ya know my original iPhone has taken quite a beating and the aluminum casing is all dented but still works. my 3GS has a lot of scratches but i've never dropped it like the original, but plastic doesn't 'bend' it cracks so I'm more interested in having a phone made of metal than plastic or super glass, cause it can take punishment without exploding. my 2 cents.
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Liquid Metal Used in iPhone 3G SIM Tool, Next iPhone Too?
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Really? I never paid much attention to the removal tool, as I never needed it. But, with all the hoopla about it I just took it out of my iPhone 3G box and...this thing is very impressively strong compared to the amount of material you have there!
No, it can not break, because it has no crystal structure.
Details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidmetal
...or could they use it to add more stuff in the phone (near field, more battery, ect..) and keep the same size.
Omega use it on their Planet Ocean Liquid Metal watch, check it out, its a stunning watch, not cheap though.
Hey at $3095, it's still less than half the price of a steel Rolex GMT II w/ceramic bezel and about a third the price of a two-tone (SS/Gold) Rolex GMT II.
What a bargain!
nah i used to work for apple and i always kept a SIM ejector on my key ring, and it got pretty bent up. i guess considering the circumstances, it's strong but it doesn't seem like anything really special.
From the article that you referred to:
"However, the early casting methods introduced microscopic flaws that were excellent sites for crack propagation, and led to Vitreloy being fragile, like glass. Although strong, these early batches could easily be shattered if struck. Newer casting methods, adjustment to the alloy mixtures and other changes have improved this."
Yes it can:
One modern amorphous metal, known as Vitreloy, has a tensile strength that is almost twice that of high-grade titanium. However, metallic glasses at room temperature are not ductile and tend to fail suddenly when loaded in tension, which limits the material applicability in reliability-critical applications, as the impending failure is not evident.
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous_metal
did you read the article?
They just bought liquid metal.. the paperclip from your 2008 iphone 3g was not "liquid metal."
Ballmer Will Reply!!!!
in about 2 years...that MS is ALSO working on liquid metal products which are...coming soon.
You just know it's coming...like that annoying little kid brother that always aping the older brother.
in about 2 years...that MS is ALSO working on liquid metal products which are...coming soon.
You just know it's coming...like that annoying little kid brother that always aping the older brother.
Here's an intereresting, probably unanswerable question...
* does apple use more metal to make a year's batch of those little clips (of any material) than they reclaim from iphone / ipad / ipod cases?
Seems like a huge waste for a clip that is virtually never used... and if you need to eject your simm, a paper clip could be pulled from a desk drawer.
* does apple use more metal to make a year's batch of those little clips (of any material) than they reclaim from iphone / ipad / ipod cases?
Seems like a huge waste for a clip that is virtually never used... and if you need to eject your simm, a paper clip could be pulled from a desk drawer.
OMG I hope you're joking....
I honestly think I die a little every time someone talks about the Oh-So-Soon Verizon iPhone.
agreed.. i dont think the 4 came with one did it? doubt they'll go back to including them.. waste of material.
Does this only apply for the iPhone 3G ones? The reason I ask is my 3G iPad came with one. It has Taiwan inscribed on the side incidentally.
The heck with the material science, I'm way more concerned that the guy in the picture has some clubbing of their fingernails!
That can be a sign of underlying disease - get checked out, dude, whomever you are....
lol..the sign of a medic..some clubbing is normal tho