Great use of liquid metal, a SIM tool and and an Apple logo. I'm sure everyone has been clamoring for a scratch resistant Apple logo.
As I posted, they already use liquidmetal inset Apple logos in the current iPad minis with retina and iPad Air.
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As I posted, they already use liquidmetal inset Apple logos in the current iPad minis with retina and iPad Air.
It's common knowledge that the sim ejection tools are a liquidmetal alloy, and I've worked enough with metal to realize that the iPad Apple logo inserts are the same material. I also read articles last year when iPad Air and retina mini shells were leaked in which others claimed the iPad logo inserts to be liquidmetal. You can do a comparison yourself (albeit a simple one) -- if you have a 3GS sim tool that is liquidmetal, bring it to an Apple store, go feel the polished aluminum logo on the rear of an iPod touch and then feel the logo insert on an iPad Air or mini and compare it to the sim tool. There are other properties that scream liquidmetal as well. If you've ever seen the inside of an empty iPad Air or mini shell you can see how the metal is molded for the logo. It also reflects light in the same way as the sim tool.
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From what I have read, that is not the case. So far it has been only been used for the SIM tool, and this is as of May 2014.
http://9to5mac.com/tag/liquidmetal/
And there are multiple sources like this. Do you have a link to prove otherwise?
So essentially your evidence is a guess. Thanks but no thanks. You have absolutely no idea.
Read my the rest of my latest post. It is an educated guess, but I believe it to be fact. It sure as hell isn't aluminum.
So there is no proof.
There is no proof for a lot of things on MacRumors, but that's why I am here. I will be happy to be proven wrong, but I can assure you that will not be the case -- just as no one confirmed the sim tools were liquidmetal until some time after the fact.
Can you guess what it is, because it isn't aluminum?
I'll give you that it looks really shiny, but you are just guessing after all. Assuming it is Liquidmetal though, what does that matter? It's not like they were going to redesign the iPhone 5S to use it.
I have no idea what it is made of. As I originally posted, that's all Apple has done with liquid metal, a SIM tool and now the claim of the logo on the iPhone 6.
I've been an iphone enthusiast since the first one came out... After the 5s I wasn't thrilled. The 6 is probably the least thrilled I've been with an iPhone release. May have to start looking at other products. (Not hating you guys, I'll always love Apple but I have to be honest here)
I'm the opposite. I didn't think the 5 or 5S was a big deal, but I think the iPhone 6 is going to crush all previous versions.
Don't like it then don't buy it. Stick to the 5S, Problem solved. I don't care why the new iphone looks like. Just care about bigger screen and hopefully better battery life.
I think the world will implode if its a protruding camera on the 5.5 model!
Also, wouldn't saying the 5.5" will have this and the 4.7" not mean the 2 phones are of a different depth, which hasn't been mentioned in other rumours or leaks of the design?
Also, wouldn't saying the 5.5" will have this and the 4.7" not mean the 2 phones are of a different depth, which hasn't been mentioned in other rumours or leaks of the design?
Some comments on this design if this is all true:
First - if they are making the logo out of some super scratch resistance metal. Why not make the entire back out of this same metal.
Second - if the camera is protruding they why the Fck not just make the phone slightly bigger and give us a bigger battery. Total fail if this is true.
Third - why recess the volume buttons? Will make using them more difficult as well as makes taking pictures with them not very good IMO.
Fourth (not new) - why made this ugly bands sooooo big. Come on now everyone knows that looks like *****.
Lastly, I'm 99% sure we are not getting a 5.5" phone. There has been 0 parts leaks and yet we still see people saying it is coming. News flash - IT'S NOT ***** COMING!!!!
First - if they are making the logo out of some super scratch resistance metal. Why not make the entire back out of this same metal.
Second - if the camera is protruding they why the Fck not just make the phone slightly bigger and give us a bigger battery. Total fail if this is true.
Third - why recess the volume buttons? Will make using them more difficult as well as makes taking pictures with them not very good IMO.
Fourth (not new) - why made this ugly bands sooooo big. Come on now everyone knows that looks like *****.
Lastly, I'm 99% sure we are not getting a 5.5" phone. There has been 0 parts leaks and yet we still see people saying it is coming. News flash - IT'S NOT ***** COMING!!!!
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Design....
I quite like the overall design, and even the recessed buttons are better. But...
If you make recessed buttons because they are less prone to breaking, more comfortable to hold and have a smaller impact on the overall chassis design, then you must have a flush camera.
I don't buy this "camera" design. If true, then I am in the party of those who say that Apple could have kept the phone at the same width and filled the space with battery, memory, or whatever they fancy.
Making it 30% thinner with a camera ring will have the press all go "no, they lie, it's not as thin, etc". Huge backlash in terms of communication. And people have their iPhones in pockets, purses, jackets. The ring will get stuck in fabric, receive shocks sideways that will make it oval all of a sudden, have dust stuck underneath it and take ultra crappy pictures (had it once on my iPhone 5...).
I am not buying the rumor. Don't want to.
On design.
I read that Apple is looking to integrate the front camera in the speakers. Now they have optical zoom and external lens.
Well. Maybe I should open my drawer and resuscitate my SonyEricsson k800i. A marvel. Xenon Flash, optical zoom, with a nice slider that truly protected the camera (which was really huge but took superb photos). Metal front (I think tinfoil from the resistance it had).
Jokes aside. I don't want to believe this rumor. Because it would mean Apple has become slave of a "thinner" mantra and specs (camera MPX, antenna banding) trump design. And this I don't want to see.
I quite like the overall design, and even the recessed buttons are better. But...
If you make recessed buttons because they are less prone to breaking, more comfortable to hold and have a smaller impact on the overall chassis design, then you must have a flush camera.
I don't buy this "camera" design. If true, then I am in the party of those who say that Apple could have kept the phone at the same width and filled the space with battery, memory, or whatever they fancy.
Making it 30% thinner with a camera ring will have the press all go "no, they lie, it's not as thin, etc". Huge backlash in terms of communication. And people have their iPhones in pockets, purses, jackets. The ring will get stuck in fabric, receive shocks sideways that will make it oval all of a sudden, have dust stuck underneath it and take ultra crappy pictures (had it once on my iPhone 5...).
I am not buying the rumor. Don't want to.
On design.
I read that Apple is looking to integrate the front camera in the speakers. Now they have optical zoom and external lens.
Well. Maybe I should open my drawer and resuscitate my SonyEricsson k800i. A marvel. Xenon Flash, optical zoom, with a nice slider that truly protected the camera (which was really huge but took superb photos). Metal front (I think tinfoil from the resistance it had).
Jokes aside. I don't want to believe this rumor. Because it would mean Apple has become slave of a "thinner" mantra and specs (camera MPX, antenna banding) trump design. And this I don't want to see.
I'm up for a new phone as running iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S is a horrible experience. And my battery only lasts 3 hours since upgrading.
So iPhone 6, here I come! Unless the camera isn't flush. For me, that's a huge deal breaker. I really hope this isn't legit.
So iPhone 6, here I come! Unless the camera isn't flush. For me, that's a huge deal breaker. I really hope this isn't legit.
If camera sticks out like that and the radio bands are like they are on these photos, Apple has really chosen an easy solution/practicality before design this time....then this would be the first badly designed iphone. I don't believe it before I see it in reality.