We last year saw an Apple patent showing that the company was exploring the possibility of creating a titanium iPhone, iPad, and MacBook – and another one has been granted today.
Specifically, today’s patent grant describes a process for creating a textured surface on titanium, and one of Apple’s illustrations depicts an Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and MacBook …
Background
Apple currently offers a titanium Apple Watch, and in the past has offered a titanium laptop: the PowerBook G4. This was sold between 2001 and 2003, when it was replaced by an aluminum model. Here’s how EveryMac describes it: