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iPhone 17 Pro Models Rumored to Feature Aluminum Frame Instead of Titanium Frame

what is the point of that ugly and even larger camera bump if the glass lenses still stick out even further?! get a clue apple.
 
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Everyone stands to lose with the loss of titanium. It is vastly stronger than aluminum. The likely reason they won’t nix it for the slim version is because it would bend worse than the iPhone 6 if it’s not titanium.
 
Lounge vibes 05 said:
I don’t really believe this report, but even if I did, it doesn’t change anything anyway.
The only part of the iPhone Pro currently that is actually titanium is a tiny thin strip along the outside of the phones that’s bonded to… A much bigger strip of aluminum.
So it basically already is aluminum, in all the ways that actually matter.
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Drop an aluminum clad iPhone and a titanium one side by side repeatedly and look at them after trying to say with a straight face there is no difference.
 
cigz said:
If that makes iPhone 17 Pro lighter then I don't mind. To be honest I didn't care about stainless steel either. Aluminium is totally fine and can look as good as SS or titanium.
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No, it can’t and doesn’t. Nothing that’s made to withstand daily drops and such is made of aluminum.
 
Allen_Wentz said:
Sorry MR posted the verbiage "It is unclear why the iPhone 17 Air would have a titanium frame, as aluminum is lighter than titanium," because it feeds into the engineering errors many readers are already prone to jump to. Neither pure aluminum nor pure titanium are used in frames: only alloys are used. MR driving thinking to the pure metals is deceivingly wrong.

Titanium alloy is used in frames because it can be stronger and lighter than an equivalent aluminum alloy used in similar frames might be. The weights of the pure raw metals are not what are relevant.
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Typical lack-of-engineering perspective in these articles. You're 100% right. Strength to weight ratio is a big concern here and as you go thinner and smaller (frame), you lose mechanical strength. Using the lightest yet strongest alloy is why Titanium was used in the past.
 
Innovati0n said:
So the Samsung Galaxy S26 won't have titanium this means either.
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Not much room to bash those phones. The AI on them is better, and so are the cameras and the screens.

Yeah it still runs crappy Android, although, Samsung has improved the aesthetics of One UI with the S25 series.
 
All about the dollars, three real reasons:

1. Added cost of titanium during production
2. Revenue decline from damaged phone repairs
3. Revenue opportunities from selling more AppleCare+
 
Surprised to see Apple going back to Aluminum. Wonder whether it will help with reducing temperatures of the device or whether there will be any weight reduction because of this.
 
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Good. Also, give us an option with a plastic screen too. Since almost everyone puts a tempered glass screen protector on their phone anyway a plastic screen is much more practical. You’d then have a drop proof phone with its shatter proof plastic screen hidden behind a tempered glass screen protector.
 
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I was really disappointed to read this. The change in robustness I witnessed when changing from aluminium to SS was huge. I was caseless for a year with dozens of sizeable drops. Next to no damage to the phone other than the sapphire lens on one of the cameras chipped a smidge. Every aluminium phone I’ve seen is battered. Can’t comment on the strength of titanium but this seems more like greed dressed up as green. Might have to get a 16P while I still can 😣
 
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