According to the patent document, the patent application titled “active screen protection for electronic device” shows multiple bumpers or ‘tabs’ located in each corner of the display made from either ‘flexible plastics’, ‘polymers’ or ‘thin metals’ that will pop out or curl upwards over the screen when the phone‘s accelerometer, gyroscope or altitude sensor detects an act of finger slip.

In addition, the latest iPhone 6s and 6s Plus using improved Corning Gorilla Glass as well as a tougher Series 7000 Aluminium chassis, the handset’s screen is the weakest part and is prone to shattering when it takes a bad fall.

Most importantly, Apple will ever put this into production, and it has filed to the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Technology comes from human nature, and that makes Apple a pioneer.