Get a smartphone that doesn’t scratch the screen or the back. It’s possible? According to AppleInsider, the prestigious inventor Christopher D. Perst and his team, also responsible for the implementation of a ceramic glass MagSafe charger, have almost succeeded.
For decades there has been an oscillation between the different components of the body. From aluminum to magnesium, from plastic to ceramic. The same goes for coatings, from nano-textured glass to treated leather.. Options that are more or less durable, dirtier or more aesthetically pleasing, but none are considered a total solution.
An iPhone that doesn’t need a case because it’s already protected
Apple is also in this league to come up with the ultimate solution, researching how to build an iPhone chassis that will withstand wear and tear without compromising too much on weight or overall construction. It is already known: the greater the robustness, sometimes the more difficult it is to dissipate the excess heat – imagine what you are faced with when you record a video of ten minutes and the mobile does not manage to escape overheating.
This is the maximum of metal cases, more resistant to skin abrasion but less to blows or scratches. — not to mention interference before certain frequencies of radio signals. The leather, meanwhile, supports scratches, but it becomes greasy which is pleasant. Finally, the ceramic is too fragile to fall.
From the link to the patent, we see that the publication date was June 13 by United States residents Christopher D. Perst, Stephen B. Lynch, and Teodor Dabov. The patent, pictured above, features a series of symmetrically arranged rows that would be like slits – or imperceptible bulges, since it’s material “partially embedded in the chassis substrate” – abrasion resistant. This kind of scales would resist the passage of time much better, without showing signs of rubbing, which ordinary blankets cannot boast of.
As documented by AppleInsider, it doesn’t state that the space between the elements “is only between 10 and 100 microns”, considering the normal body of an iPhone model. This illustrative drawing, in any case, only serves as a guide to show how the hardware would be laid out on the back of a future iPhone, it does not mean that it is a product in development. However, clearly indicates the near future and possible implementations for the next iPhone. Even on Reddit, they speculate that this patent is actually for the Apple Vision Pro viewfinder.
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