Stunning iPhone 12 video shows off the second screen we really want

Stunning iPhone 12 video shows off the second screen we really desire

(Epitome credit: Furkan Kasap/YouTube)

The official iPhone 12 reveal is right around the corner, and while we accept a pretty good idea of what the new iPhone might look like, it's e'er fun to fantasize. That's been the case with the cavalcade of concept videos we've seen equally of late, each exploring different designs Apple could potentially pursue for its next iPhone. They're so slick, so nuanced, several of them are really quite conceivable.

The latest video to add to the legions of cool and inventive concepts throws everything you might exist expecting out of the window for a truly fantastic twist on what we retrieve nosotros know well-nigh cameras and displays. YouTuber Furkan Kasap has come up up with an entirely futuristic iPhone 12 concept that takes a decidedly different path from the fan-fabricated iPhone 12 "trailers" we've seen thus far.

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The video is but about a minute long, though it uses every single 2nd of its runtime to bear witness united states of america what could be if Apple always decides to shatter our perceptions of its current phones. As the clip begins by zooming in on the phone, it isn't the front of the device that takes the spotlight — information technology's the back, where we'd expect the camera array to exist. There are a serial of cameras there, but as well what appears to exist a secondary display covering them.

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Though it'due south practically something of a pastime these days to speculate virtually what Apple might take in shop for the iPhone 12, there'due south all the same a lot we don't know. Rumors have insinuated that at that place's probable to exist four unlike iPhone 12 models, all with OLED screens and 5G connectivity. The iPhone 12 Pro models will likely gain an additional camera lens — potentially an LiDAR sensor — along with screens that support faster refresh rates.

I affair we don't see on the iPhone 12: a secondary display like the one in this concept video. Still, it's fun to think about what would happen if Apple always went down the path Kasap has outlined here.

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