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Apple patent shows iPhone laptop hybrid patents are far from everyone's favorite topic however due to their nature companies must disclose cool stuff they might be working on filed in September 2016 an Apple patent essentially details a laptop shell that is powered by an iPhone going through the patent claims here's how the accessory would work or not work the laptop life shelf would have a recessed housing for an electronic host device in the illustration that host device appears to be an iPhone the iPhone would still be able to receive touch inputs from a person the shell itself would not do much besides provide power a keyboard and a display this isn't Apple's first patent like this back in 2004 Apple filed for a patent on a media player system it detailed the various ways to dock an iPod including a laptop and an iMac as you can see patents don't necessarily mean we'll ever see a product however considering the new MacBook Pros integrate a touch bar the idea of a dual interface a polite word not be entirely foreign to consumers motorola tried something similar years ago with the Motorola Atrix 4G the design was far from elegant with the phone being housed in the back of the laptop dock of the design CNET editor Scott Stein said a more sensible idea to me would have been to dock the Atrix in the bottom of the keyboard deck flat so you could still operate the touchscreen like a second screen that was back in 2011 for more information check out cnet.com oh my as actor I'll see you online