My theory for the "seams" (makes sense)

Interesting. Goes a little way toward a real answer.

flatcable from 2009? ...oh dear.

ComputersaysNo said:

flatcable from 2009? ...oh dear.

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I'm sure they've been working on the internals of the thing more than a few months.

Wouldn't the glass break easier, seeing as the glass is solid?

TSX said:

Wouldn't the glass break easier, seeing as the glass is solid?

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The aluminum sticks out past the glass, entailing that there might be some internal shock absorption between the bezel and the screen itself.

Who knows, though.

The seams don't make the iPhone look bad. It looks kinda cool with the seams on it. Makes it look kinda like it's from the future! Oh wait, IT IS FROM THE FUTURE!

Apple had a patent awhile back that could detect if the device has been dropped. So if your device was having problem and you took it to apple they could tell if your product had been misshandled even if there was no physical damage.

https://www.macrumors.com/2009/08/0...to-detect-consumer-abuse-in-portable-devices/

I don't think they're technological advancements. They simply couldn't extrude the aluminum inexpensively as one-piece so these act as seals from the elements outside iPhone.

ntrigue said:

I don't think they're technological advancements. They simply couldn't extrude the aluminum inexpensively as one-piece so these act as seals from the elements outside iPhone.

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Apple doesn't extrude their aluminum. They have the ability to cut aluminum into pretty much any shape they want, as evidenced by the unibody MacBooks. The pictures I have seen appear to show that the bezel was made using the same techniques.