iPhone 7: concept sketch suggests 'liquidmetal' handset might be waterproof

Technology

Description : Ukrainian designer Herman Haidin
investigates the possibility of a fully waterproof iPhone

Concept sketches for upcoming iPhones tend to come in
two distinct flavours: those that try to imagine what the
next generation will actually be and those that simply
investigate what it could potentially be.

Designer Herman Haidin's drawings definitely fall into the
latter category.

In a series of sketches published on Behance.ne t, the
Ukrainian imagines an iPhone constructed from "liquidmetal"
– for which Apple acquired the patent in 2010 and could
potentially make the handset completely waterproof.


So what is liquidmetal? Many of us already own a piece of
it - every iPhone box sold today comes with a small piece of
the material in it: the small prong SIM ejector.

Liquidmetal is an alloy with "an amorphous atomic structure
and a multi-component chemical composition", tech site BGR
says. "The special metal has high tensile strength, corrosion
resistance, water resistance and better elasticity."

In his concept sketch, Haidin imagines the iPhone 7 with a
layer of liquidmetal incorporated just beneath the screen to
act as the cooling system for the new handset and help its
internal components stay dry.