Apple now not plans to make use of resin-coated copper for logic boards in iPhone 17 fashions subsequent 12 months, provide chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated at present.
Kuo stated resin-coated copper failed to satisfy Apple’s “high-quality necessities,” resulting in the corporate scrapping its plans to undertake the fabric for iPhone 17 fashions. It’s unclear if Apple will revisit resin-coated copper for iPhone 18 fashions or later, however it seems that the fabric is no less than a number of years away from being utilized in iPhones.
Resin-coated copper is a skinny layer of copper foil coated with a resin, comparable to an epoxy. The fabric would enable for a thinner logic board, which in flip would supply extra inner house for different elements and sensors in future iPhones.
It was additionally rumored that no less than one new Apple Watch would use resin-coated copper this 12 months, however it’s unclear if that plan has been delayed too.
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