Weekly poll result: titanium emerges as the new material of choice for smartphones

18 February 2024
Despite being used in only a few models, stainless steel has left a lasting impression on some users and they prefer it over aluminum and even titanium.

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justasmile, 18 Feb 2024Wdym by "reflex"?I think he want to say "shock absorbent'.

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    potato4k, 18 Feb 2024Metal back means no wireless charging. Also, all metal side... morePixel 5

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      Chuck007, 18 Feb 2024Let's face it folks. People want titanium because we&... moreTiredness is only an issue to yearly debtors err I mean FOMO'ers err I mean consumers.

        Lsi, 18 Feb 2024Whats the point of poll like that when the metal is only on... moreMetal back means no wireless charging. Also, all metal sides and back will necessitate those ugly plastic lines for the antenna like the iPhone 6/6s design.

          arsham25, 18 Feb 2024Can someone explain how holding a phone with an aluminum, s... moreThe feel, weight, and heft can be different. Obviously there are more to it like the design itself. Stainless steel is the heaviest. At certain weight, it feels solid and premium, like the iPhone 4. But at certain sizes like the Pro Max iPhones, it became too unwieldy for a portable device. Aluminum is light and strong. Titanium in this sense is a marketing trick as it instill premium feeling due to the perception that titanium is expensive (while in reality Apple only use it as a coating for the aluminum frame, basically it's just cosmetic).

          Nowadays, even plastic can be molded and polished in a way to mimic metal/glass surfaces. Many Chinese phones use plastic frame, but you don't immediately feel it especially the ones with matte finish.

            Only reason titanium won is bc there wasn't an "I don't care" option. Out of them titanium is the best though

              gsmguru, 18 Feb 2024Titanium isn't much of a use. It doesn't reflex a... moreWdym by "reflex"?

                I'm not saying titanium is not a better material. Only, industry is using it to rip us more money from our pockets haha

                  Shouldn't even be such a big point of discussion all this "what the frame of the phone is made of?" Like genuinely, when's the last time you went to buy a phone and said "Oh lemme see real quick what the frame is made of. Oh, it's aluminum, how bad. If it doesn't have a solid piece of vibranium built into it, I ain't getting it"

                    What titanium? Oh, the 0.05% of the entire phone. Roger Roger.

                      [deleted post]Titanium isn't much of a use. It doesn't reflex as much as aluminium

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                        Oh, waste more e waste, now put more titanium into ewaste and pay extra for that.What a progress...

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                          007, 18 Feb 2024People are dumb. When you have titanium frame most forces w... moreJust a no brainer stuff bro

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                            Jzgerardus, 18 Feb 2024I have no problem with plastic, I do have a problem with ov... more💯 accurate

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                              Anonymous, 18 Feb 2024Titanium is nothing more than a marketing gimmick, to extra... moreTrue 💯

                                There is nothing like titanium even Apple is just bits of it on an Aluminium frame.
                                Same goes for S24 samsung series.
                                2-3 worth of titanium does not make titanium phone.
                                Its still aluminium phone with just dents of titanium molded into frame.
                                The only real titanium phone is Vertu.
                                Apart Vertu there arent any fully titanium made phones.

                                By this comparison we can say Oneplus 12 can be called cooper edition because of largest among all phones cooper chamber for reducing the excessive heat.

                                If Apple for example uses 17 phillips screws made of 4 karat gold worth 4 euros it will be called gold edition???
                                Heck no.

                                Manufacturers jsu use marketing gimmick to confuse those customers who have no idea and never saw any Jerryrigeverything video.
                                EU should really ban those shady practicies for good and fine those companies for marketing lies.

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                                  Titanium is nothing more than a marketing gimmick, to extract more pennies outta consumers, a pro appel move obviously

                                    I have S24U but to be fair I will not miss titanium if the phone will be made from aluminium as most of the time,99% ,the phone is keept into a phone case!

                                      I have no problem with plastic, I do have a problem with overpaying for dumb stuff nobody asked for.

                                        Aluminum is better for me, looks more premium and feels better.

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