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A new Apple patent application called Dual sided trackpad appeared on the Internet and it seems to describe the future iPhone model, an iPhone 2.0, which looks better than the actual model if we look at its design: a clamshell.
Of course, the classic candybar concept phone is one everyone’s taste but this new drawings show something more modern and cooler, still keeping the known iPhone functions and technologies.



The designer wanted to separate the capacitive touch sensor array from the display creating two different units practically, one being the transparent panel integrating the touch sensor array.
This way both sides would be touch-sensitive and when you close it the handset becomes a classic full multi-touchscreen beloved iPhone.
How would you use it?



To dial a number you draw it on the trackpad or the rotational dial may appear on the screen so you would rotate it sliding your finger on the trackpad.
When open, the transparent unit should display the T9 keypad with other symbols, and this can be done by polarizing the number and symbol markings seen only when the trackpad is open.



Another cool feature is that both units can be kept touch-active and you could enable the 3D gestures: the XY axis would be on the one side and the Z on the other.

There are many interpretations for this patent but we’d better wait for some public statements from Apple which we hope they’ll come out in the near future.