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February 24th, 2010, 16:30
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_screen_shot_2010-02-24_at_8.39.41_am.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/screen_shot_2010-02-24_at_8.39.41_am.png)I like the idea of this titanium iPhone body replacement, and that's why it's too bad is just a nice hyper-realistic 3D render. The fact is that, despite what the student who made it claims, it's not real.
Not only the manufacturing of custom large titanium parts like this is an extremely expensive and complex process, reserved only to aerospace companies, but there is not such a thing as a "special titanium alloy that is RF transparent." Titanium makes radio signal reception and emission very difficult. It's a radio insulating material, which is why the Titanium PowerBook G4 had such a crappy Wi-Fi reception. Sadly, the alleged alloy simply doesn't exist. And if it does, you would only find it at Boeing or Lockheed Martin's secret development facilities. Or Area 51.
But if he discovered it, I suggest he patents the hell out of it and sell it to the military. They would love it. There's the issue of having the mute button in the wrong direction too, but it's ok. If you can create objects from nonobtamium, you can rearrange the circuitry inside the machine too. [Modmyi (http://modmyi.com/forums/hardware/701246-custom-metal-iphone.html) via Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/iphone-3gs-mod-ditches-plastic-cover-in-favor-of-titanium-vestme/)]
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Not only the manufacturing of custom large titanium parts like this is an extremely expensive and complex process, reserved only to aerospace companies, but there is not such a thing as a "special titanium alloy that is RF transparent." Titanium makes radio signal reception and emission very difficult. It's a radio insulating material, which is why the Titanium PowerBook G4 had such a crappy Wi-Fi reception. Sadly, the alleged alloy simply doesn't exist. And if it does, you would only find it at Boeing or Lockheed Martin's secret development facilities. Or Area 51.
But if he discovered it, I suggest he patents the hell out of it and sell it to the military. They would love it. There's the issue of having the mute button in the wrong direction too, but it's ok. If you can create objects from nonobtamium, you can rearrange the circuitry inside the machine too. [Modmyi (http://modmyi.com/forums/hardware/701246-custom-metal-iphone.html) via Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/iphone-3gs-mod-ditches-plastic-cover-in-favor-of-titanium-vestme/)]
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