The infamous MacBook Pro Touch Bar might be resurrected in a future iPhone model. According to patent filings found by AppleInsider, Apple has been working for over a decade on a sideway secondary display for the iPhone, which could even include virtual buttons.
While Apple has already filed a patent application with this idea in 2011 and had it granted by 2014, the company has applied for it again in April 2023 – as discovered in a newly-revealed patent application. It’s called “Electronic Devices With Sidewall Displays.”
