Liquid Metal Used in iPhone 3G SIM Tool, Next iPhone Too?

[mlts22]

I can't wait to see what uses Apple is going to make with this technology.

However, what I really wish Apple would license is Gorilla Glass. It isn't as flashy as Liquid Metal, but Corning's Gorilla Glass does very well in scratch tests. Bonus points for a hard coating to ward off scratches.

 

[myusernamesucks]

Not anymore. It was included with 3G and (I think) 3GS.

Got one with iP4 and iPad.

 

[drelectro]

Liquid Mental?

can you blow bubbles with that tool?

 

[Digitalclips]

IMO - The iPhone is thin enough!

Any thinner and it will feel too flimsy in the hand, even if it is structurally rigid.

Isn't your statement oxymoronic (if that is a word lol)? If it feels and is rigid then purpose accomplished!

 

[jamesnajera]

So is Apple going to work with this company to make adamantium?

I wonder if this type of metal will allow radio frequency to pass through it?

Or if they make one external antenna out of this and the other external antenna out of stainless steel, maybe the two antennas will not be as easy to bridge preventing attenuation?

 

[macford]

Is this stuff related to Rearden Metal?

Well played. It's a shame that Hank had to sign away his rights to it but I guess it's brought us to this.

 

[iWonderwhy]

They need to make the next iPhone's material like the T-1000 from Terminator: Judgement Day.

 

[Midnightoil oil]

From the name of the co-inventor(atakan peker) , its obvious that he is Turkish....why the heck we never heard of him here....I wonder

 

[hugodrax]

Interesting video of a new macbook prototype based on this liquid metal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8gF0KTfMrQ

 

[iWonderwhy]

Interesting video of a new macbook prototype based on this liquid metal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8gF0KTfMrQ

Seen it before, you're more than a year late with that one.

 

[Mal]

did you read the article?

They just bought liquid metal.. the paperclip from your 2008 iphone 3g was not "liquid metal."

I'm pretty sure it was you who didn't read the article.

Cult of Mac revealed yesterday that Apple had already started testing the manufacturing capabilities of Liquid Metal for one small component of the iPhone 3G -- the SIM eject tool.

I highlighted the important part.

jW

 

[RGManiac]

New Zealand iPhone 4 has liquid metal sim ejector tool.

Checked my iPhone 4 box today, yes NZ gets liquid metal pin

 

[jglavin]

Yes, you really want to check out this video to see what Omega did with Liquidmetal: http://www.omegawatches.com/spirit/watchmaking/liquidmetal

This is a pretty neat video.

 

[beaner454]

IMO - The iPhone is thin enough!

Any thinner and it will feel too flimsy in the hand, even if it is structurally rigid.

Thinner doesn't necessarily mean skinnier. Apple could be making the iPhone thinner in order to fit more battery inside the same dimensions. The less space the case takes up of .37" of depth the more room there is for other things.

 

[SimonTheSoundMa]

If it bends it is not Liquidmetal.
Liquidmetal is technically a glass and breaks, instead of bending.

One pair of my glasses are made of liquid metal. They bend to any shape and spring back. My other pair are titanium, if I bend those they will stay bent.

My SIM ejector tool is glossy, I noticed most people have matte ones. Wonder if mine is liquid metal?

 

[AmpSkillz]

Isn't your statement oxymoronic (if that is a word lol)? If it feels and is rigid then purpose accomplished!

-the oxy

 

[cobrasneverdie]

sim tool is also a great tool to clean your ear

 

[frenchroast]

I would love to see the epic battle to the death between the governor of California equipped with a mini chain gun vs. the Next iPhone.

 

[Pigumon]

Seriously NON-USER SERVICABLE

So the nearly finished iPhone goes down the assembly line to the vacuum sealing liquid metal machine where it wraps the iphone in a solid piece of liquid metal, thereby making it impossible to open.

You HAVE to get a new one when the battery fails.

yes? no?

 

[blybug]

Way more advanced than Sim Tool v1.0 that came with a replacement for my original iPhone.

 

[The Beatles]

Way more advanced than Sim Tool v1.0 that came with a replacement for my original iPhone.

Apple included a paperclip with your product? To use as a tool? Come on.

 

[AppleTools]

Clean your hands before taking macros like that, your fingers look terrible!!!

 

[AppleSmack]

Ugh, someone needs to see a doctor for that mouldy finger.

 

[blybug]

Apple included a paperclip with your product? To use as a tool? Come on.

Well as they say, "Photo or it didn't happen." There's the photo.

My original iPhone went in for repair, Apple Store gave me a loaner. My repaired phone arrived in the mail with a Sim Tool enclosed with the directions shown so I could swap out the Sim and mail the loaner back.

EDIT: Didn't quite remember the story right...found my original post on this from '07 https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=4120541#post4120541

Also here: http://www.insanelygreattees.com/news/?p=53

 

[LillDrutten]

Is Apple going to start building Terminators now? WTF?

iTerminator that is.