Leaker explains why Apple is ditching titanium. | Image Credit – Jukanlosreve, X
China is the world’s biggest producer of titanium and if the trade war between the East Asian country and the US intensifies, it will make the material more expensive. It doesn’t help that titanium is already more expensive than stainless steel and aluminum.
That said, stainless steel is more durable than aluminum, so it remains to be seen whether prioritizing weight over strength will be worth it.
Another potential concern that’s not a part of today’s leak is that titanium may be responsible for making Apple’s flagships uncomfortably warm. While complaints about overheating have largely subsided after the iPhone 16 Pro‘s release, presumably due to the phone’s new cooling architecture, they haven’t completely died down, indicating titanium may not be completely blameless.
