New Apple Technology to Produce Seamless Metal iPhone Case

This isn't really new as Apple has been using this technique on the iPod line for years. The mini, nano, and shuffles all appear to be made with this technique. Additionally, the biggest issue with using a single piece of aluminum for an iPhone body would be that the aluminum itself would block the RF signal for the GSM and Wi/Fi radios which is why the current iphone back is plastic as is the little corner area on the back of the iTouch.

Well, yeah. Rotational storage's lifetime is pretty much over, and it is time to move on.