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Alex Wawro

Apple just landed a patent that could kill the iPhone notch for good — here’s how

IPhone 13 image zoomed in at the notch.

That camera notch you hate is about to go out of style, if Apple's latest patent for displays with transparent openings actually ends up manifesting in future iPhones and MacBooks.

This could be huge for folks who can't stand the sight of that damnable notch or the new Dynamic Island, because this patent lays out ways to embed a camera beneath an electronic display without compromising either image quality on the display or the quality of images and video captured by the camera.

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