Uh... I just like my metal iPhone. It's got some "heft". If feels rock solid. Plastic is "molded". Where's the craftsmanship in that?
Besides, every iPhone is hand machined by the same 3 Chinese dudes and I don't want them put out of a job.
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Besides, every iPhone is hand machined by the same 3 Chinese dudes and I don't want them put out of a job.
Hoooray!!! Plastic iPhone for Real!
2013: The year when Apple will call a plastic phone a "Magical and Revolutionary decive."
2013: The year when Apple will call a plastic phone a "Magical and Revolutionary decive."
No, but they're notorious for splitting right up the back from the connector cutout. Mine too.
I dunno. Would you consider rock sculpting a higher art than clay sculpting? It's all just a process. The end result is what matters most.
But Apple would NEVER (again) use cheap, crappy plastic, would they? This would never have happened (even tho it did with the 3GS) if Jobs was still around.
Go ahead and hold you breath if you think Apple wont be using plastic for phones or other devices in the future.
iAgree. I've the previous Arc mouse. iUse this mouse if i travel with my MBP.
The droid dna has an amazing design. Much better looking than the iphone 5 in my opinion.
They don't do liquid metal (or liquid alloy), but Apple might use such knowledge adapted from plastic for its industrial design and production. (Liquid metal can use kind of the same or just slightly modified injection molding machines as plastic does.)
Metal has poor properties for usage in a cell phone, especially regarding reception.
Any other company uses plastic=cheap junk. Apple uses plastic= Amazing! Innovative! Revolutionary! Futuristic! Then they can sue all the Android phone makers for using plastic.
Plastic has a bad name only because no one is doing it right.
I think apple is the only company that can make a sexy plastic product.
So lets hope they hire some talent and junk the bloat.
I hope they avoid anything like the 3GS that was a cracking failure from the start and I hated how crap it looked right out the box and how it span around on every surface you put it. Horrid design no matter what people say.
I think apple is the only company that can make a sexy plastic product.
So lets hope they hire some talent and junk the bloat.
I hope they avoid anything like the 3GS that was a cracking failure from the start and I hated how crap it looked right out the box and how it span around on every surface you put it. Horrid design no matter what people say.
I think Nokia did a very good job with the Lumia 800.
There are so many types of plastic, and multiple ways each type can be used. And plastic is used in many Apple products. Keyboards, mice, Apple TV, Airport Extreme, etc. Maybe they are looking at improving those. I don't think this is rumour is a bad thing.
I seem to recall reading that the liquidmetal technology worked just fine with radio signals... Something to do with the alloy blend iirc?
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Well, technically Aluminum is paramagnetic. Realistically though, you're right.
I am such a nerd.