Silly name aside, last I heard parts made with this alloy were a solid rather than a liquid.
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The MacRumors Show: iPhone 17 Designs Revealed!
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Yeah, I did. All I heard was idle conjecture. Perhaps I should have parsed my original statement.
They can explain away the ti & SS in favor of aluminum by mentioning how environmentally destructive mining titanium is & toxis SS is to alloy, compared to the still bad but not as terrible Al. But in keeping with Apple making their products cheaper to produce every year while keeping the price the same or increasing it, switching back to Aluminum buys them another year.
They really could just mold the entire case in glass + a removable glass display. Then the whole body can be repeatedly recycled on through to countertops and flashlights in its lifecycle. Everyone just puts them in cases anyway.
They really could just mold the entire case in glass + a removable glass display. Then the whole body can be repeatedly recycled on through to countertops and flashlights in its lifecycle. Everyone just puts them in cases anyway.
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With all the quality issues on the new phones I don’t trust them.
Found an image of Tim gathering materials for the new phones.
Nope. Aluminium boost profit margins by 90%. Its the only reason.
My cousin works for the engineering.
LOL. I was thinking something special like it’s infused with Liquid Metal but if Jonny introduces it, maybe that’s enough 😉🥲
A combined phone case with integrated magsafe battery and cooling fan for when the phone is running Apple Intelligence LLM is the optimal solution.
mmhmmm. Strapping a fan to the back of my phone to have the dubious privilege or running an « ai » ******** generator.
How about removing the neural engine and put more battery there?
removing the neural engine would literally give a microscopic amount of space, which would basically increase battery life by a minute or two, the chip is already tiny as hell (9.5mm wide)
Just bought my wife a 16 PM. She's going to love the titanium. Xmas present let's go. Her reason to upgrade is her iPhone 13 pro max charging port stopped working, never been wet. Funny thing is, my iPhone 13 pro max did the same thing so I switched to an S23 ultra and its been amazing. Am considering a iPhone 17 pro next year, not air, but we shall see.
I do think its funny how I'm reading so many articles about the "crisis" people are expecting to have over whether to get the iPhone 17 Pro or the iPhone 17 Air. Basically, they are Pro model users who need/want/use the best features available, but are actually considering downgrading to a worse phone just because Apple is making some bold design choices to make the mid-tier iPhone more compelling than it is right now. Can we say, dopamine issues? The Pro model remains where it's at, and will continue that way.
And? Who cares? Apple's settled on a really beautiful design. If they can make it lighter, thinner, wonderful, but otherwise, its capabilities are what sells it now.
Plus, Apple spends all this time crafting these beautiful things and everyone puts an ugly plastic case on them. I don't think Apple needs to overthink this one.
Ew. Gross, no.
And why? For real. If everyone should be using a case, and most people do use cases, why bother making the phones even look nice at all? Why doesn't Apple just build an option that foregoes all the metal at all, and just uses a basic plastic body that people can slap a case on. Then they can save money and Apple can sell more phones.
Or go a step further. Make buying an iPhone like buying a studio display. You choose between a titanium body/glass back for extra $, or otherwise, you're getting a beefed up plastic/silicone phone that's exactly the same on the outside, but made with cheaper and more durable materials.
Yep. I remember during my Samsung days. Those aluminum sides would just wear down very easily with a case, just the silicone case caused abrasions no matter how many times a day one cleaned the phone and case. No issues with the iPhone so far for me.
Eventually the market cares by declining sales and and Apple responds accordingly based on what is technologically possible and economically feasible for them to do. Eventually even a beautiful design needs to be replaced with another (hopefully) beautiful design.
Mobile phones have simply been commodity items for a handful of years.
Just what would you call innovation? Be curious to know.
Ugly and cheap looking for a higher price. Always bought APPLE b/c of quality materials and longevity. This proposed phone in “aluminum” will dent, bend, and looks like it came from Wal Mart. I’ll keep my Titanium Pro16. Much more professional and Classy.
My iPhone history - 10. And still use it every day. Nothing to compare to, but i'm glad you guys say it's at least the best now I had it for years and years, lol