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2017 iPhone to Feature Glass Design With Stainless Steel Frame on High-End Models

I'd love to see Apple move to other materials like ceramic or steel. I fiddled a bit with the ceramic Watch, and its milky white surface brought memories of my "ooh aah" post-teenage self using the smooth white 2002 iPod. As for steel, I think the steel-backed 2nd-3rd gen iPod Touch (pic) had the nicest feel of any gadget Apple has churned to date. Holding it was a pleasure compared to the beluga-whale iPhone 3G. I dreamt of a bezel-less version of this iPod turned into an iPhone, but slim chance of it ever happening now.
 

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Can't wait. IUP makes phone upgrading a bit more financially flexible too, so here's to Apple having a strong launch window and ease of mind purchasing in 2017!
 
Really makes me wonder if the rumours (even earlier ones) about a glass back could be based on description of the material but it's really ceramic they're testing. Some pros to ceramic - radio transparency, colour able to be baked in throughout the casing (not just applied to the surface). Though I'm unsure how strong it would be if it drops or is hit.

But what I would really like to know is whatever happened to liquid metal??
 
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jarred125 said:
Probably just a code name for a CPU architecture from Apple/ARM/whatever. Objective-C has to support ARM, I really don't see anything notable about the change there. Just some housecleaning.
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I understand removing old x86 support, but what does that have to do with adding arm in macos kernel support and yet it's there.
 
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KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has outlined further predictions for next year's iPhone lineup, claiming the popularity of Jet Black models will encourage Apple to return to glass casing for 2017 models, as the material tends to have a higher gloss finish than metal.Kuo believes Apple is more likely to stick with slightly curved 2.5D cover glass on the 2017 iPhone, as used on iPhone 6s, rather than adopt a fully curved 3D design, in light of mass production considerations and drop test performance. Kuo previously said Apple will launch a 5.8-inch iPhone with a curved OLED display and glass casing next year, which a subsequent report said will be a high-end model. The other models would retain LCD displays with 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch screen sizes.

Kuo said the new glass casing will be reinforced by an aluminum metal frame, while stainless steel will be used for high-end models.The analyst believes Foxconn will be the sole supplier of high-end iPhone models next year as the exclusive manufacturer of the new stainless steel frame. Meanwhile, glass material supplier Corning and glass casing makers Lens Technology and Biel Crystal are said to be beneficiaries of the new glass design.

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So it will be an iPhone 4 but bigger??
 
profets said:
Really makes me wonder if the rumours (even earlier ones) about a glass back could be based on description of the material but it's really ceramic they're testing. Some pros to ceramic - radio transparency, colour able to be baked in throughout the casing (not just applied to the surface). Though I'm unsure how strong it would be if it drops or is hit.

But what I would really like to know is whatever happened to liquid metal??
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Liquid metal is classified as a ceramic ;)

Apple has been patenting mass manufacturing processes for liquid metal for years now. This is all to leads up to next year.

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/liquidmetal/
 
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Hanzu Lao said:
Why there is no news about kernel changes in objective-c?

Code: 
mach/machine.h
Removed #def CPUFAMILY_INTEL_6_14 <https://developer.apple.com/reference/kernel/cpufamily_intel_6_14>
Removed #def CPUFAMILY_INTEL_6_15 <https://developer.apple.com/reference/kernel/1444924>
Removed #def CPUFAMILY_INTEL_CORE <https://developer.apple.com/reference/kernel/cpufamily_intel_core>
Removed #def CPUFAMILY_INTEL_CORE2 <https://developer.apple.com/reference/kernel/cpufamily_intel_core2>
Removed #def CPUFAMILY_INTEL_MEROM <https://developer.apple.com/reference/kernel/1444833>
Removed #def CPUFAMILY_INTEL_YONAH <https://developer.apple.com/reference/kernel/1444859>
Added a #def CPUFAMILY_ARM_HURRICANE

The plot thickens.
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Merom and Yonah are old Intel processors from pre-2010 that are likely not supported by newer Darwin kernel versions, so they removed the definitions. Probably nothing to do with iPhone related news or an Intel/ARM shakeup. Just sayin'
 
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Getting the 7+ was a huge upgrade from my old 6; glad I did it, no regrets- love the bigger form factor and increased speed. But this may be the one time I keep a phone only a year, we'll see.
 
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