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Exovault Metal Case Bricks Your iPhone, In a Good Way

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Ben Hoback
07/15/09

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UPDATE: emailed Exovault for weight specs trying to justify buying the expensive titanium one. replied with site addition with the lowdown on all three for both the 2g,& 3g/3gs.

http://exovault.com/pages/Tech%20deatails.html
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farcedude
07/15/09

@Ben Hoback: Props for going out and getting the answers. Would be nice if they knew how to spell "details", though.

Having done a little (very little) machining in the past, I shudder at this:

"The case is milled from solid stock providing a very strong unit."

Hope they're at least recycling everything they machine out.
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zenpoet
07/15/09

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When you have a phone case this manly, you don't care about not receiving a signal, because you TAKE the signal.

And there ain't nothing those panzies at the apple can do about it.
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strider_mt2k
07/15/09

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Wow.

Now your iPhone can look like a replacement RF module for some other, cooler device!
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craig_16
07/15/09

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You're forgetting one more potential problem... how much would this block your signal?
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
07/15/09

@craig_16: Couldn't it improve your signal, depending on the metal?
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craig_16
07/15/09

@TheStateOnDVD2Day_GitEmSteveDa...: Doubtful. The metal of the original iPhone was apparently replaced with plastic to improve reception of its many antennae. Also, the plastic patches on the iPod touch models are there to aid WiFi reception. I'm pretty sure shrouding your phone in metal would make the signal worse. It's a shame, because a metal case could be thin, strong and stylish, something that is rarely seen with iPhone cases.
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craig_16
07/15/09

@TheStateOnDVD2Day_GitEmSteveDa...: But then again, the grating at the bottom could be enough to let the signals through.
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Barry99705
07/15/09

@craig_16: You ever see a Faraday cage? It's mesh, and blocks radio signals. Like everyone else is saying, it's going to block some (a lot) signal. The antennas are at the top of the phone anyway.
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