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Apple to Forge 'iPhone 8' Chassis Frame From Stainless Steel Instead of Aluminum
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Sapphire is more shatterable than glass. I'd rather not have those bragging rights. On a side note screen protectors have become so much better, I never bothered with the crappy plastic ones but the glass ones are great.
Yes, but those non e2e look like s..t. Especially on a black iphone. And fir the iphone 7 plus there doesn' t seem to be great 3d screenprotectors.
Thanks. So my point is valid right? The steel is stronger for the same size, it will just be heavier.
personal preference and TV's and computer monitors are that way so why not a phone.
I've had a lot of phones, including all the iphones. I got rid of my Galaxy s7 edge because of 2 reasons: I wanted a smaller form size and I got a lot of false activations touching the sides. I would really like to see Apple produce a phone in the 5 to 5.2 inch size. I currently am using a Pixel that has a headphone jack, great battery life and an OLED screen. Hey Apple, how hard would it be to make a phone like this?
Cathode ray tube displays were curved for engineering reasons. After decades of working toward a flat display, which in my experience are far better, what is the engineering or functional advantage of a curved display? "personal preference " Sounds like function following form. Style without substance. Does anybody on here have a curved display phone? Since I haven't lived with one, I'd be very interested in any insight?
Yeah, but that could be said about so many design decisions, from using too much glass, to flush fronts without projecting bezel protection.
Much of the current smartphone design style is already form over function
Exactly. Curved displays have inherent glare and view angle issues. If the purpose is just to have even less bezel protection and some display area blocked by fingers its a lose x lose x lose formula. I have yet to hear any advantage or new function brought by curved displays. So I keep asking... why?Yeah, but that could be said about so many design decisions, from using too much glass, to flush fronts without projecting bezel protection.
Much of the current smartphone design style is already form over function
Its like tires are too round? What? Displays can't be too flat. A very large wrap around theater display, or a VR display very close to the eyes might benefit from being concave. But convex phone display? Barf.
Reminds me...
Old concept phones had the idea of a total wraparound display. Basically the entire phone surface.
The idea at the time was that you wouldn't need custom cases to make your phone look unique. Instead you could set the phone's background "wallpaper" to whatever color or design you wanted.
Of course, color e-ink displays that don't require power would make more sense for the sides and backs in that case.
Yes. And the increased mass and other subtleties might favor some design aesthetics.
Strength is a combination of material properties. Steel is harder and extremely abrasion resistant. Aluminum is stiffer for a given mass because it can be larger/thicker for that same mass.
There are also big trade offs in the different manufacturing processes. Aluminum is easily machined. The steel might lend itself to precision forging, stamping or casting in dimensions not suitable for mass produced aluminum. They might be able to reduce wasteful machining and toxic anodizing operations.
Some alloy might match the thermal expansion coefficients of glass or ceramic materials allowing better fit and better waterproofing.
Steel has high tensile strength. If the bezel needs clamping force or resistance to stretching it might favor steel.
Design decisions are driven by engineering and math and aesthetics, not forum opinion.
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Thanks for the detailed and informative reply. In some ways makes me wish I'd gone the engineering route.