An IPhone that will save itself.. Or try to. | Telecom Consumer Discussion Forums

A patent awarded to Apple by the US Patent and Trademark Office this week, describes a “protective mechanism for an electronic device” and calls on the iPhone’s processing power to recognize a fall, calculate the potential impact, and work at lightening speed to come up with a plan to save the fragile glass screen. Apple is also looking at ways headphones can be used to save a falling iPhone. One system would lock headphones into the port when a fall was detected, in the hope that them snagging on your ears or clothing would stop or slow the fall; the system could also be used to jettison the cable if the phone thinks that will help – perhaps if your headphones get caught on something and risk pulling your phone off a table.

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