Yessir. They are tanks but if they are PVD'd the coating will come off, seen it first hand and it looks JANKY.
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Other PVD coating on natural titanium?
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Neither of them. I just posted a thread explaining this.
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Rolex doesn't use PVD coatings on their watches. They are referring to third-party companies that will add a black PVD coating to your existing Rolex.
That’s what I figured. Someone on here said it not me. I was just going with it.
Having re-watched the relevant part on the keynote, I am starting to think they all have a coating.
"We chose to use a PVD coating... these Apple-designed coatings... take up to 14 hours to complete, resulting in four gorgeous finishes."
Additionally the model shown during that narration is the natural colour.
"We chose to use a PVD coating... these Apple-designed coatings... take up to 14 hours to complete, resulting in four gorgeous finishes."
Additionally the model shown during that narration is the natural colour.
Off course they all have coating. First reason is protection against micro scratches. Other is for color selection. You all worry to much. After 2 years of owning iPhone you will not even care about broken back glass not to mention some scratch on the side of the phone.After 3 years, it is old junk worth few hundred bucks
The only other areas Apple has used PVD that I can think of are Apple Watch and previous Pro iPhones.
In both cases, not all of the colours have PVD.
So it was not at all obvious that all the 15 Pro colours will.
Agree, just like the silver SS has no coating
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.
Wow. So do you just throw it on top of your pile of junk diamonds?
Right, thanks. Natural May still be the best however. So they all have a PVD coat, but the other colors certainly have way more pigment
I own a Gucci watch with PVD coating and it has the most scratch resistant watch coating that I’ve ever seen, and the coating is still exactly like it was when I bought it, with over 10 years of ownership…and it’s a fashion watch, it’s definitely not “high end” at all.
However I’ve seen a ton of PVD/DLC (whatever they call it, it’s basically the same thing) Apple Watches that look horrid after only a few months of use…and there’s this photo going around now of the blue pro titanium iPhone 15 which looks nightmarish. Not sure why Apple can’t seem to get this right. I would definitely opt for the “natural” finish, as it would probably (although counter intuitively!) be *more* scratch resistant. Though from earlier posts looks like it’s still got a coating. What was their reason for not using anodization, I wonder? Probably some greenwashing mumbo jumbo?
However I’ve seen a ton of PVD/DLC (whatever they call it, it’s basically the same thing) Apple Watches that look horrid after only a few months of use…and there’s this photo going around now of the blue pro titanium iPhone 15 which looks nightmarish. Not sure why Apple can’t seem to get this right. I would definitely opt for the “natural” finish, as it would probably (although counter intuitively!) be *more* scratch resistant. Though from earlier posts looks like it’s still got a coating. What was their reason for not using anodization, I wonder? Probably some greenwashing mumbo jumbo?
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In a video review someone said there was a coating on the natural titanium. The reviewer said that it was difficult for Apple to get consistent color across batches, so it used a pvd coating that approximated natural titanium.
I wasn’t too happy with that because I chose the natural titanium to improve the look of it were to get scratches.
I wasn’t too happy with that because I chose the natural titanium to improve the look of it were to get scratches.
I think this is fake. If you zoom in really far the pixels around the scratch look weird.
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That is on your device. I downloaded the image and zoomed in photoshop and the pixels do not look werid.
I have kind of been wondering how the titanium finishes would wear in general, whether or color or natural. I'm not an experienced owner of objects made out of titanium, but different finishes have worn differently for me over the years.
Example: my iPhone 4 antenna bands seemed very soft and scuffable and kind of looked crappy by the end even though I always keep my phones in a case. My iPhone X with natural silver stainless looked kind of like used silverware after a year, but it didn't take away from the nice look of the finish at all and could have been polished out if it really bugged me. (it didn't)
But I've never had one problem with Apple's color coatings on the nicer Pro/Plus models. They seem very durable and don't even appear to get microscratches from the case on them. I used to think I would just go with the natural stainless so if I mark it up really bad I can polish it out, but then I realized I should just get the super protective color coated options so my phone doesn't look like a kitchen spoon later on.
Anyone have any experience in this regard? I don't really care either way, just curious as to how titanium will wear on a device of this nature over time.
Example: my iPhone 4 antenna bands seemed very soft and scuffable and kind of looked crappy by the end even though I always keep my phones in a case. My iPhone X with natural silver stainless looked kind of like used silverware after a year, but it didn't take away from the nice look of the finish at all and could have been polished out if it really bugged me. (it didn't)
But I've never had one problem with Apple's color coatings on the nicer Pro/Plus models. They seem very durable and don't even appear to get microscratches from the case on them. I used to think I would just go with the natural stainless so if I mark it up really bad I can polish it out, but then I realized I should just get the super protective color coated options so my phone doesn't look like a kitchen spoon later on.
Anyone have any experience in this regard? I don't really care either way, just curious as to how titanium will wear on a device of this nature over time.
Yeah, this looks awfully suspicious zoomed in. Like someone did a bad job with a selection tool or something and pulled in some unneeded surrounding pixels.
They did the same thing with the sim tray. Must be a photoshopped US model? 🤣
For those who had PVD on their watches: this is the same thing as the “synthetic sapphire” on the lens covers - technically correct but poorly executed. Next up: those synthetic leather covers for the iPhone that immediately scuff up and later fall apart.
Welp idk if it’s fake scratches but that device has a sim tray so it’s definitely not the 15 pro, lol
Edit: Apparently other countries DO have old school sim versions of the device so 🤷♂️
I DONT KNOW
iMac, iPad and iPhone gave me the same story …
So the pixels just next to the scratch are supposed to look like that?
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The pixels around the sim tray seem to look more consistent to me.
