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'iPhone 8' to Come in Four Colors Including New 'Mirror-Like' Option
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Apple tend to make products that only really look good in the promotional images, but then terrible in real life due to finger prints and scratches...which they seem to design products to be magnets for.
But a bezel free iPhone looks better in black, at least on the front. I currently own a white iPhone 6s, my iPhone 5 was white but they had big bezels.
They made a mistake with iPhone 5C by using only a black front, even for the white model. A completely white iPhone 5C would have been stunning.
If it's made of Glass (iPhone 8 rumours) then it automatically has a mirror finish. What's the logic? Analysts Going Crazy? We had iPhone 4/4s before.
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If the rumors about the return of the all-glass back are true, this wouldn't be "mirror-like." It'd be an actual mirror.
Of course, depositing a shiny, metallic coating on the backside of the glass might defeat the purpose of the glass back - added electromagnetic shielding, instead of EM transparency.
Unlike the Terminator movies, in real life "Liquid Metal" is just a cool marketing name referring to its plastic like molding abilities. But who would get excited over a name like "plastic metal"?
After casting, it usually looks more like satin pewter, and is often left that way, to take best advantage of its bend, dent and scratch resistance properties. (Samsung used it for years in phone hinges and bezels.)
It's also expensive. Both Vertu and Samsung made a luxury phone frame out of Liquid Metal before Apple grabbed up the sole rights to consumer electronics. Vertu's was $10,000. I think even Samsung's inexpensive non-3G version was $1500+. (Vertu has since switched to using titanium.)
2008 Samsung Ego (Liquid Metal frame)
Sure, Apple could also sell a high priced model using it. And even polish it to a mirror shine, although that would negate the scratch resistance, which is a major reason to use it.
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Where in the article does it state that Eddie Cue has anything to do with the mirror like iPhone?
Erm, no, the first phone sold good but not as well as you think it was, If I recall well it wasn't selling well because it was too expensive on a contract, or something like that.
You could easily get one if you wanted one.
Only if fingers come in a printless version.
Mirror Option - Not warranted against scratches.
Other names: "Your custom design" in 2 years.
Other names: "Your custom design" in 2 years.
Yes, I'm a little sceptical about this rumour too.
If the iPhone 8 is to be a glass sandwich design, then I wouldn't be surprised to see it go back to 2 colours - one in all black and the other white with a black screen (sort of storm trooper colours).
I had a screen protector like that on my HTC Incredible.
It was neat because it looked like a mirror until you turned on the display.
So I can see making an entire phone this way.
It was neat because it looked like a mirror until you turned on the display.
So I can see making an entire phone this way.
Reading a biography (by Karen Blumenthal) about Steve today on a flight home, there was a section mentioned about the back of the iPod's with their silver finish...
"I think stainless steel looks beautiful when it wears. I mean, I'm going to be fifty next year, so I'm like a scratched-up iPod myself." - Steve Jobs.
I wouldn't mind either way to be honest. Still plan on getting a Jet Black iPhone 7 for the collection. Either way, not a new idea. Store one away if you're worried about scratching it. Otherwise slap on a case, or choose a different colour.
"I think stainless steel looks beautiful when it wears. I mean, I'm going to be fifty next year, so I'm like a scratched-up iPod myself." - Steve Jobs.
I wouldn't mind either way to be honest. Still plan on getting a Jet Black iPhone 7 for the collection. Either way, not a new idea. Store one away if you're worried about scratching it. Otherwise slap on a case, or choose a different colour.
It won't matter. There are plenty that want to show off their new 'shiny-shiny' toy. In some people's eyes always having the latest bit of techno-bling is apparently cool.
Just remember the story of the "Emperors new clothes".
Shiny will be the new Black (matte of course)
I'm actually thinking scratches would be worse than fingerprints on this. Even a tiny scratch would show really badly on this kind of surface. I understand it might be built into the glass or something, so not just a surface coating, but still. I'd like one but I'm afraid. lol.