Future iPhones may have invisible buttons

"Apple has recently been granted a patent dubbed “disappearing button or slider.”

 

NEW DELHI: While there is a lot of talk about Apple losing its innovative streak after its visionary founder Steve Jobs passed away, the company seems to have a few tricks up its sleeve after all. The maker of the revolutionary iPhone has recently been granted a patent dubbed "disappearing button or slider." Tech grapevine is now abuzz that future iPhone models may have invisible buttons.

iPhone 6 news, rumours, specs and release date

Introduction

The iPhone upgrade cycle used to run like clockwork. Every year we get a new iPhone, and this year we’ll see either the iPhone 5S or the iPhone 6. But when will it arrive?

Will the iPhone 6 be the Apple phone of 2013, or 2014? We don’t know as yet. But here’s everything we do know about the next iPhone to date.

This article is based on rumour. We'll update it as more information becomes available.

Updated March 2013