Apple is using stainless steel on its premium smartphones since 2017 however now popular leaker LeaksApplePro revealed that the iPhone 15 Ultra will have a titanium chassis. It should be mentioned here that Titanium is much stronger and lighter than stainless steel but it is quite expensive. Coming to the durability of the device, titanium’s strength-to-weight ratio is on another level to stainless steel, providing almost the same strength at 40% of its weight. This is the reason why titanium is used in weight-dependent applications, such as aircraft parts. Moreover, titanium is 3-4x stronger than stainless steel at the same weight. By incorporating Titanium, Apple would be able to increase device durability without any increase in weight. The strength, however, will remain the same and there will be a strike balance between the two. While this looks quite astonishing, however considering the mobile phone market, the price of the device is also one of the most vital factors.
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Titanium is priced at $35-50 per kilogram, compared to $1-1.50 per kilogram for stainless steel. It’s a big difference and will give a big shock to people who are looking to buy upcoming Apple devices. If the company wants to keep the price of the device the same, they need to call industry-leading economies of scale however they will also struggle with taking decisions and the only solution left is to raise the price of the device once again. I guess Apple will make a huge difference between the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, which will cost more than $1,100—the price of the iPhone 14 Pro Max today. We should also consider global price increases which might make this price even higher. Other than this, the device is rumored to come with a Thunderbolt 4-powered USB-C port, dual front cameras, and, in the A17, the first 3nm chipset, people might have to rob a bank to get their hands on this device. Also Read: How to record phone calls on an iPhone call
