To me the current iPhone 6/s, and their + brothers, design with their antenna bands is just plain ugly!
It is the first iPhone I have that I don´t mind hiding in a case. Up until the 5s I always used front and back stickers with bumper cases.
It looks like there is hope with iPhone 7...
"New Patent For Better Antenna and ZERO Plastic Filed By Apple
A new patent filed by Apple reveals the company is looking to get rid of those unsightly plastic antenna bands that flank the back of the handset. The patent, which was filed recently, details how materials such as metal oxides could be used to create a new composite metal material that looks and feels like metal, but will still allow radio frequencies to pass through.
Here's how Apple explains it in its patent:
Many computing devices have outer housings and coverings that include metallic surfaces giving the devices an aesthetically pleasing and durable look and feel. Computing devices can also include any of a number of complex functional components. For example, many laptops include capacitive touch pads that allow a user to control movement of a cursor. Mobile phones and tables have radio frequency antennas that allow communication via radio frequency transmission.
One design challenge associated with computing devices is maintaining a sleek and consistent appearance of a metallic outer enclosure for housing the various complex internal components. Since metal is not radio frequency transparent, metal is generally a poor choice of material when the devices utilize electromagnetic wave transmission, such as radio frequency transmission for communication. In addition, metal is generally a high capacitive material, and as a result, not used to cover capacitive touch pads, touch screens and other capacitive sensors. Accordingly, portions of the housings that cover antennas and touch sensors are made of a non-metallic material such as plastic or glass. Unfortunately, plastic surfaces and glass surfaces have different visual qualities than metallic surfaces, which result in a visible break in the metallic surface of the housing. This visible break can detract from the smooth and continuous look of the metallic housing.
The patent wouldn’t just apply to iPhones, either. Macs and iPads would likely benefit from the technology too, as well as future Apple Watch designs. How long it will take Apple to get this technology implemented inside its products remains to be seen; patents take a good long while to appear inside technology if at all."
source:
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/mobil...elease-date-specs-features-rumour-news-iOS-10
It is the first iPhone I have that I don´t mind hiding in a case. Up until the 5s I always used front and back stickers with bumper cases.
It looks like there is hope with iPhone 7...
"New Patent For Better Antenna and ZERO Plastic Filed By Apple
A new patent filed by Apple reveals the company is looking to get rid of those unsightly plastic antenna bands that flank the back of the handset. The patent, which was filed recently, details how materials such as metal oxides could be used to create a new composite metal material that looks and feels like metal, but will still allow radio frequencies to pass through.
Here's how Apple explains it in its patent:
Many computing devices have outer housings and coverings that include metallic surfaces giving the devices an aesthetically pleasing and durable look and feel. Computing devices can also include any of a number of complex functional components. For example, many laptops include capacitive touch pads that allow a user to control movement of a cursor. Mobile phones and tables have radio frequency antennas that allow communication via radio frequency transmission.
One design challenge associated with computing devices is maintaining a sleek and consistent appearance of a metallic outer enclosure for housing the various complex internal components. Since metal is not radio frequency transparent, metal is generally a poor choice of material when the devices utilize electromagnetic wave transmission, such as radio frequency transmission for communication. In addition, metal is generally a high capacitive material, and as a result, not used to cover capacitive touch pads, touch screens and other capacitive sensors. Accordingly, portions of the housings that cover antennas and touch sensors are made of a non-metallic material such as plastic or glass. Unfortunately, plastic surfaces and glass surfaces have different visual qualities than metallic surfaces, which result in a visible break in the metallic surface of the housing. This visible break can detract from the smooth and continuous look of the metallic housing.
The patent wouldn’t just apply to iPhones, either. Macs and iPads would likely benefit from the technology too, as well as future Apple Watch designs. How long it will take Apple to get this technology implemented inside its products remains to be seen; patents take a good long while to appear inside technology if at all."
source:
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/mobil...elease-date-specs-features-rumour-news-iOS-10