We're pretty sure it's part of the machined chassis and protrudes through a cutout in the front glass.
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Having all this machined aluminum made here in the US isn't cheap however.
The engine, based loosely on a Chevy V-8 and still universally called a Chevy, has a custom-machined, 410-cubic-inch aluminum block.
He was there to check out a company that had sounded good on paper and was bidding to supply large machined castings.
We were impressed with the prototype's build quality (it's CNC machined), especially the design of the sliding mechanism used to capture the iPad.
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Some of the antennae (such as WiFi and GPS) are actually machined as part of the unibody and coexist on the same aluminum panel.
Robert Kiener, of the Precision Machined Products Association, cites the case of one Ohio manufacturer whose bank asked for his life-insurance policy as collateral.
Its aluminum chassis makes for quite a rigid device in hand, and the machined and polished bevel gives the V98 a very high-end look.
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That machined quality we noted in the earlier post is present, though as we said previously, the sides of these housings do look like separate pieces.
"The move to a purpose-built factory will reinforce our position as a leading UK sub-contractor in precision machined plastic parts, " said Ensinger's managing director, John Speirs.
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The XPS Duo 12 features thoughtful design, attractive aesthetics, and is crafted from premium materials such as machined aluminium and carbon fibre, as well as Corning Gorilla Glass for durability.
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James and his welders machined, riveted and hammered 18-gauge steel and razor-thin aluminum into a space-age-looking vehicle, applying some of the same construction methods Airstream uses in its shiny luxury trailers.
That red color bathes a machined aluminum back that has a rather more square profile than the previous iPod touch, but it's still decidedly more comfortable in the hand than the angular, industrial iPhone.
The main differences between the two are a sport-tuned suspension, those 19-inch machined alloy wheels and tires, distinctive headlights with dark chrome inserts, and R-Spec badges outside the vehicle and on the floor mats.
The HTC brand is embossed in silver smack in the middle, and the Beats logo, speaker grille (an array of tiny machined holes) and certification details in fine print can be found in the bottom-center.
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Dipping into design notes from The Nokia Lumia line, the One X is a unibody device machined from white polycarbonate that uses Gorilla Glass to protect its 4.7-inch 1280x720 non- pentile Super LCD 2 display.
That fuel economy comes from sophisticated electronic fuel and spark controls, and computerized automatic transmissions teamed up with a very sophisticated engine that was designed using computer-automated design, machined using CNC milling, and assembled by robots.
The speaker grille is the only feature that disrupts the flat front -- presumably due to cost constraints, it isn't an integral part of the body like the machined speakers found on the One X and S. A front-facing camera is also conspicuously absent and we assume this was another cost-cutting measure.
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