Apple iPhone 7 speculated to arrive with self-healing feature for fixing water damage, dead pixels and camera issues

The Apple iPhone 7 rumours recently revealed that the company will be axing the 3.5 millimetre audio jack to let users connect to a headphone through the Lightning port. Fresh speculations also indicate that the iPhone 7 will be arriving with a self-healing chassis.

According to Redmond Pie that cites information available from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a patent filed by the Cupertino company in 2014 says that a future iPhone would arrive with a self-healing functionality. In other words, the iPhone will be capable to fix some of the issues automatically.

The patent filing has revealed different scenarios in which the iPhone 7 will be able to fix some of the common issues. For instance, if the water seeps inside the iPhone through the speaker, it will be able to detect the presence of water and automatically start playing a tone in a loud volume to propel the water outside without any human assistance. The smartphone will play the loud tone only when it senses that it is in a noisy location.

The self-healing feature will also fix dead pixels on the screen. In order to do this, the iPhone will perform a hardware test on its display. The diagnostic test will take several hours to complete. Hence, the test can be performed when the user is asleep. Even though the test will take some hours to complete, it will detect dead pixels on the display and fix it. A similar kind of hardware test can be performed to fix issues associated with the camera and data connectivity on the iPhone.

As of this writing, there is no official confirmation whether the iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus will arrive with self-healing capabilities. In the past, LG has already provided a self-healing feature for scratches on the rear panels of the LG G Flex 2 and LG G Flex smartphones.