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First iPhone 17 Pro Design Leak Claims Surprising Return to Aluminum, Rectangular Camera Bump, and More
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This is one of those rumors that we will laugh about next September…
Sounds great if it can lower the weight of the phone as well as keep the price from going up. All that is left is to give us rounded edges again and the phone would be perfect.
If they do this, which I am happy about, its probably being done to try to keep the price down (or a obvious reason).
If they do this, which I am happy about, its probably being done to try to keep the price down (or a obvious reason).
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It really wasn't. In terms of form factor, the 3/3gs was the peak. Flush mount camera, rounded plastic back, far better than the weirdly angular 4/5. The 6 was MUCH better than the 5, but nowhere close to the 3.
So, if they want to build the best possible phone, 6.5" display, plastic back, no notch/pill, home button, headphone jack, flush no-bulge camera, and to make it better than everything that they've ever done before, easily hot-swappable battery. That's real design.
"rectangular camera bump made of aluminum rather than traditional 3D glass,"
Why does it remind me of the iPad Pro camera bump?
Why does it remind me of the iPad Pro camera bump?
I did mention IMO - Design is entirely subjective! We're all allowed our preference. Mine just leans more towards "Brick of metal"
I love the 12/13 mini, but the 5 was just slightly nicer to me. Maybe it was the chamfered edges or something that the 12/13 just didn't have.
Much of the world wide production of titanium was from Russia. I wonder if this had any influence on the decision to change.
Been an Apple fanboy for about 15 years but beginning to think Apple don’t know what they’re doing anymore. Other companies have sleek folding phones now, next year Apple will release a really thin phone and erm some new exciting aluminium casing. Sad times for a once great company.
For me, it was the combination of the flat back and the home button giving the 5/SE somewhere to hold the phone that wasn't the screen. Being able to use TouchID to unlock without having to swipe was nice too. There's a lot of subjective differences, that I think made the older phones nicer than the newer ones.
I’m just waiting for transparent aluminum at this point. The stuff the windows of the space station uses.
My guess is its because of what happened in the US earlier this month.
They aren’t titanium. They are primarily aluminum with a titanium facade.
Folding phones are a TERRIBLE idea. Unless there's some breakthrough in materials science that allows flexible glass, there will never be a good folding touchscreen.
I don't understand all the fuss over titanium. Apple periodically plays with titanium, and pretty quickly realizes it's not a great material. We had the TiBook, those definitely didn't hold up well, now they've tried and failed with it on phones. They periodically try it on watches, we'll see how long it lasts this phase.
Have they "failed" on the phones? Seems fine. Metal is metal. Same with the watches - titanium has been an option since S5, just now it's front and center.
I know that. My argument is they’re not premium. Titanium is premium. Aluminum dents easily. One drop and it’s dented. Dropped 15PM many times even on concrete and not one scratch.
Actually, aluminum is very inexpensive. It doesn’t stand up to drops. See a MacBook that has been dropped versus the old plastic MacBooks? The aluminum dents so easily. It feels more premium but it’s not titanium. I rather titanium or SS on my iPhone and MacBook.Fun fact: Aluminum is the essential material of the aerospace industry. Those products, e.g. commercial aircraft, are neither “garbage” nor “cheap.”
Why Aluminum Is Essential In Aerospace Industry: A Guide To Applications And Advantages - Flying Precision
Aerospace technology has come a long way over the years, and aluminum plays an essential role in its development. Aluminum is lightweight, strong and easy toflyingprecision.com
I hit my 15P on a counter top and it's scratched. I'm surprised you have dropped it on concrete from any significant height and there's absolutely nothing, you must have been really lucky. The face of my Watch Ultra is scratched to hell, it gets dinged easier than the aluminum ones did. It looks better when it's scratched because it's the natural, but in my experience the face with titanium is no more durable than aluminum.
I like the titanium more than stainless because it doesn't get as scratched and it is lighter, but I don't see any significant difference in durability between the two other than the brushed finished not getting as scratched.
You are absolutely right. I want the lightest phone possible, and neither steel nor titanium are as light as aluminum.
Was going to upgrade my iphone 12 mini to iphone 17 pro, but if they actually do go back to aluminum makes me think if i should just upgrade now to iphone 16 pro just to have titanium. Decisions, decisions.