Apple’s radically different smartphone is called the iPhone X
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RIP physical buttons
RIP, but I definitely favor the screen over physical buttons
awe, I liked Touch ID
Wait, it's glass from two sides? That's the most retarded design idea Apple had in [B]years[/B] and they removed headphone jack in last model.
[QUOTE=Damjen;52674983]Wait, it's glass from two sides? That's the most retarded design idea Apple had in [B]years[/B] and they removed headphone jack in last model.[/QUOTE]
the glass back on the old nexus phones was really nice, grippy and damage resistant
[QUOTE=waylander;52675021]the glass back on the old nexus phones was really nice, grippy and damage resistant[/QUOTE]
Yeah but this is Apple we are talking about, remember people bending early iPhones 7 as if they were made from wet cardboard?
[QUOTE=Damjen;52674983]Wait, it's glass from two sides? That's the most retarded design idea Apple had in [B]years[/B] and they removed headphone jack in last model.[/QUOTE]
glass backs are great, they feel amazing on the galaxy phones
theyre also surprisingly resistant, but most people either have insurance or covers on their phones
[QUOTE=Damjen;52675074]Yeah but this is Apple we are talking about[/QUOTE]
Not really sure what relevance this has to anything, unless you're saying Apple makes cheap-quality products, but every company has blunders
[QUOTE=Damjen;52675074]Yeah but this is Apple we are talking about, remember people bending early iPhones 7 as if they were made from wet cardboard?[/QUOTE]
everything that's quite thin and wide bends pretty easy you know
[QUOTE=codenamecueball;52675215]everything that's quite thin and wide bends pretty easy you know[/QUOTE]
My Note 5 doesn't.
It's spent hundreds of hours in my pocket and it's as straight as an arrow.
I had the "bendgate" iPhone and also had it in my pocket, in and out for a year. Didn't bend at all. In any case the whole bendgate situation is long gone
[QUOTE=Damjen;52675074]Yeah but this is Apple we are talking about, remember people bending early iPhones 7 as if they were made from wet cardboard?[/QUOTE]
That was the iPhone 6 and it was quickly fixed with the 7000 series aluminum in the 6S and later.
[QUOTE=gk99;52675218]My Note 5 doesn't.
It's spent hundreds of hours in my pocket and it's as straight as an arrow.[/QUOTE]
It's also glass on two sides
[QUOTE=Banana Lord.;52675414]It's also glass on two sides[/QUOTE]
It's also included in "everything that's quite thin and wide"
[QUOTE=gk99;52677658]It's also included in "everything that's quite thin and wide"[/QUOTE]
Obviously glass doesn't bend...
[QUOTE=Kljunas;52677934]Obviously glass doesn't bend...[/QUOTE]
Perhaps Apple should've figured this out a few years ago, then?
They're the ones calling themselves geniuses.
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If you don't want your ultrathin, wide device to bend, maybe don't use easily bendable materials?
[QUOTE=gk99;52679880]Perhaps Apple should've figured this out a few years ago, then?
They're the ones calling themselves geniuses.
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If you don't want your ultrathin, wide device to bend, maybe don't use easily bendable materials?[/QUOTE]
Or... Now stay with me here... You have the phone, pcb, circuits, etc, made out of memory-shape materials so you can bend it all you want. Quite a revolutionary item if produced I'd say.
Really weird they went with surgical grade steel, instead of something more light-wight like titanium.
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How about also telling me [I]why[/I] it's a dumb question?
Maybe something to do with helping make the glass more resistant? Not really sure though
[QUOTE=djjkxbox;52683812]Maybe something to do with helping make the glass more resistant? Not really sure though[/QUOTE]
I mean for the sides, the back and front are glass, so you're fucked there.
Titanium is lighter than stainless steel, also tougher, so I don't know why they didn't chose it.
[QUOTE=glitchvid;52683737]Really weird they went with surgical grade steel, instead of something more light-wight like titanium.
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How about also telling me [I]why[/I] it's a dumb question?[/QUOTE]
Do you know how much titanium costs?
[QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;52685813]Do you know how much titanium costs?[/QUOTE]
It's a $1000 iPhone, I doubt materials costs are that much of a concern.
That said, I'm pretty sure Ti is only marginally more expensive than "Surgical grade stainless steel".
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Like, my key-fob and split-rings are all (verifiably) titanium, and they didn't cost much at all.
Surgical stainless steel is actually a non formally defined term and technically any corrosion resistant steel can be called "surgical stainless steel". It's largely a marketing buzzword outside of proper fields of application. Also yeah with a $1000 price tag they could afford a lot of things but this is Apple tier profit margins we're talking about so nah.
[QUOTE=glitchvid;52685918]It's a $1000 iPhone, I doubt materials costs are that much of a concern.
That said, I'm pretty sure Ti is only marginally more expensive than "Surgical grade stainless steel".
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Like, my key-fob and split-rings are all (verifiably) titanium, and they didn't cost much at all.[/QUOTE]
It's not just material costs, steel and aluminium are very, very easy to machine compared to titanium which will destroy the bits used to mill it and take significantly longer.
[QUOTE=TacticalBacon;52686114]It's not just material costs, steel and aluminium are very, very easy to machine compared to titanium which will destroy the bits used to mill it and take significantly longer.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but this is also the company that pioneers the laptop aluminum unibody, so I mean making shit difficult to manufacture isn't exactly out of their history before.
That's why I'm saying it's weird, Titanium ticks all the boxes for Apple: Premium material, strong, and light-weight.
FYI bending magic isn't just limited to their thin ass phones. My iphone 4s has a bend in it at about the same place as the new ones get it because all throughout highschool I had uncomfortably tight pants and put my shit in my front pocket where my legs bent.
The Essential PH-1 has a titanium frame, it isn't out of the question
[QUOTE=Banana Lord.;52675414]It's also glass on two sides[/QUOTE]
note 5 is plastic.
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[QUOTE=Rika-chan;52686913]The Essential PH-1 has a titanium frame, it isn't out of the question[/QUOTE]
well there's a totally ridiculous use for titanium. Milled aluminum would do just fine and cost a fraction as much, properly anodized it should be totally fine.
...if they had made it about twice as thick, given it a headphone jack, some physical buttons, and a user removable battery, I'd probably be all over it.
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