curvaceous look in 2012. Once we get over all the iPhone 5 excitement next week, all we can do is play the waiting game. Again.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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