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Apple to Forge 'iPhone 8' Chassis Frame From Stainless Steel Instead of Aluminum
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Unsure why there is an argument about pronunciation/spelling.
Aluminum is the older form of the word.
Alumininium was written shortly after to better fit with other metal names.
BOTH are widely accepted as still correct.
Aluminum is the older form of the word.
Alumininium was written shortly after to better fit with other metal names.
BOTH are widely accepted as still correct.
Yep, Windows CE (not Windows Mobile) devices used by enterprises (and some consumer PDAs) even had full Internet Explorer on them (not the gimped Pocket IE).
In 2000, I was remotely surfing the web on my HP Jornada CE device which had a landscape 640x240 screen, via a cellular CF card. It was great, and because that was the width most websites were made for back then, there was almost no need for horizontal scrolling.
It was the internet in your pocket, seven years before the iPhone. (I mostly used it to put in last second bids on eBay while out and around. This was before AuctionSniper.)
By the time the 3.5" 480x320 iPhone came out in 2007, there had already been over two dozen 3.5+" screen smartphones available since 1999, mostly using Windows Pocket PC Phone. Even WVGA "retina" resolution screens, albeit 3", were available at the time the iPhone went on sale.
Here's some large touch screen voice/data capable devices from the past:
Interestingly, that Samsung Nexio touchscreen device... which had full IE / internet five years before the iPhone came out... was almost the same height and width as their Galaxy Note series that came out years later. It was only sold in Korea, I think.
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I don't really care about Stainless Steel or Aluminiiium (or however you spell it) I want a phone that doesn't need a case to protect it. I can't see the point of a making a super thin thing only to have to slap on a bulky protective, mostly ugly, case
Ceramic! Glass ceramic!
Apple is expected to adopt a forged stainless steel crafting process for its glass-encased "iPhone 8", rather than use traditional aluminum CNC machining.
Taiwanese sources from the upstream supply chain apparently confirmed the transition on Tuesday, according to DigiTimes, with component orders expected to be shared between Foxconn and U.S.-based Jabil.
The stainless steel process was last used by Apple in the iPhone 4s handset, which encased a "glass sandwich" chassis in two CNC-machined steel bands. However, every succeeding iPhone iteration has used aluminum because the alloy offers heightened structural rigidity while remaining relatively lightweight.
Supply chain sources said the cost of the forging process is between 30 percent and 50 percent cheaper than the current unibody CNC machine process, while quality control is also more stable. Despite the switch, Apple is expected to continue outsourcing orders for internal structural parts to Catcher Technology and Casetek, because the stainless steel bezel will require further refinement using traditional CNC machining.
Today's report supports recent rumors indicating at least one model of iPhone this year will have a redesigned all-glass body with a steel frame housing an edge-to-edge, curved OLED display. Jony Ive has wanted to introduce an iPhone that looks like a single sheet of glass for several years, and glass is also necessary if Apple wants to introduce wireless charging. If an edge-to-edge display does feature, the home button and Touch ID fingerprint sensor would be embedded in the display.
Apple is said to be planning to position the OLED iPhone 8 as a "Premium" model that will perhaps be sold alongside standard flat display 4.7, 5, and 5.5-inch iPhone models, but details relating to size, configurations, and materials used remain sketchy.
Article Link: Apple to Forge 'iPhone 8' Chassis Frame From Stainless Steel Instead of Aluminum
Go clear and thin protective cases. Admire the design while protecting the device.
Some ceramic glasses are extremely durable and scratch resistant. Believe in the possibilities and potential, friend.
Those case don't protect, speaking from experience X 3 times Anyhow i don't want a case, why can't a superhuman like Ives design a frame that protects that glass?
Glad to hear this. Sounds more like the iPhone 4 which was the best design they ever did. The current iPhones are really the worst as far as looks aside from the jet black. Also it's the most slippery mess of a device. First iPhone I had to put a case on. Used my 3G, 4S and 5S all without cases and they held up great.
Cars are not stainless steel. "Strength" in materials is not a single property. Hardness, tensile limit, sheer, modulus of elasticity, ductility; depending on the application steel can be lighter or do things impossible with aluminum. Or aluminum can be "stronger" with less weight. Its an engineering design problem not a simple "one is always lighter or stronger" issue.
LOL that's why these blogs call Rumor.... I have owned and used every gen iPhone and I don't have any complaints every time I upgrade .. I enjoy the new UI and new features ... i keep my expectation low ... lol
we do not reliaze .. how much iphone have a impact in our daily life... until we use another device ... it happened with me.. I lost my iphone 7 and while waiting on replacement I was using X device ( I do not want to name )
and my life was upside down.... I mean it ... I was missing my calendar.. my CORP email .. my icloud mails ... imessage... controlling my home devices ... checking traffic while driving ... my baby safari .. which is monster powerful compare to other device browser ...
and most IMP ... while I am dropping my 3 years to day care .. who use to watch you tube from my iphone while driving ... threw that phone on my face as he could not play his kids video ... darn .....
oh Gosh I mean it..... and minute I got my replacement .. I was so inpatient to restore my iphone like a 4 month baby crying for milk....
I missed my iphone for those 5 days ... thanks Apple for making me handicapped... that I can't live without your product ...
If it's stainless steel, metal is the antennas. They fixed the antenna shorting in the iPhone 4s already.
"Alumininium" isn't even a word... "Aluminum" is the American spelling and pronunciation, and "aluminium" is the British spelling and pronunciation.
Anyways, I would be very happy with a steel iPhone. There seems to be a craze in the market with lighter phones, but I'd rather have a dense phone that feels more substantial. At these sizes, higher weight may also make the phone easier to hold.
I've always been fond of the original... maybe it's old school, maybe it's just plain old, outdated, but it'll always be a classic to me.
It's not enough. I want to be able to choose my display size down to the tenth of an inch in that range and pick any color of the rainbow.
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I hope this comes true. I've hated the designs of every iPhone after the 5S obviously not including the SE. If they basically made a 16:9 display iPhone 4, with smaller chin and forehead bezels (iPhone 4's were yuge), that would be amazing.
For God's sake too, give some attention to people who don't use phones as media streaming devices. I still think the display size and chassis of the 5/5S/SE is perfect. Apple really needs a 3-size approach for all its products. It has it for the MacBooks, is rumored to have it for the iPads and now needs to implement it for phones. Keep the current iPhone display sizes because of course others like them, but just make a smaller 4-inch display which is just scaled down and NOT gimped spec-wise, I hate when Apple punish you because you don't want the biggest phone size.
For God's sake too, give some attention to people who don't use phones as media streaming devices. I still think the display size and chassis of the 5/5S/SE is perfect. Apple really needs a 3-size approach for all its products. It has it for the MacBooks, is rumored to have it for the iPads and now needs to implement it for phones. Keep the current iPhone display sizes because of course others like them, but just make a smaller 4-inch display which is just scaled down and NOT gimped spec-wise, I hate when Apple punish you because you don't want the biggest phone size.