Right now the Apple logo on your iPhone makes it clear to friends and thieves that you have an expensive object in your hand, but it does little else.
That seems like a missed opportunity and Apple perhaps feels the same, as apatent filing spotted by Apple Insider details “concealed electronic connectors” housed within the Apple logo or any other logo or text.
There are any number of things this could be used for, but the patent mentions a heart rate monitor, a battery charging circuit, a skin conductivity sensor and a biometric sensor as possible uses.
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