It is revealed that the back cover of iPhone 16 is lighter and thinner, using a new and upgraded processing method

[CNMO Technology News] According to CNMO, a digital blogger recently exposed the process details of a mysterious new phone. Judging from the words "16" and "Pro", the new phone mentioned here should be the iPhone 16 series. According to the blogger, the back cover of iPhone 16 is lighter and thinner, and will adopt a new and upgraded processing method.

iPhone 16 series renderings

Process differences

• iPhone 16, 16 Plus (digital series) and iPhone 16 Pro series use different processes.
• The back cover of the digital series is thinner than that of the Pro series.

Performance comparison

• Unlike the previous generation, the performance gap between the Digital series and the Pro series has narrowed.

Process upgrade

• The iPhone 16 series uses an aluminum support plate, and the upgrade process range is extensive.

Suppliers

• BYD, Lens and Saiten provide aluminum support plates for the iPhone 16 series.

  

  1. In another Weibo post, the blogger further explained that the standard version of iPhone 16 was changed from steel plate to aluminum plate.

2. Because the aluminum plate needs to be glued to the back cover and needs to pass through a pressure-maintaining machine, the NG material after pressure-maintaining can only be scrapped, so the production line has undergone technical modifications.
3. First put a layer of glue on the glass, and then stick the aluminum plate on it. The glue will reach the design viscosity after being hot pressed at 100℃.
4. Simply put, the iPhone 16 standard adopts a new processing method, and the final shape of the back cover will become thinner and lighter.
5. In addition, the original Pro series models have removed the steel parts and put them back into the production line.
6. Therefore, the entire iPhone 16 series has become aluminum plates, but there are differences in the process for different models.
7. In terms of appearance, according to previous revelations, the camera arrangement on the back of the iPhone 16 will change from diagonal to vertical, while the iPhone 16 Pro series may not change much.

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