iPhone 7 & 7 Plus antenna band colors

[formerpc]

I don't know about you, but I'm curious, and slightly annoyed, why Apple didn't make the antenna bands for Silver, Gold, and Rose Gold blend in as well as they did on Black and Jet Black. Anyone else?

 

[unglued]

Metal in those colors affects signal response.

 

[formerpc]

Metal in those colors affects signal response.

Huh? How does adding dye to the plastic affect the signal?

 

[unglued]

Similar to tinted windows they mix a metallic additive into the plastic to reflect UV. Auto tint shops will say "don't worry about signal loss using phones, GPS, etc. in the car we use high quality 3M products".

Probably true no issues but the antenna is one of the most critical components to any phone so blending the antenna into a metallic coating (iPhone metallic colors) may weaken signal strength, hope that makes sense.

 

[C DM]

Similar to tinted windows they mix a metallic additive into the plastic to reflect UV. Auto tint shops will say "don't worry about signal loss using phones, GPS, etc. in the car we use high quality 3M products".

Probably true no issues but the antenna is one of the most critical components to any phone so blending the antenna into a metallic coating may weaken signal strength, hope that makes sense.

In today's world there are more than likely ways to color plastic/rubber/etc. pretty much with any color without metallic (or some other) additives, if desired.

 

[unglued]

In today's world there are more than likely ways to color plastic/rubber/etc. pretty much with any color without metallic (or some other) additives, if desired.

Yes we're assuming the past model colors are similar. My last trip to Shenzhen we were able to magnetize coating dust from several phones not only iPhones.

 

[formerpc]

Well that's interesting... wouldn't think you could do that.

 

[C DM]

Yes we're assuming the past model colors are similar. My last trip to Shenzhen we were able to magnetize coating dust from several phones not only iPhones.

I'm not really assuming anything as much as saying if Apple wanted to do it they more than likely could.