Obviosuly this is so apple can 3D Print iDevice cases with no seams, and no method of entry into a device at all, maybe even Macbook cases for the Airs and Mac Minis ?
So is plastic good or bad? I'm confused now..
Or the guy that works on the Magic Mouse just quit and they're replacing him.
I'm sorry, but I hate the "a job posting means a new direction for Apple products" stories.
hopefully they fired that guy. Whoever designed that mouse deserves to be fired. If you want a proper slim mouse the arc touch mouse was a way better design and wasn't a carpal tunnel magnet. The arc touch is very comfortable to hold. Much more so than it looks.
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I am ok with Apple using plastic. But many Apple enthusiasts have been bashing other phones for feeling cheap and flimsy because they were plastic. All ive seen is, "the iPhone 5 feels and looks so much better, sophisticated. Way better than a plastic S3..."
Apple goes back to plastic and all of a sudden those same people are declaring that Plastic is sophisticated and stylish, Apple-esk. Come on
Personally, I like the aluminum back that my iPad mini has and the new iPod touch have. Thats the design of the future IMO
Apple, a major consumer electronics company, posts a single position for a plastics engineer and you guys make the leap that this is supportive of some new company initiative?
Wow.
Obviosuly this is so apple can 3D Print iDevice cases with no seams,
and no method of entry into a device at all, maybe even Macbook cases for the Airs and Mac Minis ?
I dunno folks... I look at my 4S and marvel at the precision machine engineering that went into the thing.
Plastic meh. Give me rubber... something that bounces on concrete.
These phones make for cheap unlocked phones directly from Apple, as it is illegal for users to unlock smartphones in the US. $299 to start?
People here are looking forward to AT&T unlocking their iPhones when their contract is up - little do they know the carrier is no longer obligated to do so...
How about the curvy back of the new iMacs on the iPhone? That could be kinda nice too.I still think that whilst the iPhone 5 is a sexy phone, it'd be nicer with the glossy plastic back of the 3/3s. Nothing wrong with plastic.
I really had a thing for the G5 iMac white enclosure. That thing was a beauty. The aluminum ones that came after that were a step in the wrong direction, but you gotta hand it to these brand new ones. Quite the improvement.Personally feel the 2009/2010 unibody polycarbonate Macbook is one of the best looking designs they have had, sans the awkward non-slip bottom. Give me a current gen i5/i7 in a 13" 2009 body with the 2009+ Macbook Pro bottom (yet plastic) and it might quench my need to replace hardware on a whim so often.
How about the curvy back of the new iMacs on the iPhone? That could be kinda nice too.
Plastic from 3G/3GS is much better quality than Galaxy S3 back plactic. Just sayin'.
I cringed every time I pulled off the GS3 back cover. It sounded cheap and felt cheap.
Hehe I remember the white MacBook having that one - I had mine replaced twice. It was however a really dumb design as the lid had a rather pointy/sharp bit where the magnet would hold it down. If you weren't careful it would really slam hard.
Maybe this signals the end of Apple sucking up to Ive...and that would be a good thing.
Plastic from 3G/3GS is much better quality than Galaxy S3 back plactic. Just sayin'.
I cringed every time I pulled off the GS3 back cover. It sounded cheap and felt cheap.
This makes no sense, Apple already has the talent in-house to do this. I don't think this has anything to do with an cheaper iPhone, and if it does, it shows that Apple had no plans to produce such a product until after Wall Street screamed for it. Hence the very, very late job posting for an as yet non-existent product that won't be real for a year.