Apple Card a fost prezentat acum cateva saptamani de catre compania Apple ca primul sau card bancar, el putand fi folosit atat cu Apple Pay, cat si in mod fizic in lumea reala. Analizandu-l un designer spune ca Apple a facut o obsesie pentru detaliile din spatele Apple Card pentru a crea un produs care sa fie atractiv pentru cat mai multi clienti.
Apple Card este facut dintr-o singura bucata de titan, un robot taind materialul la milimetru, astfel incat si chip-ul cardului sa incapa intr-un locas stramt. Designerul sstine ca pentru Apple Card, Apple foloseste si o versiune simplificata a procesului prin care taie carcasa MacBook Pro-urilor, dar desigur ca materialele promotionale nu prezinta chiar totdeauna realitatea.
Mai multe detalii despre ceea ce face Apple Card inedit in comparatie cu alte card-uri aveti mai jos, compania Apple reusind sa aduca pentru clienti ceva ce putini credeau ca vor vedea vreodata.
Apple’s video shows a card blank being cut from a single sheet of titanium. Then, a CNC mill cuts out a space for the EMV chip to be inserted in a later step. This is a simplified form of the unibody manufacturing process that Apple started using in the original MacBook Air and second generation MacBook Pro back in 2008. In the video, the outline of an Apple logo from the front of the card is first laser etched. That outline is then engraved again into a channel with a V-shaped cross-section. These slanted surfaces are designed to catch and reflect light as you turn the card. Their design consists of six pill shaped contacts within a rounded rectangle. The contacts are arranged so that their rounded corners are concentric with the corners of the outer rectangle.
