Gestures and the way you interact with Apple devices have always stood out above the competition. Mac trackpads are still a delicacy compared to the competition. The first iPhone demonstrated to the world the potential of a true touch screen, as Steve Jobs was told: "You had me at scrolling."
Gestures and interactions with our devices have only gotten better. We have more and more gestures, we have 3D Touch and Force touch, we have Siri, etc. And, with the latest news from Bloomberg, It seems that we will have a new way of interacting.
Rumors speak of a screen capable of responding to gestures, the same as now, but no need to touch the screen. It seems that it would not be a sensor or a camera that sees the movements we make, but the screen itself that detects the finger without having to touch it.
Reminds me of how Surface Pro detects your pen before the tip touches the screen. Like many other technologies, it seems that other brands have tried it before and have passed without pain or glory.
Even so, if this iPhone with a "touchless" screen arrives - which is rumored for two years from now - it would mean, for example, be able to use real full iPhone cases. It would no longer be necessary for the protection of the screen to respond to it, since the gestures could arrive through a transparent plastic.
Along with the screens that respond to gestures close but without touching, there are rumors of a curved screen. But it is not how you imagine it. When listening to a curved screen, it is inevitable to think of the Samsung Galaxy and its rounded side edges. It seems that it would not be so. Apple would be thinking of curving the screen along its entire length, from the top to the bottom, leaving the central concave.