Rumor: HTC wish to release a liquid metal smartphone by end of the year

[Emperor_Piehead]

Now that HTC is starting to get money from the success that was the HTC one launch it seems they want to innovate some more and separate themselves farther from normal phone vendors. HTC wants to make a smartphone from amorphous metal alloy and may use the Taiwanese chassis maker Jabon international to produce these phones. They have apparently started hiring chassis manufacturing experts to help incorporate this technology into phones. If this is true they will beat Apple to using this technology as they have also shown interest into putting liquid metal into the Iphone.

 

What does this mean to smartphones I'm not sure, but what do you think?

 

Source: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/30659/rumortt-htc-to-release-liquidmetal-smartphone-this-year-won-t-be-called-the-t-1000/index.html

 

 

Source: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130527PD213.html

 

 

 

[SSOB]

Maybe it'll be the next big thing , looks promising !

[Damikiller37]

Sounds quite cool! At least one of the bigger brands is making the move :P

[Emperor_Piehead]

It will be neat maybe they could also use it as a cooler for the phone as the metal is hot it rises to the top of the phone sort of concept.

[TheBLOODYTOXIC]

I dont know what to think... not a clue

[Emperor_Piehead]

I dont know what to think... not a clue

Its certainly something weird I imagine falling into a body of water with a liquid metal phone...

[Blade of Grass]

I think that this is great! Liquidmetal is basically indestructible (scratch proof, corrosion resistant etc).

 

And to everyone who doesn't know, Liquidmetal is a product, not physical liquid metal.

[Emperor_Piehead]

I think that this is great! Liquidmetal is basically indestructible (scratch proof, corrosion resistant etc).

 

And to everyone who doesn't know, Liquidmetal is a product, not physical liquid metal.

I know what it is, but I'm just going off what it sounds like and what comes to mind

[Blade of Grass]

hopefully it means indestructable phones with near perfect build quality

But they still have glass. :(

 

What they need to do is make easily replaceable glass screen covers.

[Emperor_Piehead]

But they still have glass. :(

 

What they need to do is make easily replaceable glass screen covers.

Gorilla glass 3 seems very strong

[Blade of Grass]

Gorilla glass 3 seems very strong

Yeah, but it still isn't indestructible/scratch proof.

Plus, if it breaks it's a PITA to replace (it's also more expensive from what I've heard).

[Emperor_Piehead]

Yeah, but it still isn't indestructible/scratch proof.

Plus, if it breaks it's a PITA to replace (it's also more expensive from what I've heard 

doesn't gorilla glass 3 have all the scratches and cracks invisible or something like that?

[Blade of Grass]

doesn't gorilla glass 3 have all the scratches and cracks invisible or something like that?

Maybe in theory, but my friend has an S4 and I can see the two small scratches he got on it (thankfully not on the screen, but by the buttons).

[Thibaudv]

Yeah, but it still isn't indestructible/scratch proof.

Plus, if it breaks it's a PITA to replace (it's also more expensive from what I've heard).

My HTC Sensation is 2 years old and the screen doesn't have any scratches, if you don't drop it on its screen and you don't put it in your pocket with keys, there's nothing to worry about.

[Blade of Grass]

My HTC Sensation is 2 years old and the screen doesn't have any scratches, if you don't drop it on its screen and you don't put it in your pocket with keys, there's nothing to worry about.

That doesn't protect you from accidents and other people. My friend didn't scratch his screen, his siblings did it >=[

[Emperor_Piehead]

Maybe in theory, but my friend has an S4 and I can see the two small scratches he got on it (thankfully not on the screen, but by the buttons).

Got it, but i'm not surprised its scratched tbh all I listened to was the marketing bs from CES.

[Nexus]

Would be awesome if this is true. 

On topic about glass, isnt sapphire glass supposed to be way stronger than gorilla glass?

I remember reading about it somewhere and its about a 3 fold increase in strength over gorilla glass.

 

EDIT:

 

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/151146-your-next-smartphone-might-use-sapphire-glass-instead-of-gorilla-glass

link to article about sapphire glass in phones.

[Blade of Grass]

Got it, but i'm not surprised its scratched tbh all I listened to was the marketing bs from CES.

I was hoping it wouldn't get scratched, but sadly, you know. :(

[Emperor_Piehead]

Would be awesome if this is true. 

On topic about glass, isnt sapphire glass supposed to be way stronger than gorilla glass?

I remember reading about it somewhere and its about a 3 fold increase in strength over gorilla glass.

 

EDIT:

 

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/151146-your-next-smartphone-might-use-sapphire-glass-instead-of-gorilla-glass

link to article about sapphire glass in phones.

Would you like to pay for the sapphire glass? I know vertu has done for a while but their phones are so expensive.

[Nexus]

Would you like to pay for the sapphire glass? I know vertu has done for a while but their phones are so expensive.

According to the article i linked its going to get cheaper. At least thats the idea behind it. 

Even if it put the price of my phone up by £50 or £100 i think its worth it for a device thats virtually indestructible.

[Emperor_Piehead]

According to the article i linked its going to get cheaper. At least thats the idea behind it. 

Even if it put the price of my phone up by £50 or £100 i think its worth it for a device thats virtually indestructible.

I guess then recycling phones would be even more important. I would pay the extra also.

[bradscoolio]

I want this. Fingers crossed :P

[Nicktrance]

I believe Apple have bought a liquid metal company a few years ago and all they have used it for so far is the iPhone's SIM tray. They probably won't be doing anything new with the design this year too so HTC can easily do this before them. Let's hope they wait for next year and release it as a flagship instead of the one rather then pulling another Butterfly/oneX+

[Emperor_Piehead]

I believe Apple have bought a liquid metal company a few years ago and all they have used it for so far is the iPhone's SIM tray. They probably won't be doing anything new with the design this year too so HTC can easily do this before them. Let's hope they wait for next year and release it as a flagship instead of the one rather then pulling another Butterfly/oneX+

Apple has a contract with the company Liquid metal. Its the same place HTC will most likely get it. 

[mgsstar]

Sweet! Hope they will somehow fix the heat dissipation issue. :)