Apple is Cyberdyne, I knew it.
Oh no, man. You licked the phone. I told you not to lick the phone. Why didn't you listen to me?
Apple is Cyberdyne, I knew it.
Okay, since you came in here and got all serious with the rolleyes emote, I guess I gotta reply in kind.
No, Liquid Metal isn't liquid metal. It won't be soft and pliant in your hands. That'd make for a terrible phone.
What it is is, like you said, aluminium that can be molded like plastic. Which means Apple will be saving a ton of money on the milling process in the near future.
Since Apple announced the acquisition people are talking about soft metal phones and parts. I know some make fun of it but some really think it is some kind of soft bending metal material.![]()
Following its deal with Liquidmetal Technologies, Apple began testing the manufacturing capabilities of the alloys by crafting the iPhone 3G's SIM eject tool from a Liquidmetal alloy.
man seeing as this thing is radio transparent, imagine a monolithic truly unibody metal iphone. Just liquidmetal and glass. none of this bendable thin aluminium crap
What's crazy nice? They didn't say anything. Just click bait.
Right... so what's the other manufacturers has given to you btw? hmm.. still the same old word? "plasticky cover with faulty Android OS which is cost you exactly the iPhone price"? Wow... You're so mature.
Oooooh! Have they finally invented Transparisteel?!
A LiquidMetal iPhone with a sapphire display... that sounds pretty yummy.
Actually one thing was new: the idea of using it in 3D metal printing.
Although it would probably be done in the same as other metals: flakes embedded in a carrier material to be evaporated away later.
But given that Apple owns the patents to liquid metal,
It is NOT... REPEAT NOT... radio transparent. That myth started with some bad reporting.
However, it might be possible to use the metal case itself as an antenna.