Other Natural titanium is also PVD coating!

[Jaziry]

Just rewatched the apple event video:
https://www.youtube.com/live/ZiP1l7jlIIA?si=_2usy-6OX50c6oM3&t=3497

 

[Jaziry]

What's astonishing for me is that after searching around here and reddit I realized literally nobody had ever found out this LOL

 

[NicolasLGA]

Thank you lol. I’ve been waiting for someone to find that out.

I was hesitating between natural and blue, but I’ll go natural now.

 

[tahoeroscoe]

Why is this beneficial?

 

[Jaziry]

Why is this beneficial?

Folks suggested no coating for natural titanium color so more durable against scratches.
However it seems that it is not special after all. Simply a color preference choice now.

 

[cbns]

that sucks.

but it could mean that natural titanium is closer to the natural color and less revealing when scratched.

blue/black will be worst, for sure

 

[Vehuel120]

Folks suggested no coating for natural titanium color so more durable against scratches.
However it seems that it is not special after all. Simply a color preference choice now.

Will it be easy to clean the titanium? Like if it’s dirty? Clean it with a cloth?

 

[Jaziry]

Will it be easy to clean the titanium? Like if it’s dirty? Clean it with a cloth?

It's pretty easy to do that on Watch Ultra. But since the coating is totally different on an iPhone 15 pro I cannot say.

 

[NotApplicable]

It's pretty easy to do that on Watch Ultra. But since the coating is totally different on an iPhone 15 pro I cannot say.

The ultra has no pvd

 

[Jaziry]

The ultra has no pvd

Indeed

 

[NotApplicable]

I actually am not fully convinced yet. They stated they used pvd to achieve 4 unique color ways.

This statement is still true if there are only 3 pvd coatings. In that case, PVD enabled them to take 1 material and make it 4 colors.

 

[Harmonious Zen]

I actually am not fully convinced yet. They stated they used pvd to achieve 4 unique color ways.

This statement is still true if there are only 3 pvd coatings. In that case, PVD enabled them to take 1 material and make it 4 colors.

I agree. It could be exactly like the stainless steel, where the “natural stainless steel” had no coating but the others did.

 

[Surf Monkey]

Apple should have done what SINN does with their titanium watches.

The official Sinn Spezialuhren online shop

TEGIMENT

www.sinn.de

Titanium needs some kind of treatment to make the surface less prone to scratching. The PVD coating they use is just for aesthetic purposes.

 

[KhunJay]

From what I've seen, Grade 5 Ti attracts scratches and marks quite easily.
I would go natural Ti.

 

[ps3zocker]

Natural titanium is also not entirely natural. From Daring Fireball:

Thoughts and Observations on This Week’s ‘Wonderlust’ Apple Event

The Super Bowl of technology.

daringfireball.net

... there’s also “natural titanium”, which isn’t literally natural but is achieved through a PVD tint that looks like what people think titanium naturally looks like. On its own, “natural titanium” looks like a neutral brushed metallic shade. Side-by-side with the iPhone 15 Pro in white, however, you can see that Apple’s “natural titanium” is warmer. It doesn’t look at all gold, but there’s a wee touch of yellow to it. The overall effect of the natural titanium models is “premium gray”, sorta kinda along the vibes of a classic Aston Martin DB5...

 

[mikethebigo]

Yep, I'd trust Gruber about this, these are the sort of details he'd ask about. So it's only designed to look natural, but all are coated. Makes me feel better about going blue after worrying that natural might hold up better over time or something.

 

[RRC]

Think of any coating as a clear coat on the natural titanium model, at least if it does get marked it shouldn’t look horrible.

 

[Fat_Guy]

What's astonishing for me is that after searching around here and reddit I realized literally nobody had ever found out this LOL

Found out yesterday.