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Titanium iPhone 15 Pro Weighs 19 Grams Less Than iPhone 14 Pro
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Interesting. With the weight savings , I though they reduced the battery size to get the same usage time with the lower consumption of the A17.
Did we get confirmation on a bigger battery? Was a hectic keynote.
Personally I'm on a 12 Pro Max personal (and 13 Mini for work) ... so I am absolutely in the target audience! Looks great for me.
Honestly can't see how the battery life ended up not being better than last year... maybe they were too optimistic last year, with everyone complaining about the 14 Pro battery life...
Exactly!
Max felt fine until the 12 PM came around which I eventually returned. The 11PM before that was just perfect in my hands.
Tried the 14PM last year but hated the weight. The 15PM seems really tempting, I think I‘m going back to the Max.
Battery is the same if you look on the apple page and compare the 15 pro to the 14 pro.
What i will always remember from this event: 100% recycled and how bad people are with their carbon footprint…… it’s all part of the new and more taxes we we gonna face in the future.
The only people who measure things in grams are chemists and drug dealers.
4 US Nickels (or 5 packets of sugar) equal 20 grams, so that should give you an idea.
The “more durable” than stainless remains to be seen, because what we have here is actually a relatively thin titanium skin bonded to an aluminum chassis (which is needed because titanium is not great for thermal transfer). Steel is stronger and heavier than titanium with dimensions being the same, and this is further compromised by the aluminum chassis. I’m sure it’s strong enough but calling it “more durable” is probably not accurate.
The real improvements are in repairability, with the the redesign allowing replacement of the glass back without a complete tear down of the chassis.
I would have preferred a beadblasted finish (like Watch Ultra) over the brushed, but I’m glad that they went with a PVD finish rather than anodize on the titanium.
The real improvements are in repairability, with the the redesign allowing replacement of the glass back without a complete tear down of the chassis.
I would have preferred a beadblasted finish (like Watch Ultra) over the brushed, but I’m glad that they went with a PVD finish rather than anodize on the titanium.
Have a 3rd party open it up, put a smaller/lighter battery in it & bravo: A lighter iPhone! 😉
Weight reduction is great. Should be easier to handle
It's more durable than stainless steel? Riiiiight...
For the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, Apple is using a new titanium frame rather than a stainless steel frame, which cuts down on weight. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are approximately nine percent lighter than the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
The iPhone 15 Pro weighs 187 grams, down from 206 grams for the iPhone 14 Pro.
The iPhone 15 Pro Max weighs 221 grams, down from 240 grams for the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Apple's iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus continue to feature a chassis made from aluminum, so there has been no notable weight change with those devices compared to the prior-generation.
Along with lowering the weight of the iPhone, the titanium material is also less prone to fingerprints because of the new brushed finish and it is more durable.
Article Link: Titanium iPhone 15 Pro Weighs 19 Grams Less Than iPhone 14 Pro
Titanium is valued for several advantages it has over steel (and also aluminium) but strength is not one of them. Its resistance to corrosion from the air (since it forms an oxide layer that stops the oxidation from going any further) and from acids (i.e. its not very reactive). Titanium is less toxic than steel, experiences lower amounts of thermal expansion than steel and has a higher melting point (won't even mention aluminium here since it performs very poorly in these regards). Titanium has higher tensile stength per mass but not by volume. A kilogram of Titanium can take more force than a kilogram of pretty much every other metal. However titanium is not very dense (which gives it its light weight).
So, we agree with each other? Titanium is a great metal, but it does dent more easily.
Combine that with the use of aluminium in the frame, and we've also probably lost a fair bit of rigidity in the frame too.
Yes - Titanium is 'more durable' in many ways, but NOT stronger.
Us oldsters who loved the Titanium PowerBook G4 dealt with a high level of 'dentability'.
So, I weighed my 14 Pro on our postage scale. It is 7.3 ounces without a case (Apple website says the 14 Pro weighs 7.27 ounces so scale is accurate). With the case, it is 8.3 ounces, so the case weighs 1 ounce (Apple Silicone case).
So, the weight reduction from 14 Pro to 15 Pro is .67 ounces. This is about half the weight of the Apple 14 Pro silicone case. I cannot tell any difference between the weight of my phone with my case on, or with it off, and that is a full ounce of weight difference. Not sure that just over a half ounce of weight difference is going to be that significant.
This will give you some idea of the weight reduction. Having not actually held a 15 Pro, I cannot say for sure, but it seems to me that the difference is going to be minimal.
So, the weight reduction from 14 Pro to 15 Pro is .67 ounces. This is about half the weight of the Apple 14 Pro silicone case. I cannot tell any difference between the weight of my phone with my case on, or with it off, and that is a full ounce of weight difference. Not sure that just over a half ounce of weight difference is going to be that significant.
This will give you some idea of the weight reduction. Having not actually held a 15 Pro, I cannot say for sure, but it seems to me that the difference is going to be minimal.
God forbid a company try to reduce their destruction of our environment while they uninhibitedly pursue endless, unsustainable growth.
I swear there are people who'd torch the Earth to save five bucks on their taxes.
Weight, is about WEIGHT but also DISTRIBUTION.. I know, from MATHS that my trust iphone 8+ and my iphone 14 plus weight essentially exactly the SAME, and YET - the 14 plus FEELS lighter…certainly works better and certainly offers a ton of improvements.
The 14 PM, was TOO HEAVY and TOO HEFTY, so I’m hoping that the 15 PM might be just that much closer to the 14 PLUS in feel and HEFT to make it an ACCEPTABLE upgrade for me.
The 14 PM, was TOO HEAVY and TOO HEFTY, so I’m hoping that the 15 PM might be just that much closer to the 14 PLUS in feel and HEFT to make it an ACCEPTABLE upgrade for me.