Apple Sourcing Carbon Fiber Components for Upcoming Product?

[iSee]

"I know a guy whose sister said she heard a couple of people taking about and engineer they know who used to work with an Apple engineer who definitely says carbon fiber is coming to Apple products!!!

 

[madsci954]

Does this mean we no longer get hear Johnny Ive say, "AL-YEW-MIN-EE-YUM" in the promo videos?

You do know that's how people in the UK (I'm not sure of other parts of Europe) pronounce Aluminium, don't you?

 

[sixsixj]

The Fast and the Nerdiest

 

[troop231]

Cue the iPhone 5C rumors, "C" for Carbon The lightest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone.

 

[nick_elt]

Titanium FTW

 

[ciociosan]

Source told the number of parts is too large to be called "sample".

ALFRED: We order the main part
of this cowl from Singapore.
BRUCE: Via a dummy corporation.
A: Indeed. And then, quite separately... we place an order
to a Chinese company for these.
B: Put it together ourselves.
A: Precisely. They'll have to be large orders,
to avoid suspicion.
B: How large?
A: Say 10,000.
B: Well, at least we'll have spares.


New rumor: Tim Cook is Batman.

 

[macse30]

Yawn. I'm holding out for gorilla liquid carbon fiber.

 

[nick_elt]

Does this mean we no longer get hear Johnny Ive say, "AL-YEW-MIN-EE-YUM" in the promo videos?

You mean how its supposed to be said...

 

[spb3]

some engineer -> some company -> source -> macotakara -> MacRumors

i like rumors!

 

[caligomez]

I wonder if we'll see a carbon fiber product before a liquid metal product..

Besides, if anything, these materials would be used sparingly in devices (components, certain parts, etc..). A whole Macbook shell made out of Carbon Fiber would be pretty expensive..

 

[nick_elt]

You do know that's how people in the UK (I'm not sure of other parts of Europe) pronounce Aluminium, don't you?

How everyone in the world (bar the yanks) says it not just uk

 

[DennisD7]

This means that they could potentially use the body itself as a printed circuit board, and remove yet another layer. Less weight, thinner product.

 

[smwatson]

I would LOVE a black carbon MacBook Air. LOVE.

 

[D.T.]

Does this mean we no longer get hear Johnny Ive say, "AL-YEW-MIN-EE-YUM" in the promo videos?

I'm sure he's got some fancy lad designer pronunciation for this too

CAR-BEE-OWN FY-BEE-AR

 

[billystlyes]

I wish Apple would hurry and update the Mac mini and iMac. Mostly just the Mac mini with USB 3.0.

 

[MacinDoc]

You do know that's how people in the UK (I'm not sure of other parts of Europe) pronounce Aluminium, don't you?

Which makes sense, considering that the Brits spell it aluminium, so the difference in pronounciation follows the difference in spelling.

 

[farleysmaster]

How everyone in the world (bar the yanks) says it not just uk

AKA the proper spelling/pronunciation (speaking as someone originally a Canadian)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Etymology

 

[ctdonath]

Titanium FTW

Ti has an awesome strength-to-weight ratio, but that doesn't mean it's stronger than common alternatives. Reducing mass has diminishing returns: at some point durability trumps weight.

 

[iSee]

You do know that's how people in the UK (I'm not sure of other parts of Europe) pronounce Aluminium, don't you?

? It's pretty clear from the post that he does

 

[KandyKane]

You do know that's how people in the UK (I'm not sure of other parts of Europe) pronounce Aluminium, don't you?

Australia too.

 

[everything-i]

While I love the look of carbon fiber, doesn't it cause a significant degradation in wireless signals?

Not as bad as aluminum but close, it would have the same sorts of challenges for antenna placement and would probably need the same kind of holes in it (apple logo and strip along the top) as the current covers. It would be extremity light for the same rigidity though.

 

[MacinDoc]

How everyone in the world (bar the yanks) says it not just uk

Well, not everyone; in Canada, we spell and pronounce it aluminum (well, except for profs imported from the UK).

 

[Cavalier777]

True, except it isn't actually metal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-fiber-reinforced_polymer

lol yeah it's usually CFRP, P for plastic.

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am i the only one who absolutely hates how hot/cold the aluminum gets?

 

[Fanboi4life]

I had a carbon fiber case for my iPhone 4 and the material was durable. Would love a carbon fiber iPhone...

 

[MrMacBookPro]

I have the iCarbons Carbon Fiber wrap on my macbook pro... I think it looks great.. get compliments all the time on it.. I also did my wireless mouse and ipod shuffle..