[norwaypinesavage]

Not all aluminum is created equal. High strength aluminum is made using specific alloy content and a complicated treatment process. Leave it to WaPo to assume that every single iPhone case is precisely made from the perfect aluminum stock.

It may be true, though. Liberal companies use perfect materials from completely consistent suppliers. It's those conservative competitors that use trash.

[dennisw]

Maybe the Chinese aluminum fabricator ran out of the proper aluminum and used what he had to get by for a few thousand iphones