“On the first day of September 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals one of the possible next chapters for Apple’s iPhone and iPad,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“While Apple’s patent delves deeply into a new composite that will include a foam substrate formed of a plurality of foam cells, it’s the intent behind this that’s revealing,” Purcher reports. “The new composite would accommodate a new antenna window for Apple’s iPhone and iPad formed of RF transparent materials.”
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Purcher reports, “The new antenna window could take up as much as half the backside of an iPhone. The proposed antenna window would have a seamless backside line that would almost be invisible.”
Much more in the full article, including Apple’s patent application illustrations, here.
Snappy?
It sounds fine, as far as it goes. But I do not see the novelty of applying one or more adhesives to some type of foam and attaching it to something else.
Hopefully we’ll get better reception. Sorry, but the iPhone 4 I have is a little weak on reception, especially around wifi networks downtown which I didn’t get with my cheapo moto phone. Apple might be a smartphone, but it’s a litte weak on the phone part. So this is likely why the area of the antenna window will be so large. Great.
Apple has a number of interesting options for the iPhone 5. I have no idea which one they’ll choose. As long as I get greater reception, I’m in again.
I”ll comment later when I’m done photocopying this patent.
-Samsung Innovation Dept.
Good one, Mees!