iPhone 7/7 Plus – jet black and a new Home button.
Say in metal craft skills of the digital world, Apple say the second, no one would dare to say first.
Not that far away, he took the first-generation iPhone in 2007, it has been stamped aluminum alloy shell + CNC + after blasting anodization;
There iPod product line, one of the metal shell, have used aluminum, but also polished stainless steel (Touch 4), as well as the previous aluminum cover + polished stainless steel back cover (iPod Classic), computer product line currently one full line of aluminum .
On mobile phones, iPhone4 stainless steel frame, the first time I saw such a good time stainless steel mobile phone to slip also so beautiful.
iPhone5 aluminum Unibody (unibody process), for the first time on the phone to achieve such a high proportion of a metal one.
To iPhone6 series, removed five generations down the glass, instead replaced with injection molding strips.
We can see that this generation of iPhone replacement, Apple towards a more integrated, higher proportion of metal targets in marching, color aspect is changed from two to three colors, 6s into four.
That is, in this piece of metal craft, from Apple to play one of the color diversity. Throughout the major new phone, this one in aluminum, from a few thousand to the hundreds of metal are basically the same integrated, but also want to color a few can do a few.
Look at this time Apple, leading from the early manufacturing process, and later gradually leading to rely on color, as iPhone6 series of metal integrity is still the top level, but Friends are catching up fast speed is amazing, two out ID and a manufacturing process Apple is time to come up with something nobody else had done something to defend position in metal craft.
Yes, this is: iPhone 7 light black/jet black
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This is the first topic I want to talk fine today:
What light black Yes.
How do black light out?
What advantages and disadvantages of it?
Implications for the industry.
Black all-metal phone market there, but both black and all-metal, mirror-polished or anodized + phone, only iPhone7, this is a new color scheme metal craft, this is what I want to focus on the talk mind.
What is jet black
As the name implies, essentially bright black or black, but the black is very bright, the surface can be close to a mirror effect, it looks shiny bright, crystal clear, glass ceramics visual sense, but hold between texture between the metal and glass .
How do light black out
After CNC machining of metal fuselage
Followed by grinding and polishing process, mirror-like performance to achieve a more smooth.
Then anodized color, the saturation of very high pure black.
Anodic oxidation and then be polished
Once this is done, the whole feel with the current blasting + anodizing completely different. Holding in your hand a little sense of metal and not as strong metal texture, of course, a little slippery.
It has what the advantages and disadvantages
The first one is blasting and anodizing this process has now been used up, up to five or six thousand, down to five-six phones can be used, it has been a very good and mature metal coloring process. In addition, Apple is also looking for a breakthrough, either anodized colors you want, also has a mirror shine cool effect.
On the downside, blasting + anodizing compared to the previous, this mirror-polished anodized + + + sandblasting polishing process is better in scratch resistant anodized terms, even if there is a layer of oxide film, streaking will certainly scratch.
Otherwise, Apple will no longer be the official website of strenuous effort such a caption:
Bright black iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus high gloss appearance, the use comprises nine anodic oxidation process and polishing process precision crafted. The surface hardness and other anodized Apple products the same; however, high-gloss surfaces may occur with daily use minor wear. If you have concerns about this, I suggest you choose a suitable protective shell to protect your iPhone.
The significance of the industry
In fact, before iPhone7 released, many people are aware of this process, but also quietly proofing, however, and who no shot.
Seen some international companies selling models in trying this process, proofing time is hand holding cabinet marked a few hours in a variety of different thickness of sandpaper, only to come up with a few samples.
So this process is that the biggest difficulty polished mirror effect, very time-consuming. Use artificial polished words, too time-consuming, to use the words of polishing machine, cell phone after all, not a plane, how to ensure that all do the same arc plane mirror effect, this takes a long time debugging and precision machinery, precision high, they might be scrapped, the yield is low, good low cost rises, after rising costs that why should I put so much effort to toss, with the original process would not be good.
Apple chose this program is constantly grinding gravel grinding, the video did not explain too much, but one can imagine that the grinding process more than this one, which is Apple’s self-development process.
Even so, the light black process is still a problem, mirror-polishing process is too complicated, productivity and yield needs continuous run-in to ascend, after reading Apple’s official website, once again confirms my previous guess, this new color just on the models appear more than 128G capacity, it is estimated is a hard to find.
New Home key
Before iPhone7 release, many mobile phone has been made not to press the Home key, touch only when they are talking about, you see, can not press the Home button is a trend that Apple has done so. Press the button and then do not go trying to justify the biggest backing is iPhone7 will do.
However, iPhone 7 did so, but now look at those fixed dead Home button on the phone, and then look iPhone7 the Home key, is a thing? In addition to the same form, but the experience is the same?
So Apple MacBook touchpad also canceled the original mechanical buttons, touch pad fixed dead. Why press down and did not feel cheated. Because Apple has force touch and taptic ah, their cooperation analog I pressed the button and some feedback, in line with the expectations of my heart. So, I also whether it is not a button.
Apple uses technology to something higher mechanical buttons replaced without affecting the user experience would be more reliable.
Two fundamentally different things, even if formally done the same, but the experience was different.
Now look at this, then look at Apple’s new interpretation of the Home key, coincide.
Also, I noticed that there Copywriter this sentence:
Support induction. It can be used with the new Taptic Engine, provide precise tactile feedback when you press, you can also be personalized.
See this sentence, I have shocked the whole person, because in June I made a micro-Bo:
Apple canceled if the key switch to retain only fingerprint recognition, it will add a similar Mac above pressure touch, equipped Taptic Engine vibration simulate button feedback effect.
Before I doubt that iPhone above Taptic Engine can simulate the effect of keys, this is the key to good and bad experiences. Mac above the vibrating element but larger than the iPhone above a dozen times ah, low vibration frequency, fully achieve the real ones.
Therefore, the need to overcome technical point two:
1, in the key region to the pressure sensor is not shared with the screen, but controlled separately.
2, Taptic Engine improved to simulate the feedback is really the key.
Apple actually made out on the phone, the Home key to increase the pressure sensor, improved Taptic Engine, based on the intensity of pressing the Home key, Taptic Engine to contribute to the corresponding quake, so you think you pressed a mechanical key, in fact, this is the science and technology science and technology in combination with staged a well-intentioned deception.
If iPhone 7 what black technology, I would like to Fengyun new button deserved.
These two topics to talk over.
Finally, I say a few words on this generation iPhone7 design view.
Jonathan led by Apple design I think we have a little knowledge, it is to do a more integrated than the integrated product.
From slimmer NewMacBook, the metal ratio greater canceled leaving only USB and headphone interfaces, to iPhone7, cancel the headphone jack, camera projection from the original now assembled into one-piece, leaving only a day line, Home key fixed, the new glossy black front panel with 2.5D glass, reach a common bright reflective integration.
This is the new iPhone, more integrated.
Future iPhone will appear in what kind of shape it?
Wish irresponsible guess what:
Home key gone, integrated into the front panel.
Button disappears, replaced by a velocity-sensitive sensor.
Lightning wireless charging interface is replaced.
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