Cu cativa ani in urma compania Apple a licentiat o tehnologie care ii permite sa produca “metal lichid”, un material destul de interesant despre care s-a spus in repetate randuri ca va fi folosit pentru a crea carcasele iPhone-urilor, insa acest lucru nu s-a materializat.
In schimb compania Apple foloseste acest “metal lichid” pentru a produce acele cheite care permit deschiderea sertarelor SIM pentru a schimba o cartela SIM, cei din Cupertino prelungind acum licenta pentru a folosi acest material in respectivele accesorii pentru iPhone sau iPad.
Apple a licentiat tehnologia de la compania Liquidmetal Technologies, noul acord permitandu-i sa beneficieze de utilizarea sa pana in data de 5 februarie 2016, insa probabil licenta va fi extinsa si dupa acea data, deoarece e putin probabil ca Apple sa inventeze vreun material nou.
On June 17, 2015, Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) and Apple Inc. (“Apple”) entered into a third amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to the Master Transaction Agreement that was originally entered into on August 5, 2010 and amended on June 15, 2012 and May 17, 2014 (the “MTA”). Under the MTA and its first two amendments in 2012 and 2014, the Company was obligated to contribute to Crucible Intellectual Property, LLC, a special purpose subsidiary of the Company, all intellectual property acquired or developed by the Company from August 5, 2010 through February 5, 2015, and all intellectual property held by Crucible Intellectual Property, LLC was exclusively licensed on a perpetual basis to Apple for the field of use of consumer electronic products under the MTA.
Materialul numit “metal lichid” este utilizat de catre Apple in principal multumita rezistentei la corodare, pentru ca este usor si este maleabil, si sunt sigur ca ati reusit pana acum sa indoiti macar o cheita pentru sertarele sim ale terminalelor iPhone.
Acestea fiind spuse, “metalul lichid” nu va fi, cel mai probabil, utilizat pentru carcasele iPhone-urilor, insa ramane o alegere principala pentru a permite schimbarea cartelelor SIM.
