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Apple Patents iPhone Drop Protection Mechanisms That Are Built Right Into The Device
Mar 21, 2013
Darrell Etherington
A new Apple patent filing describes a variety of methods to protect a dropped iPhone during a fall, lessening damage through a number of clever systems. The USPTO filing, spotted by AppleInsider, incl