The new "Piano Black" is actually made from polycarbonate?

[HEK]

From apples site...

The gold standard of black.
Crafted from bead-blasted aluminum, our new black model has a rich, deep matte finish. The high-gloss jet black finish was achieved through a new feat of design engineering — a remarkably precise, nine-step process of anodization and polishing.2 The end result is so purely and continuously black, you can’t tell where the aluminum ends and the glass begins. The dark side, indeed.

Look at it for a few minutes, then cover it for a year in a case, then just before sending back for iPhone 8 trad, look at it again for a minute or two. LMFAO
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From apples site...

The gold standard of black.
Crafted from bead-blasted aluminum, our new black model has a rich, deep matte finish. The high-gloss jet black finish was achieved through a new feat of design engineering — a remarkably precise, nine-step process of anodization and polishing.2 The end result is so purely and continuously black, you can’t tell where the aluminum ends and the glass begins. The dark side, indeed.

Processed through 16 feet of gently undulating smooth muscle tissue, massaged and mixed thousands of times, to a uniform consistency, soft yet firm, with a rich dark color tone. The nutrient extraction process engineered to work at the molecular level, efficiently harvests and utilizes essential components. The end result, extruded through a flexible orifice, demonstrates it's prescience via million of olfactory stimulating molecules presenting a unique and disinctive bouquet.

The right set of words can make anything sound amazingly wonderful. 😕

 

[benji888]

The article that I read mentions that the author feels like it doesn't feel metal due to the sound it makes when he taps on it.

I just tapped my iPhone 6s, it doesn't sound like metal either...it's very thin and aluminum is not going to feel or sound like a hard metal. 🙄

Guys it's very likely it's the same polished aluminium the Mac Pro uses.

yeah, sounds like a similar process (see below 😉)

From apples site...

The gold standard of black.
Crafted from bead-blasted aluminum, our new black model has a rich, deep matte finish. The high-gloss jet black finish was achieved through a new feat of design engineering — a remarkably precise, nine-step process of anodization and polishing.2 The end result is so purely and continuously black, you can’t tell where the aluminum ends and the glass begins. The dark side, indeed.

Exactly.

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If you look at the pics on apple's website you can see antenna lines on all the colors, but, from the pics anyway, they seem to have better hidden them on the silver and black colors. The problem with the gloss black is, the gloss with the deep black color makes it hard to see the antenna lines in a pic.

 

[freepomme]

I just read a report from a legit news website from Vietnam. If you follow iphone leaks news, you'll know there have been quite a few legit leaks originating from Vietnamese tech websites. The reporter claimed he did actually use an iPhone 7. Basically everything we've heard is true. However one thing he noted that is the so called "Piano black" iphone is not made from metal. Seems like it uses the same material like the iPhone 5c. So possibly this is a new "7c" model or it's iphone 7 made from polycarbonate. This helps narrowing down the options for me as I wouldn't buy a plastic phone. Would you buy it if it's made from polycarbonate?

It looks JUST like the iPhone 5c

 

[Korican100]

this thread is full of people who don't have Mac Pro's. Its literally the same finish. And If you have a Mac Pro (new model) and you've taken the case off, you can plainly see on the underside, that its metal.