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Apple iPhone 5 and 5S rear case coatings

Thread starter rickraphael
Start date Nov 26, 2013

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Nov 26, 2013

rickraphael

Materials

Does anyone know what Apple is coating the aluminum on the back of its iPhone 5 and 5s devices with? The metal appears to be anodized (and they've said as much) but the coefficient of friction between 2 iPhones is about .14. They use an omniphobic coating on the front glass which makes sense, but there's something unusual on the back. Has anyone looked into this?

Regards,

Rick