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Titanium matters for lightweight that is one of the important spec for some people. They aren't good at advertising this (or don't want to advertise much to mak

• chiefalchemist 3y ago
  But they don't even say that. As if everyone knows that? And no technical improvements? But then again, the new USB C with out of date max data throughput is nothing to brag about.
• dheera 3y ago
  You wouldn't notice it, the difference in weight between aluminum and titanium phone shell is negligible compared to the weight of the glass, battery, and PCBs combined. Titanium sounds cool, it sounds luxury, it's a marketing hack. Like <strike>"aircraft-grade"</strike> "space-grade" aluminum. Nobody is launching their aluminum phones at escape velocity. It's 100% for marketing reasons. I have some titanium spoons, I feel into the trap too.
  • wilsonnb3 3y ago
    > You wouldn't notice it, the difference in weight between aluminum and titanium phone shell is negligible compared to the weight of the glass, battery, and PCBs combined. The previous iPhone Pro's have a stainless steel shell, not aluminum, and the ~30 gram difference is noticeable. Of course, they caused this problem themselves by using stainless steel rather than aluminum like the regular iPhones, but they are nonetheless solving a problem with the titanium frame.
    • delfinom 3y ago
      30 grams is about the weight of a slice of bread or 5 US quarters (5.6 g each).
  • saagarjha 3y ago
    I went into an Apple Store and did in fact notice it: it’s quite obvious. I would suggest you do the same before just assuming it’s the same.