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Apple to Forge 'iPhone 8' Chassis Frame From Stainless Steel Instead of Aluminum
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Well, even if they're not, amazing Tim and the shill Phil will certainly tell us otherwise, no.
the new iPhone, now with twice the crackable surface area!
If process is less expensive It does not mean that product will be cheaper, just margin will be higher
I've read this comment three times now and I'm still struggling to understand the point of it.
NOPE, plastic is supposedly out at Apple Stores ... only Fair Trade cotton bags allowed OR nuttin'.
I think it was more the shape, size and finish rather than the type of metal used.
I am excited about new design, but at the same time also worried about price. Tim don't want to sell new features in same price. He will add all new features in only plus or new line-up and of course it will be $100-$200 above than par price
Perhaps they'll follow the path the watch has taken and offer a low-end aluminum model, a mid-grade stainless model, and a high-end ceramic model. Imagine a ceramic iPhone. It would probably cost $1,800; but there are some people that would buy it in a heartbeat.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...9,543,364.PN.&OS=PN/9,543,364&RS=PN/9,543,364
Curious to see if it has a forehead (top of screen speaker light sensor etc ) if they're getting rid of the home button chime under the current screen. Seems they've at least a patent or two about how to hide things behind a screen.
What's good for the iPhone is good for the iPad, iMac, HUD, VR...
[doublepost=1484060042][/doublepost]If they go steel band, they open up a hell of a lot of machines to carve out aluminium/other material. Would this allow them to go to a high end ceramic model or another device entirely?
Curious to see if it has a forehead (top of screen speaker light sensor etc ) if they're getting rid of the home button chime under the current screen. Seems they've at least a patent or two about how to hide things behind a screen.
What's good for the iPhone is good for the iPad, iMac, HUD, VR...
[doublepost=1484060042][/doublepost]If they go steel band, they open up a hell of a lot of machines to carve out aluminium/other material. Would this allow them to go to a high end ceramic model or another device entirely?
if you mean for Apple (yes) - this will improve their margins - if you mean to the customer - that's unlikely. If you are in one of the yearly upgrade programs from Apple or carriers it probably doesn't matter as the price increase might be $3-5 dollars extra a month - I am guessing Apple is counting on that for people to absorbed any increases.
Exactly. Would be a dream come true if they could make it. I still maintain that current smartphones are too big and unwieldy, if we can keep the screen size whilst reducing the size of the device itself then everyone's happy.
More like Iveopathic.
However, they're all the same Watch inside. Not sure if Apple had a "trade-up" program for the Edition model, but trading gold (Aurum for those that care...why it isn't Aurium is up for discussion) for ceramic one seems to be a bad deal.