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While cameras and camera flashes are more or less an integral feature in smartphones these days, their presence can sometimes prevent a sleek and minimalist phone from being created due to the camera + flash’s design being rather out of place. This might not be a big deal for most of us, but it is still something worth thinking about especially as designers try to come up with new ideas for products. Interestingly Apple has thought about that too and in a patent recently discovered by Apple Insider, it has been revealed that Apple has filed for a patent for a technique that allows components to be displayed only when they are needed. (more…)

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