No **** Sherlock -- that wasn't my point. I am saying that there does not need to be any WINDOW cut out in the metal casing for signals to travel through -- in other words, an iPad or iPod touch can, and have been, made with completely metal shells and receive wifi signals just fine. If people would be more astute they would recognize that the inserts are not plastic. They would scratch like the 5C, which has a "scratch resistant" coating. They are a liquidmetal alloy. Believe what you will, but you won't get anywhere trying to convince me otherwise.
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No **** Sherlock -- that wasn't my point. I am saying that there does not need to be any WINDOW cut out in the metal casing for signals to travel through -- in other words, an iPad or iPod touch can, and have been, made with completely metal shells and receive wifi signals just fine. If people would be more astute they would recognize that the inserts are not plastic. They would scratch like the 5C, which has a "scratch resistant" coating. They are a liquidmetal alloy. Believe what you will, but you won't get anywhere trying to convince me otherwise.
I believe the "window" poster was just saying that you can't use liquidmetal to CREATE a window (for NFC or RF), which is what some posters had suggested.
And I'm sure I can't convince you. Just like I can't convince you of global warming or the perils of smoking. Believe what you want, but if I knew as little about electrical properties of materials as your posts suggest, I'd probably question my own beliefs a bit.
I posted a link to the actual data sheet from liquidmetal. It lists the conductivity right there.
This liquidmetal stuff makes no sense. If it is RF transparent then there is no need for the bands in the first place. The link posted earlier seems to say the metal can be made into complex shapes which itself would be the antenna. Maybe I did not comprehend the article.
Also, the comments about it being poured seem to suggest some property that does not exist. It can be worked at lower temperatures than other alloys but it is still a solid at anything near room temperature. Again, maybe I'm not understanding what you all mean when gushing over liquidmetal.
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I wonder if apple purposefully leak certain 'crappy' pictures as to generate fanboi controversy and essentially free media cover - then, when they finally drop the item, it exceeds the aforementioned fanbois expectations, generating mass hype = more sales.
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Some images of final product - iphone 6 in full glory
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/apple-iphone-6-leaked-pictures-4028236#.U-Z2PleCOK0
Some images of final product - iphone 6 in full glory
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/apple-iphone-6-leaked-pictures-4028236#.U-Z2PleCOK0
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I hope they don't do a protruding camera lens, it will get scratched up like crazy, not to mention how it will make the device sit on a flat surface. After all the times of bashing other manufacturers for having the camera lens sticking out, I can't see apple doing this with their iPhone line.
No Healthbook icon. Also, they could at least try to match the default homescreen on Apple's iOS8 page (below). They're using an iPhone 5c background on those boxes.
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man, i cant wait to get this phone. the excitement is huge, all of this great stuff, leaked with all the other rumors, this phone is going to be , THE **** period. I truly really hope they use like Grade 2 anodization on these iPhone 6's now for more resillency, pretty sure iphone 5/5s use Grade 1 Anodization
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iPhone 6 camera lens is going be covered with a actual pure sapphire lens, like the iphone 5 and 5S, itll be extremely resilient to daily forces and materials , even if the lens is protruding, the reason why other manufacturers have had issues with their lens is because they dont use sapphire glass for their lens to protect the camera from scratches. The camera lens is pretty much unscratchable besides diamond being able to scratch it
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iPhone 6 camera lens is going be covered with a actual pure sapphire lens, like the iphone 5 and 5S, itll be extremely resilient to daily forces and materials , even if the lens is protruding, the reason why other manufacturers have had issues with their lens is because they dont use sapphire glass for their lens to protect the camera from scratches. The camera lens is pretty much unscratchable besides diamond being able to scratch it
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Wacom Pen
I wish the 5.5" model came with or would work with a Wacom pen like the Galaxy Note models do. I'll just have to dream on that one. Bigger screen is always nice I guess. Sometimes it's hard to read webpages even while double-tap zoomed in on my iPhone 5s. I'll just have to make sure it fits in my pocket okay. I hope it isn't delayed.
On an unrelated note, I was psyched about that iPad Pro rumor. It's too bad nothing came of it. If the iPad Pro ran x86 instead of ARM like an Apple version of the Surface Pro, I'd sell my iPad Air, and buy it instantly.
I would carry only a laptop, but I have to draw on the screen, so I need the iPad. Right now I use both. An iPad Pro would have been perfect to replace both of them. That or a convertible tablet Macbook Air.
I wish the 5.5" model came with or would work with a Wacom pen like the Galaxy Note models do. I'll just have to dream on that one. Bigger screen is always nice I guess. Sometimes it's hard to read webpages even while double-tap zoomed in on my iPhone 5s. I'll just have to make sure it fits in my pocket okay. I hope it isn't delayed.
On an unrelated note, I was psyched about that iPad Pro rumor. It's too bad nothing came of it. If the iPad Pro ran x86 instead of ARM like an Apple version of the Surface Pro, I'd sell my iPad Air, and buy it instantly.
I would carry only a laptop, but I have to draw on the screen, so I need the iPad. Right now I use both. An iPad Pro would have been perfect to replace both of them. That or a convertible tablet Macbook Air.
looking forward to the next iPhone. if the bigger version has more capability, then i may have to get the big one. but i'm not sure if i really want a huge phone
Liquid Metal is NOT REPEAT NOT radio frequency transparent. Quite the opposite, in fact.
The myth that it is, all started with an interview where an LM engineer suggested that perhaps the metal could be made even more conductive and used as a full body antenna.
People totally ignored the part about the metal itself being the antenna, and thus started the transparent myth.
The iPads with cellular have a plastic port at top. Likewise the iPod touch 5th generation has a back plastic port, because (as you noted) the 4th generation did not, and could only receive through its front glass, as the metal back blocked the rear. In other words, it was a bad case of form over function.
Iphone 6 retail boxing
the Daily Mirror Newspaper's website published (yesterday) a few photos of what it claims is the Iphone 6 packaging.
I won't go into why there will be no Iphone 6 this year or any new major Apple hardware this year
Instead I will say that these photos are FAKE
Reasons are
1) The box is for the gold Iphone 6 yet the actual Iphone pictured is silver
2) The picture of Iphone 6 box is the Iphone 5s for following reasons
i) It looks identical
ii) The picture of the iphone on the front of the box shows the home screen, the home screen has the calendar app icon. The calendar app icon always is set to the date the Iphone is released. Last year this was the 10th October. That is the same date the calendar app picture on the front of the box is.
I doubt that Apple would release the Iphone 6(if it were to do so)on the same date as previous Iphone.
I think that this just helps proves that I am right and there is no new hardware this year.
TIM COOK has lost it and just wants to talk about new stuff and not actually release any
the Daily Mirror Newspaper's website published (yesterday) a few photos of what it claims is the Iphone 6 packaging.
I won't go into why there will be no Iphone 6 this year or any new major Apple hardware this year
Instead I will say that these photos are FAKE
Reasons are
1) The box is for the gold Iphone 6 yet the actual Iphone pictured is silver
2) The picture of Iphone 6 box is the Iphone 5s for following reasons
i) It looks identical
ii) The picture of the iphone on the front of the box shows the home screen, the home screen has the calendar app icon. The calendar app icon always is set to the date the Iphone is released. Last year this was the 10th October. That is the same date the calendar app picture on the front of the box is.
I doubt that Apple would release the Iphone 6(if it were to do so)on the same date as previous Iphone.
I think that this just helps proves that I am right and there is no new hardware this year.
TIM COOK has lost it and just wants to talk about new stuff and not actually release any
For those who are interested, I found the interview that started the misunderstanding:
He was talking about making it an antenna, but some people only read the part about being optimized for receiving radio signals and mistook that as meaning transparent.
Don't assume people understand the difference between conductors and insulators.