If you thought the iPhone with its default white or black plastic casing was the coolest handset you have ever seen, well think again.
Here is a really cool custom built iPhone casing that replaces the standard one with a replica made with titanium alloy. And guess what? It actually works!
iPhone user Martin Schrotz from Austria says he was not too happy with the default plastic casing on the iPhone. So using his favorite CAD program to digitally measure the specifications, Martin says he was able to fabricate an iPhone casing made of titanium alloy with a milling machine. The final product looks like this:
Interestingly, Martin says the absence of a plastic casing has not caused any problems in terms of signal reception. The titanium alloy works as good as plastic in allowing the RF waves to pass through the casing and thus does not hinder wireless communications. As you can check out from the video below, the signal reception is pretty good.
Here are more pictures of the device. Check them out and let us know what you think about the mod in the comments.
[via Engadget]
think its pretty cool. even better than the plastic one. how can i get it ?
That is very cool — nice job. Everyone's gonna want one now…including me!
Hmmm, I think im going to make one
Very nice what about the vibrate switch it's different
Holy crap! That's hot, Great job. I want One.
i want
I like the black case better. I wish my MacBook was black.
since I'm number eight in the post.. I more than want one.. I ate one.
I noticed that also. and it moves in a different direction it looks like also. he needs to work on the sim tray. im sure that it couldnt be that hard to make seeing that he made a whole cover…..
who cares what number you are?! get a life!
DUDEEE…. SELL THIS!!! everybody would buy this.. including me!!… ebay ebay! ebay ! ebay!
Well… I will
Well… I will
Wait a second……. I'm a machinist with time on my hands and an Iphone. I know what I'm doing tomorrow.
The Sexiest MOD out there!
Want one right now! Where to order?
You're a lost lonely soul who has nothing better to do than give people shit in the comments section of a well known website !!!
Douche…
He should have tried to pass this off as a leaked pictures of a new 4G
Don't get me wrong, I really do like this mod, But, I like my White case that little bit more.
This guy could make some serious cash if he released that case as a 'Limited Production Run' of say 150 units
if it's a full cad machine, he could go as far as milling customers name too.
It is the 4G… Photos were leaked so this is what apples doing… Stupid people
Legally he can't sell these. It has the apple logo on it. He would have to get apple's approval to use their logo. And for the record, you don't use a CAD program to measure anything. You use CAD to draw. A CMM does the measurement and imports the points into a CAD/CAM software such as MasterCam.
That different silent/vibrate switch is odd. Can anyone verify that the European iPhones have or don't have the same switch design as the U.S. models? It seems very odd that he would have designed his own switch. Something's not as it seems here.
Uk iPhone 3Gs 16Gb O2, Usual flip switch, front, sound on, back sound off. Same as my old 3G
Don't think there's a difference of any regional release, even software is standard throughout carriers. Orange usually brand their handsets, but Uk Orange is same as rest.
It's ingenious but I'll stay w/my black case..
A great work and I assume that it would be great to hold this one….. its metallic touch i love….
people who have been using phone with metallic casings like nokia 8800 would know how good it feels to hold and operate a metalic phone.
If you can't sell the casing, u can sure sell your software….
unibody iPhone i presume