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IN PHOTO: The Apple logo is pictured at a retail store in the Marina neighborhood in San Francisco, California April 23, 2014. REUTERS / Robert Galbraith

The next iPhone, rumoured as the iPhone 7 on release date, will likely sport a nearly unbreakable glass display while wielding a rear camera that is equipped with a DSLR-quality two-lens sensor.

Apple's 2015 flagship will stand to survive even the nastiest drop possible - possibly not breaking and minus the dents and scratches, that is if the device will make use the latest glass cover technology introduced this week by Corning, which is a mainstay Apple display protection partner for the iPhone models.

No drop worries

According to Corning, its Gorilla Glass 4 is four times tougher than the last version. "With Gorilla Glass 4, we have focused on significantly improving protection against sharp contact damage," the company press release was reported by BGR as saying.

Coning touts its series of tests on the new product that simulated everyday drop scenarios and the company reported that devices protected by Gorilla Glass 4 posted an average 80 per cent of survival rate.

"Dropping and breaking a phone is a common problem, and one that our customers have asked us to help address," the company said.

Note that the likelihood of Gorilla Glass 4 becoming part of the iPhone 7 package is higher now in light of the GT Advanced Technologies collapse. The company is supposed to supply sapphire coating for the iPhone 6 and succeeding editions but it succumbed to bankruptcy.

It is expected that the void left by GTAT will be happily filled up by Corning.

Sufficient display panel supplies

Not only that the next iPhone glass cover is robust than before, Apple is also making sure that display panel for the device will meet the desired supply level and manufactured on time. The company will make this happen by forging a $2.6 billion deal with Innolux Display, Bloomberg said in a new report.

The agreement will give Apple exclusive access to display panel manufacturing facilities maintained by Innolux, the report added.

Innolux is a sister company of Foxconn, which is a major iPhone assembler.

Two-lens shooter

Another early iPhone 7 rumour is floated by Apple insider John Gruber - that the smartphone will come with a rear shooter capable of producing DSLR-class pictures thanks to its dual-lens sensor.

This happening is not too remote at all, according to G4Games, pointing to a possible supplier for Apple. Altek, the report added, is presently capable of mass producing camera systems with the above mentioned specifications.

It is understood as well that Altek is in the process of further improving its existing camera technology that will make the company more attractive to Apple.

In the same report, G4Games noted that a two-lens shooter is nothing new as the HTC One M8 already carried the same feature when the device was launched earlier this year.

Likely replicating its iPhone 6 release date template, Apple should introduce the iPhone around September of 2015.