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What is your preferred iPhone housing material?
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Of the two current options I personally enjoy the metal casing. It looks nicer and I don't have any issues with it slipping out of my hand. The black & white plastic while durable just looks a lot cheaper.
Although the rumored matte finish for the 3rd iPhone itteration seems like it would be my favorite. I am hoping for something along the lines of the new Nintendo DSi's casing.
Although the rumored matte finish for the 3rd iPhone itteration seems like it would be my favorite. I am hoping for something along the lines of the new Nintendo DSi's casing.
Wow! Big lead for the aluminum. I think most Apple fans want aluminum since the rest of Apple's line of products is aluminum... iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro and Mac mini. I really wish there was a better way to make the entire iPhone unibody aluminum. Perhaps they could put the antennas under a plastic Apple logo cut out of the aluminum.
I think aluminum is out of the question until they can develop some sort of alloy to make sure all the radios inside can receive proper signal. The only reason they went to a plastic back was to make sure the new 3G radio and updated radios would work properly.
I like the aluminum design very much since I have an unibody macbook pro myself, but I would much rather have excellent call quality on the rumored matte surface than bad reception on an aluminum casing.
I like the aluminum design very much since I have an unibody macbook pro myself, but I would much rather have excellent call quality on the rumored matte surface than bad reception on an aluminum casing.
If they can send a man to the moon, they can make an aluminum-like finish that doesn't kill reception.
How about a scratch resistant coating?! My god Apple is horrible at building durable products with regards to scratches and marks. My Nokia E51 has a black chrome finish and spends it's life at the bottom of my bag with pens, screwdrivers, and assorted accessories of sharp and pointy persuasion yet it still looks almost good as new and my iPhone 3G which has never been dropped and even has a protective automotive tape on the back looks worse. That is probably my biggest gripe. Make it carbon fiber!!
I pray that they never make an iPhone with a chrome back like the iPod Touch. That thing gets scratched just by looking at it.
I hope they go back to an aluminum-like casing. I never owned the original 2G iPhone, but I liked the design better.
I hope they go back to an aluminum-like casing. I never owned the original 2G iPhone, but I liked the design better.
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macrumors 6502a
We have to evolve the look people. Hopefully the aluminum casing is left in the past. We can't innovate if were not starting new trends 😎
With that said I like the Matte finish.
With that said I like the Matte finish.
geekmommy4
macrumors 6502
I think that the original aluminum looked nice, but it dented way too easily. I dropped mine just wrong (not much distance, but it was on tile) and got an ugly dent on the corner. I was eager to get rid of it and get the 3G! Much better after 10 months of use.
BergerFan
macrumors 68020
I'd like to see a metallic, textured plastic, like the Gun Metal Incase Slider has.
Carbon fibre would be too expensive, but would be totally awesome, as it's at least as strong as steel, for a fifth of the weight.
That said, I've been rocking the black Air Jacket, from Power Support for a while now, and the rubberized plastic finish is awesome. It repels fingerprints, scratches and lint, whilst providing tremendous grip too!
Carbon fibre would be too expensive, but would be totally awesome, as it's at least as strong as steel, for a fifth of the weight.
That said, I've been rocking the black Air Jacket, from Power Support for a while now, and the rubberized plastic finish is awesome. It repels fingerprints, scratches and lint, whilst providing tremendous grip too!
I do like the aluminum however a matte finish would be cool because it wouldn't scratch as easy or be as noticeable and it would be really nice to rock a naked iPhone and not worry about getting a bunch of noticeable scratches.
Warbrain
macrumors 603
They can't. Faraday cage.
And I would really hate a matte finish. They get destroyed really fast.
I meant aluminum-like in terms of feel, but some kind of non-conducting material.
The bottom black part of the original iPhone is matte and holds up to scratches really well.
but logically if you think about it apple is moving away from plastic material to aluminum so i wouldn't be surprised if we saw a unibody iphone one day down the road
urbanleopard
macrumors member
I bought a Incase rubberized shell the day after I got my 3G and it's stayed there ever since. The slinky original may look good but slips out of the pocket too easily to be usable.
I hope the next version will at least have non-slip sides.
I hope the next version will at least have non-slip sides.
Warbrain
macrumors 603
Except that they're not talking of matte as in that type of matte plastic. I think they're talking about a textured matte plastic and those get destroyed. Hell, look at the black MacBooks - matte and they got destroyed pretty quick.
robbieduncan
Moderator emeritus
Synthetic Saphire. Not only would it be cool to see the insides but it's very hard to scratch. Lots of decent watches use it instead of glass...
The original iPhone just looks and feels more robust. Not to mention it went through more stress tests than the iPhone 3G on a few YouTuve vids I saw.
Sorry. No human being ever has touched the surface yet. Google it.
However, i like metal. Besides it is easier to achieve. 😉