iPhone 6: An edgy concept

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Post by jason_shah » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 6:26 PM UTC

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Post by MrFoof » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 10:10 PM UTC

Would the aluminum + carbon fiber be a weave of aluminum mixed in with the carbon weave (similar to Pagani's carbotanium for the Huayra's body panels), or an aluminum galvanization process on the surface of the carbon fiber (similar to the galvanized carbon fiber in the Porsche 918 Spyder)?

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Post by LaSombra » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 10:30 PM UTC

I fail to comprehend this kind of fetish

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Post by OrsenPike » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 10:31 PM UTC

Not gonna lie, I would buy that in a heartbeat.

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Post by cldr » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 10:32 PM UTC

> The only way to create a true edge-to-edge display is to remove the edge all together.

And moisture is the essence of wetness.

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Post by stfsbrb » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 10:35 PM UTC

The icons in those home screen mockups look a heck of a lot better than the real ones:

http://apple.com/ios/ios7

Re: iPhone 6: An edgy concept

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Post by durkie » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 10:37 PM UTC

MrFoof wrote: post #2

Would the aluminum + carbon fiber be a weave of aluminum mixed in with the carbon weave (similar to Pagani's carbotanium for the Huayra's body panels), or an aluminum galvanization process on the surface of the carbon fiber (similar to the galvanized carbon fiber in the Porsche 918 Spyder)?

I did my master's thesis on aluminum/carbon fiber composites and typically they mean infiltrating liquid aluminum through weaves of carbon fiber.

But these materials are hard as hell to make. Carbon and aluminum do not get along for a variety of reasons, and aluminum/carbon composites remain a pie-in-the-sky concept. One of the ways they make Al/C composites now is through a process called squeeze casting, whereby they just force molten aluminum (>660C) to infiltrate a fiber preform at super high pressures. And even then IIRC their properties usually fall well short of theoretical. These are not things nature wants us to put together (at least not yet).

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Post by joeblau » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 10:37 PM UTC

The design looks amazing, even though most people will probably have the device covered up with a phone cover. Also retina 2 sounds like i would need 3 versions of every image in my app which is getting to be a bit much.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 10:39 PM UTC

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Post by aegiso » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 10:39 PM UTC

cldr wrote: post #5

> The only way to create a true edge-to-edge display is to remove the edge all together. And moisture is the essence of wetness.

But wetness is the essence of beauty.

Quotes aside, I've imagined this kind of edgeless design to be where things are headed, and it certainly looks beautiful.