The Iceberg is back: ZTE patents a dual-notch handset

If you missed our article about the ZTE Iceberg concept, you only need to think about notches. Those who love the notch will love such a device, because the Iceberg comes with two notches: one sits at the top of the display, and the other is located at its bottom. Now, a design slightly different than the ZTE Iceberg was spotted on the website of the Chinese patent office SIPO by Mobiel kopen.

The patent was published on April 17, 2018, but ZTE submitted the required documents back in September 2017. While the ZTE Iceberg had no Home button, the patent shows a device with a front-facing Home button that probably has an embedded fingerprint reader in it, but the purpose of the bottom notch is not obvious. If you have any idea why would anyone need two notches, feel free to drop a comment about it.

Sadly, we might never see the ZTE Iceberg coming to life as shown in the patent or using the design revealed on the website for the iF World Design Guide, or at least not in the foreseeable future. For now, ZTE is busy trying to survive the sanctions imposed by the United States which managed to strike the Chinese company in two vital areas: they cannot buy Qualcomm Snapdragon processors for use in their devices and Google can no longer allow them to use Android or any other software components they have been providing.