Apple Granted Patents Relating to iPhone 8’s Edge-to-Edge Display and a Touch ID Sensor Embedded Within the Display

As the launch of the iPhone 8 nears, Apple has just been granted 56 patents by the USPTO. Two of these patents (9,652,066 and 9,652,096) have caught our attention, as they talk about an edge-to-edge display and a Touch ID sensor which can be embedded within the display, allowing users to unlock their phones by tapping anywhere on the screen.

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