What makes a white iPhone white?

[Caffeino]

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

I always wondered, what make a white iPhone white?

They can't jump or dance

[Bobby Corwen]

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

On the back of the glass? It looks like something is behind the glass though not just painted on the back.

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What a beautiful work of art...

[bonskovsky]

Originally Posted by acorntoy

From apples job creation page. I Think we can make an educated guess here

If so, then why would it not be listed on the gorilla glass page?

[lunaoso]

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

If so, then why would it not be listed on the gorilla glass page?

It's a free country.

[acorntoy]

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

If so, then why would it not be listed on the gorilla glass page?

For the same reason Apple doesn't like to list the processor speed or ram amount. Apple is not into specs.

[BHP41]

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

Seeing as the downvote button is gone. I had to make my own.

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Trust me, YOU don't want to see that button come back.

[CatsTide]

Originally Posted by BHP41

Trust me, YOU don't want to see that button come back.

[daneoni]

The plastic underneath the glass is painted with a colour that reflects all wavelengths of visible light. Conversely, black absorbs all wavelengths of visible light.

[bonskovsky]

Originally Posted by daneoni

The plastic underneath the glass is painted with a colour that reflects all wavelengths of visible light. Conversely, black absorbs all wavelengths of visible light.

I think it's fascinating. If you have the iPhone 5, the white on the front vs the white on the back are two different whites. Yet white iPhone never get dirty. Even if you smeared dirt on it, it wouldn't get dirty.

[BHP41]

Originally Posted by CatsTide

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Funny funny.

[jeremiah239]

Clever troll is clever.

[bonskovsky]

Originally Posted by jeremiah239

Clever troll is clever.

I'm sorry, were you trying to make a point?

[jeremiah239]

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

I'm sorry, were you trying to make a point?

Yes you are a troll trololololol

[bonskovsky]

I mean it's not as simple as finding out how other things are white, I mean Apple cables are quite obviously plastic. But the iPhone 5 is neither plastic nor completely glass.

So where does the white come from?

[jeremiah239]

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

I think the word troll gets thrown around too often nowadays I mean you just popped into the thread without adding a single ounce of legitimate discussion.

You could be considered the troll

Maybe I am but at least I know how a white iPhone is white!

And way to be a hippocrate.

[bonskovsky]

Well what really makes it interesting is the fact that the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4 are two different whites. Like the iPhone 4 white is quite obviously a single layer.

Yet the iPhone 5 is appears to have a layer underneath. You can see a reflection on the earpiece.

[jeremiah239]

Originally Posted by bonskovsky

I mean it's not as simple as finding out how other things are white, I mean Apple cables are quite obviously plastic. But the iPhone 5 is neither plastic nor completely glass.

So where does the white come from?

Holy crap really? THEY USE A WHITE COATING UNDER THE GLASS INSTEAD OF BLACK! What don't you understand!?

Thats like asking how are white cars white, It's simple they paint them white instead of black.

[bonskovsky]

Originally Posted by jeremiah239

Holy crap really? THEY USE A WHITE COATING UNDER THE GLASS INSTEAD OF BLACK! What don't you understand!?

Thats like asking how are white cars white, It's simple they paint them white instead of black.

Oh. Well now we know.

[Marrakas]

It's white because the material it's made of reflects all visible colors. Done.

[That70sGAdawg]

"Why is there Air" - Bill Cosby in the early 70's......

[jake921660]

Originally Posted by acorntoy

From apples job creation page. I Think we can make an educated guess here

corning make more than just gorilla glass

[Jimmy James]

The color (ie. it's not black)

[MarcBook]

For the white iPhone 5, the front glass is painted underneath, whereas the rear glass is ceramic (hence white all the way through).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-ceramic