Facinating article about Zirconia Ceramic, and potential future materials for Apple’s products. https://www.quora.com/What-will-the-iPhone-8-be-made-of/answer/Brian-Roemmele?srid=Pi3 …
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reminds me. How does Apple Watch transmit radios? It's all aluminum and sapphire.
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Through the glass bezel? Only needs to transmit short distances compared to a phone. +
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bu then why wouldn't iPhone do that? It has 10x the glass
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Ryan, the glass screen is not radio transparent. Hence the antenna cuts. The Ceramics=radio transparent.
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how does the Watch transit radio then?
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Replying to @zzbar @BrianRoemmele and
not sure directly at skin is allowed?
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Ryan, check the patent. Goes into the science behind body transmission: https://www.google.com/patents/US20140285386?dq=inassignee:%22Apple,+Inc.%22+antenna&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Oc45VcyYC9W4ogSj94DQBA&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ …
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