“On May 17, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals their intention of reinventing the speakerphone system for iOS devices. Although not detailed, the fact is that the new speaker positioning could provide iOS devices with general superior sound, even when docked,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“Interestingly the patent states that the former-cone element could be milled, cut or stamped from a solid sheet of material such as aluminum alloy (or other suitably lightweight yet rigid material),” Purcher reports. “Technically this could be an application for Liquidmetal. And lastly, if the speakerphone is to be placed on the back side of the iPhone… then it would strongly suggest that the back side of the iPhone would have to be constructed with materials other than glass.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]
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Finally, the Liquidmetal Dolby 100 amp iPhone!
Five speakers at 100w per channel iPhone. Hence, iPhone 5.
All I hear is “…could be… could be… might be…”
All this tells us for sure is that the speakers MAY be moved.
Then again, they MAY NOT be. *shrug*
Now I see why Apple needed to go with a liquidmetal back great article.
Sound would not work with a glass back only liquidmetal. They could make this speaker almost paper thin.. Looks like Steve Jobs lives on at Apple. Always the first always the best.