Alleged Images of iPhone 6 Chassis and Manufacturing Molds Surface

[Crosscreek]

Check out apples 5c video. These molds have similarities. (Yes i know Injection Molded parts have two piece molds) but I'm looking at other similarities. Check out the large ejector pins.

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Yes those are nice pics. Little hard to make out the detail.

I notice that there is no core out for the camera lense. Must be a secondary operation.

So those other pics could be the 5c.

Edit:

After looking at the pics again, those are not ej pins apple is using. This is a much more sophisticate ejection system Than those other drawings.

That other drawing is definitely not a Apple phone. That is a cheap mold design.

 

[Eriamjh1138@DAN]

Molds?

Are they moving away from the "unibody" CNC-milled aluminum and toward metal injection molding?

Liquid Metal, perhaps?

Either this is a mold for a case or it's for the iPhone 6c. The iPhone 5ses are metal and machined, not molded.

What if Apple releases the larger phone in plastic instead of metal?

 

[Crosscreek]

Either this is a mold for a case or it's for the iPhone 6c. The iPhone 5ses are metal and machined, not molded.

What if Apple releases the larger phone in plastic instead of metal?

That drawing has nothing to do with Apple after seeing the pics from previous post. It's not up to Apple quality standards in my opinion.

 

[newagemac]

This is the best hint yet that the next iPhone will be Liquid Metal.

 

[Crosscreek]

This is the best hint yet that the next iPhone will be Liquid Metal.

I don't know where you see liquid metal in this but if my designer gave me that drawing for a mold design for a Apple IPhone I would ask him if he was smoking crack and then fire him and find a new designer or do it myself.

 

[Glideslope]

This is the best hint yet that the next iPhone will be Liquid Metal.

You have plenty of Metal Alloy in your 5S. Aluminum is one.

 

[newdeal]

iPhone 6 with have IGZO display like the one used in iPad Air. iPad Air got slimmer with a smaller battery but has the same battery life as the 4th gen iPad. Even if they add more RAM, the display will have less power consumption.

the iPhone already uses LPTS or something like that which is actually more efficient than IGZO is

 

[Glassed Silver]

is it really that hard to understand that foxconn is not apple and therefore they might have old computers? or you really think that a factory that manufactures stuff has got the latest software and hardware? Come on guys, stop with the XP, Excel nonsense! Every factory usually has very VERY OLD computers!!!

THIS.

There is literally nothing less important in a factory than the OS's age on machines that aren't connected to the internet, but a controlled intranet environment (if even that, in this case probably yes).

5 years ago I saw a Windows 3.1 machine at a manufacturer that's quite renovated in my region.
Some software is written for other old software.
And these computers just run as long as they run, then they get the boot.
They do the same tasks every day in a timed pattern, it's either yes or no. On or off. 1 or 0.

It's not even the same as an office computer where the computer is connected to the internet, must connect to changing conditions, etc...

These computers connect to machines, why fix what isn't broken?

Oh and in this case it maybe doesn't even connect to a machine, even less reason to care about that dumb client in an intranet of probably hundreds or thousands of computers that are just costly to replace too soon.


This is where some of the XP marketshare will still triumph many years to come and rightfully so.

Glassed Silver:mac

 

[patent10021]

Another photo from Windows XP? Come on really

CAD doesn't care about platform. The design was probably done on a Mac in the US and they have the file opened in Windows in China. Whats the big deal? I don't think many factories use Macs for CAD machining etc. Would be surprised if any.

 

[TMay]

Maybe Apple needs to hire someone with experience in power efficiency. The current iPhone already has decidedly mediocre battery life, I'd hate to think they'd actually limit RAM as their only strategy for improving it. Safari already reloads tabs far too often as it is, we need more RAM not less.

Arguably, Apple has the best power efficiency in the mobile industry, so what you are really asking for is a higher capacity battery. Current 5s form factor doesn't allow more volume for a battery, but maybe the 6 form factor will. This of course presumes similar battery technology.

 

[audir18]

I have no idea what I'm looking at.

The first and the last pictures indicate that the iPhone 6's edge will look pretty much like the one on M$ surface tablet

 

[Xiroteus]

Doubling down!

They may need to quad the doubling.

 

[Karma*Police]

If I'm seeing this correctly, it looks like the iPhone 6 will be a shrunken down iPad mini, chamfer and all. I guess this design language will stick around a while longer. Not that that's a bad thing cos it's a fantastic design and should feel better in the hand. But it's another sign that this market is quickly maturing.

 

[blackhand1001]

I am like you regarding the 1GB RAM. My guess is they are either squeezing every ounce of battery life out of it or they have not been able to bring the power consumption down enough to allow more RAM.

Either way, I believe power consumption plays a major role when deciding RAM.

Ram is not a significant concern regarding battery life. Things like the CPU, GPU, screen, and radios use 10-50 times more energy.

 

[BigJohno]

Yes those are nice pics. Little hard to make out the detail.

I notice that there is no core out for the camera lense. Must be a secondary operation.

So those other pics could be the 5c.

Edit:

After looking at the pics again, those are not ej pins apple is using. This is a much more sophisticate ejection system Than those other drawings.

That other drawing is definitely not a Apple phone. That is a cheap mold design.

Totally correct. The standard ejector pins leave marks on the plastic that Apple would have to polish off. Photos are some knock off. :/

 

[allanfries]

Someone, please pass the Cheetos!

 

[BriSpe]

You can't really be secret about making 50 million of something. I doubt they care too much about iPhone leaks. iWatch leaks on the other hand.. how many of those have you seen?

That's why I think they gonna pre announce the Watch before it goes into production. They want it to be a surprise

 

[CFreymarc]

Showing engineering drawing and molds are big time confidentially violations. Heads will roll on this one!

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Totally correct. The standard ejector pins leave marks on the plastic that Apple would have to polish off. Photos are some knock off. :/

If it is a knock off, the mold shape had to start somewhere!

 

[hobspain]

The economic reason is Windows XP and Excel 2003 are no longer supported and you risk malware infections as well as hacker attacks with them. [...]

I am confident these computers are not connected to the internet, so difficult to get malware. Or you thought that Foxconn workers used their Gmail accounts on the factory's computers to leak the images?

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Rumors are the greatest!! They keep me going for another day. Keep moving please, nothing to see here.

 

[497902]

I am confident these computers are not connected to the internet, so difficult to get malware. Or you thought that Foxconn workers used their Gmail accounts on the factory's computers to leak the images?

Have you been in any factory? Those computers are usually not even connected to internet. If anything, they might just be connected to local network but not all of them. You are mixing something that is unrelated to factories! Try to get a tour in on of your local factories and ask them about computers. It will give you a better insight.
P.s.: As some mentioned here, there are still factories that run windows 95 or ME so thank god for XP as XP was really solid system and people were fighting for it for ages thats why Microsoft had to extend the lifetime of it 2x I believe (1x for sure).

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for those talking about XP and Excel, watch this and then let me know if its still a concern of yours

http://sharepowered.com/see-the-human-cost-of-your-iphone-and-it-will-shock-you/#

Well let's hope that usually is in fact the case here. For the website, yeah someone needs to do something for the workers. I'm really surprised that the government isn't doing too much here. I'm sure it would not have happened in any other socialist country.

 

[Popeye206]

Is it June yet? Expecting all will be revealed at the WWDC.

Assuming someone does not leave an iPhone 6 in a bar between now and then.

 

[Laptopdog78]

This A8 chip better be spiffy. I'm surprised this new phone will still have 1gb of ram.

Why will it?? It's mac rumours, not mac facts!

 

[bpcookson]

Blurry AND a very convincing mould? 2-for-1 there.

(Ironic than since Cook said Apple was "doubling down", we've had around twice as many leaks!)

Twice as many? Really? You think? I'm pretty sure we usually saw manufacturing leaks well before Q2 for past iPhones.

Regardless, I think Cook has made good on his "doubling down" statement. Touch ID was nothing but guesswork following the purchase of AuthenTec; nobody knew how or when it was coming. And NOBODY saw a 64bit A7 coming.

So... you don't think these manufacturing leaks are controlled or otherwise tolerated? They probably have rules in place to deter folks and occasionally fire someone who leaks to make an example, but I doubt that they lose sleep over the ones that fall through the cracks because it drums up excitement.

 

[Vinamra]

All I understand is, if they are making the device thinner, it better not be made from the same material as the iPhone 5/5S.
Going by the leaks/rumours, if the new iPhone is going to be somewhere between 6.5 - 7mm in thickness, current aluminium material is just too soft for the type of tension an iPhone undergoes in day-to-day activities.

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Is it June yet? Expecting all will be revealed at the WWDC.

Assuming someone does not leave an iPhone 6 in a bar between now and then.

I doubt they'll reveal the new iPhone at the WWDC conference in June. That is for iOS 8. But yes, going by the previous history of the amount of leaks, we'll hopefully have a fair idea of what the next iPhone will look like.