Where does everybody get this idea of unicorn hide liquid metal being transparent to radio waves? If it's metal, it's not. By definition. Being amorphous instead of polycrystalline wouldn't change that; it would probably make it an even better RF shield because the free electrons could wander through the entire piece instead of just one tiny crystal domain.
From the inventor of Liquid Metal himself, that's where:
He talks about using the case as an antenna, which means it's a conductor. Which means it's not RF-transparent. Again—by definition.
Modern antenna design is a very sophisticated science. I doubt if any random slab of metal is going to be ideal. That means the case would have to be divided up into the antenna part and its surroundings by non-conductive strips, like a printed circuit board. I see no sign of that here.
Aside from asymmetrical bezels what makes it look like a Galaxy, or missing key Appleness? It's basically a larger iPod touch or a smaller iPad. Btw, I think the gold phone is fake; I don't think Apple will release a new phone with asymmetrical bezels.
Looks pretty convincing and pretty good stuff. For those of us who like the bigger phones. Hopeful they will continue to offer a 5S size with same internals for the one handed fanatics.
I think that the +3.5 inch screen is the best size.
It looks legitimate to me, at least for a design model. Especially after seeing it's dimensions overlaid with an iPhone 5S:
Some points:
Sunny Dickson has a recent track record
Component quality, fit and finish is similar to other Apple device leaks
The design improves significantly on the current model without introducing many tradeoffs (except for a small increase in height).
Maintaining the same width as the iPhone 5S avoids the main drawback of larger-screened phones.
Addressing screen size gives them another reason to revisiting pixel density. 1080p (FULL HD) or higher is a big marketing point. Only slightly higher and you're at 1280-by-2272 which would allow seamless support for legacy software similar to the transition from iPhone 4 > 4S.
Display allows exactly enough room for an additional (7th) row of application icons.
For those with zero Material Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering backgrounds stop proclaiming amorphous metals cannot be RF enabled.
For those with zero Material Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering backgrounds stop proclaiming amorphous metals cannot be RF enabled.
Silicon Carbide is not a metal, it's a ceramic. An amorphous ceramic, an insulator, would be transparent to RF. A metal, with free electrons moving through its bulk, cannot be.
By all appearances the display on the gold model has definitely been faked. If you look below The edge of the display and the (parallel) edge of the phone don't have the same vanishing point. The headphone jack also looks weird.
Sorry, I missed why it's highly suspect. Sonny posts real stuff, look at his iPad Mini leaks.
He's pointing out that the bubbles on the front and back are almost identical. Not to mention the fact that there is no plastic bag on the phone that is face up... so where are the bubbles coming from? LOL!
And even more telling is the fact that phone with the screen side up isn't even in a plastic bag... so where are the bubbles coming from? LOL!
That gold phone is so fake. What screen looks liked that? Plus it's too similar to concept renderings. I will be very surprised if Apple releases the phone with asymmetrical bezels.
Aside from asymmetrical bezels what makes it look like a Galaxy, or missing key Appleness? It's basically a larger iPod touch or a smaller iPad. Btw, I think the gold phone is fake; I don't think Apple will release a new phone with asymmetrical bezels.
The overall appearance of this render is very Galaxy-esque because of the curvature of the corners (it's a more broad curve like on Samsungs) and the roundness of the back cover at the edges, which is strongly reminiscent of the S3 and S4. I don't think it'll turn out looking like these. The day Apple uses a clearly asymmetric design on the front is the day it snows in Hell.
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He talks about using the case as an antenna, which means it's a conductor. Which means it's not RF-transparent. Again—by definition.
Modern antenna design is a very sophisticated science. I doubt if any random slab of metal is going to be ideal. That means the case would have to be divided up into the antenna part and its surroundings by non-conductive strips, like a printed circuit board. I see no sign of that here.
An iPod Touch most certainly needs antennas...
It looks legitimate to me, at least for a design model. Especially after seeing it's dimensions overlaid with an iPhone 5S:
Some points:
Sunny Dickson has a recent track record
Component quality, fit and finish is similar to other Apple device leaks
The design improves significantly on the current model without introducing many tradeoffs (except for a small increase in height).
Maintaining the same width as the iPhone 5S avoids the main drawback of larger-screened phones.
Addressing screen size gives them another reason to revisiting pixel density. 1080p (FULL HD) or higher is a big marketing point. Only slightly higher and you're at 1280-by-2272 which would allow seamless support for legacy software similar to the transition from iPhone 4 > 4S.
Display allows exactly enough room for an additional (7th) row of application icons.
More evidence these might be fake.
You do see it is in a plastic wrapper, right?
An iPod Touch most certainly needs antennas...
I cannot believe someone actually proclaimed a device does not need a radio antennae because they are only wifi enabled.
For those with zero Material Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering backgrounds stop proclaiming amorphous metals cannot be RF enabled.
https://www.cst.com/Content/Articles/article232/Ylonen_Amorphous_metal_Extended_abstract.pdf
Just read.
MEMS will become the defacto for Radio designs.
Amorphous SiC as a structural layer in microbridge-based RF MEMS switches for use in software-defined radio
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038110108001925
via http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1xrsfy/the_new_iphone_6_images_are_confirmed_fake_they/
"Amorphous SiC"
Silicon Carbide is not a metal, it's a ceramic. An amorphous ceramic, an insulator, would be transparent to RF. A metal, with free electrons moving through its bulk, cannot be.
One of the pictures, from 9to5 Mac.
This looks more like a Samsung Galaxy phone.
EDIT: Pipped by Rogifan and Jakeb.
Look at the red circles. Identical bubbles on both devices. Seems a bit odd doesn't it?
Okay. Got it now.
More evidence these might be fake.
By all appearances the display on the gold model has definitely been faked. If you look below The edge of the display and the (parallel) edge of the phone don't have the same vanishing point. The headphone jack also looks weird.
More evidence these might be fake.
And even more telling is the fact that phone with the screen side up isn't even in a plastic bag... so where are the bubbles coming from? LOL!
Sorry, I missed why it's highly suspect. Sonny posts real stuff, look at his iPad Mini leaks.
He's pointing out that the bubbles on the front and back are almost identical. Not to mention the fact that there is no plastic bag on the phone that is face up... so where are the bubbles coming from? LOL!
Aside from asymmetrical bezels what makes it look like a Galaxy, or missing key Appleness? It's basically a larger iPod touch or a smaller iPad. Btw, I think the gold phone is fake; I don't think Apple will release a new phone with asymmetrical bezels.
The overall appearance of this render is very Galaxy-esque because of the curvature of the corners (it's a more broad curve like on Samsungs) and the roundness of the back cover at the edges, which is strongly reminiscent of the S3 and S4. I don't think it'll turn out looking like these. The day Apple uses a clearly asymmetric design on the front is the day it snows in Hell.