iPhone 15 Pro I want a Pro, but with aluminum instead of titanium

[MakaniKai]

Wishing I could get an iPhone 15/16 Pro but with the blue aluminum & back glass from the 15 instead of the titanium on the 15 Pro. I really don't like the titanium look at all. I love the way aluminum looks.

Do you think Apple would ever go back to aluminum stainless steel on Pro? Whoops they used stainless steel before, not aluminum

 

[Lance-AR]

The problem is you can't cook spaghetti sauce in aluminum due to the acidity of the tomatoes. Titanium tastes better when cooking from scratch.

 

[MakaniKai]

The problem is you can't cook spaghetti sauce in aluminum due to the acidity of the tomatoes. Titanium tastes better when cooking from scratch.

Ahhh that explains it

 

[JPack]

Current rumors suggest iPhone 17 Pro will go back to aluminum. Out of the four devices only Pro Max will be Ti.

iPhone 17 rumors: New design, 'Slim' model to replace 'Plus’, more - 9to5Mac

Apple has big changes in store for next year’s iPhone 17 lineup, according to a new report from reliable Haitong...

9to5mac.com

 

[winxmac]

Since introduction of the Pro naming scheme [on iPhones], Apple has always used Stainless Steel [except since iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max which uses Titanium] and never Aluminum/Aluminium...

Even iPhone X and XS/XS Max use Stainless Steel...

 

[ProbablyDylan]

I don't think it's the titanium you don't like, it's the brushed finish you don't like. You can beadblast titanium to give it the same visual texture as the aluminum phones - Apple Watch Ultra has this finish.

I personally don't mind it as long as we don't go back to polished sides. I always thought the polished metal looked so tacky.

 

[MakaniKai]

Since introduction of the Pro naming scheme [on iPhones], Apple has always used Stainless Steel [except since iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max which uses Titanium] and never Aluminum/Aluminium...

Even iPhone X and XS/XS Max use Stainless Steel...

oh my bad!

I don't think it's the titanium you don't like, it's the brushed finish you don't like. You can beadblast titanium to give it the same visual texture as the aluminum phones - Apple Watch Ultra has this finish.

I personally don't mind it as long as we don't go back to polished sides. I always thought the polished metal looked so tacky.

I didn’t think of it that way but I believe you’re right. I love that beadblasted texture.

 

[LionTeeth]

Even iPhone X and XS/XS Max use Stainless Steel...

I really do miss the hardware of my XS Max. The shiny steel, glossy back etc, curved edges. Gotta hand it to Apple for hardware design. They pull some great moves

 

[eyoungren]

Current rumors suggest iPhone 17 Pro will go back to aluminum. Out of the four devices only Pro Max will be Ti.

iPhone 17 rumors: New design, 'Slim' model to replace 'Plus’, more - 9to5Mac

Apple has big changes in store for next year’s iPhone 17 lineup, according to a new report from reliable Haitong...

9to5mac.com

Then if current rumors are correct, when I finally upgrade my 11 Pro Max I will have Titanium. 'cause, Pro Max to Pro Max. Considering I skipped the 12, 13, 14, 15 and probably the 16 Pro Max as well I'm good with that. The last Titanium Apple product I owned was my Titanium PowerBook G4/400.

 

[mansplains]

I really do miss the hardware of my XS Max. The shiny steel, glossy back etc, curved edges. Gotta hand it to Apple for hardware design. They pull some great moves

Don’t forget the smaller camera bump! I went from 6S+ to X, really admired that design.

 

[ab2c4]

I think a lot of us want Pro models that weigh about the same as the non Pro phones.

 

[reeneebob]

Don’t forget the smaller camera bump! I went from 6S+ to X, really admired that design.

For a long time I thought that Apple would never make a phone that would overtake the white 4S as my all time favourite phone design. And then they made the original X.

That soap bar in white stole my heart and to this day is my all time favourite iPhone. I wish they’d bring back that X footprint and style. It was gorgeous.

 

[maerz001]

I want a Polycarbonate 16 C pro. Light and shatterproof

 

[seggy]

I think a lot of us want Pro models that weigh about the same as the non Pro phones.

Or even less. Ti isn't the only way to get there - it just happens to be the cheapest marketing-driven way for Apple to do at scale right now to make a clear demarcation for the high end, with the " " cachet " " of titanium (the mass market not having realised how common it's gotten).

I'd definitely like to see other avenues taken - especially for advanced engineering plastics which are cheap at scale and a better bet than ti in many situations, but marketing to your average idiot will dictate that you can't have an aluminium low end and a plastic high end (that feels like plastic).

 

[joshwithachance]

**** both. I want the stainless steel back.😩

 

[mashinhead]

I agree, I like the lightness of titanium. I don't love the stainless steel. But purely on the way it looks, aluminum sides look better than both of those options. And I wish it was on the pro model. The sides of the black aluminum are so much better than the other two.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

I agree, I like the lightness of titanium. I don't love the stainless steel. But purely on the way it looks, aluminum sides look better than both of those options. And I wish it was on the pro model. The sides of the black aluminum are so much better than the other two.

The 16 Pro finish is very similar to the aluminum finish IMO. Not brushed, not mirror polished, a nice satiny bead blast. Only a little more shiny than aluminum.