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Black iPhone Mod Looks Cool, Cooler Under Electron Microscope

Submitted by Edward Kirk on February 23, 2008 - 6:30pm.
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Not crazy about the iPhone's anodized aluminum look? (What's wrong with you??) Well, one person on the Gen[M]ay forums decided to make one of the coolest and most professional iPhone mods I've ever seen, re-coloring the exterior a sleek black. He also snapped some nifty pictures of the un-modded iPhone through a $30,000 optical microscope and a $250,000 electron microscope. Pictures after the break.

Gen[M]ay member KnightKrew decided to re-finish the rear housing and chrome bezel using a plasma deposition technique, resulting in a jet-black iPhone dubbed the "iPhone Custom". You can see pictures here.

Afterward he showed some images he took while analyzing the surfaces of the iPhone, some with an optical microscope and some with a more powerful (and expensive) electron microscope. The details they reveal are pretty amazing. Click on the image below to see the iPhone up close.

[via Gen[M]ay]

Submitted by brosmooth on February 23, 2008 - 8:54pm.
thats crazy.... its so cool, especially to see the machine that made it happen, that thing is so ridiculous. Very cool, love the black, i think apple should make one of them

Submitted by JFrappuccino on February 23, 2008 - 9:30pm.
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thats crazy.... its so cool, especially to see the machine that made it happen, that thing is so ridiculous. Very cool, love the black, i think apple should make one of them
I completely agree i hate the fact that the chrome bezel is extremely succeptible to scratches
I personally believe that having an all black iphone is really awesome

btw has anyone had experience with that company that paints your iphone any color you want for like 200 dollars
if so can you tell me your experience
thank you

Submitted by Michael Johnston on February 24, 2008 - 8:50pm.
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Originally Posted by JFrappuccino View Post
I completely agree i hate the fact that the chrome bezel is extremely succeptible to scratches
I personally believe that having an all black iphone is really awesome

btw has anyone had experience with that company that paints your iphone any color you want for like 200 dollars
if so can you tell me your experience
thank you
I know Macenstein had his painted and he's really happy with it.

Submitted by JFrappuccino on February 24, 2008 - 9:53pm.
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I know Macenstein had his painted and he's really happy with it.
thanks for the reply
i will get it colored for my birthday and all black 2