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MacDaily News post !
But interesting beyond the good news for Apple is the mention of Liquidmetal at very bottom of the post in "selected companies current market value! I've never seen LQMT in their posts!
u/Ill_Ad9110 — 21 hours ago
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Apple Still Developing Liquid Metal for Future iPhone Pro Frames
It’s a little like click bait, but it’s something to keep an eye on.
u/DMN_LQMT — 3 days ago
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Leaker says the hinge of Apple’s iPhone Fold (Ultra) keeps failing to meet quality control
The screenshot says it all.
It’s not clear if the problem is the Liquidmetal portion of the hinge or the titanium portion that would be failing.
This rumor lines up with some other reports of the same over the past month or so. I believe it was Bloomberg who said that there’s an argument among Apple engineers over whether the Fold’s hinge should be Liquidmetal or Titanium. At the time commenters suggested that perhaps it was crossed wires because the hinge has Liquidmetal and Titanium parts. This is another data point that there may be some issues still to be solved.
Apple’s traditional timeframe would have final design validation happening in the next 6 weeks, with mass production and assembly beginning in July. On that schedule there’s not a lot of time left to get this right.
weibo link: https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5299248285615219
Reported at TechRadar: https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/iphone-ultra-delayed-until-2027-apple-is-reportedly-struggling-to-solve-a-major-hinge-problem-but-the-phones-visually-creaseless-display-sounds-promising
u/Nerd-Beautiful — 4 days ago
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A question for the community!
It just dawned on me that protective cases that we are acustomed to will not work on a foldable. Normal cases are a single rigid piece of plastic with hard edges. With a foldable this will not work directly. I'm not well versed in the current foldable, (I've only seen them in display cases) and never in the wild. That said, what do you all think this means to the Apple version? Will there be aftermarket cases, or do you believe the construction will be such that they are not possible or needed. Interested in your thoughts!
u/Ill_Ad9110 — 6 days ago