Yes that's what I am saying about how Ti normally behaves.
I reckon the natural Ti finish would be the safest if worried about prints.
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iPhone 15 Pro Max The Titanium is a fingerprint magnet
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Yes that's what I am saying about how Ti normally behaves.
I reckon the natural Ti finish would be the safest if worried about prints.
What you headlined was
"The Titanium is a fingerprint magnet"
Sorry but I missed the buried not a big deal observation. And my post made no reference to whether you personally had purchased an iP15 or not. Frankly I do not know whether the iP15s will be fingerprint magnets or not, but I consider it disingenuous to headline "fingerprint magnet" and use macro photos to support the headline before real people are even using real iP15s in the real world. I.e. trolling.Just my $0.02.
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To be honest the best material for the sides should have been aluminum. But that would not fly coming from polished stainless steel and frame throughout. So what we have is the interior frame going aluminum from stainless steel and the sides titanium.
Next year the phones get bigger and even I would say too heavy for stainless steel. Seeing titanium for the first time now I would have made the interior frame aluminum and kept a rounder matt stainless steel side instead like the iPhone 4, but it’s a done deal now.
They could have gone tungsten but that is too hard to work with in mass production. So one way or another I’m getting titanium this year but most certainly next year. They should have just given us pure titanium without the PVD coating. In fact I would pay 50 bucks more for all titanium - raw - even if it gained a few grams. The titanium/aluminum seems like cheating a bit, though Apple was upfront about it at the keynote.
Anyway that’s my take on it. I had to confirm that the stainless steel versions were all stainless steel and now that’s done that’s my two cents. The smudges are “meh”, and did Apple say they were less fingerprint noticeable - or was this all influencer/internet talk?
Next year the phones get bigger and even I would say too heavy for stainless steel. Seeing titanium for the first time now I would have made the interior frame aluminum and kept a rounder matt stainless steel side instead like the iPhone 4, but it’s a done deal now.
They could have gone tungsten but that is too hard to work with in mass production. So one way or another I’m getting titanium this year but most certainly next year. They should have just given us pure titanium without the PVD coating. In fact I would pay 50 bucks more for all titanium - raw - even if it gained a few grams. The titanium/aluminum seems like cheating a bit, though Apple was upfront about it at the keynote.
Anyway that’s my take on it. I had to confirm that the stainless steel versions were all stainless steel and now that’s done that’s my two cents. The smudges are “meh”, and did Apple say they were less fingerprint noticeable - or was this all influencer/internet talk?
I am a photog. Pretty much all pix are captured to show what the photog wants to show. What an iP15 looks like in real-world usage at real-world viewing distances may be and probably will be different than what is "seen" via special purpose macro photos at a trade show that appear to have been captured with the intent of sensationalizing. Then the OP headline proves the sensationalizing intent.
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Lol, ok. Who was holding the phone, fake people? It doesn't matter if 100 people or 1 person held the phone, it clearly shows fingerprints. Why you are getting so upset over this is beyond me.
The photos are from the Verge's hands on article and they show that the darker colors make fingerprints visible. The Verge doesn't really sensationalize things, but do you think that the Verge reporter has a vested interest in making darker colors look bad?
iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max hands-on
The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max: all titanium, all the time.
www.theverge.com
This is the only mention:
"Oh, and a fourth thing: the sides of the phones on display were instantly and immediately covered in fingerprints."
Sounds like they are reporting on an issue which may matter to some people, in the same way that fingerprints on the Midnight MacBook Air also mattered to some people.
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I touch the sides of my watch, which are also compartively smaller than the phone and way less likely to show any type of fingerprints on them. I'm not constantly holding my watch like you do with a phone. But keep trying.
We will never see all titanium - raw - because alloys are necessary for the material science. My hope/expectation is that the "natural" 1P15 finish will be quite good.
On the plus side, concerns about fingerprints mean that people who don't care can get their dark ProMaxes quicker. 😀
Whatever are you talking about? I did not read any Verge commentary or comment on Verge commentary. The macro pix posted here that the OP referenced as "The Titanium is a fingerprint magnet" were identified as seen on Twitter. Please do not relate my comments here to something that I have not read. My comments reference the OP here.The photos are from the Verge's hands on article and they show that the darker colors make fingerprints visible. The Verge doesn't really sensationalize things, but do you think that the Verge reporter has a vested interest in making darker colors look bad?
Please cite examples of the Verge sensationalizing fingerprints beyond reporting which colors show them.iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max hands-on
The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max: all titanium, all the time.
This is the only mention:
"Oh, and a fourth thing: the sides of the phones on display were instantly and immediately covered in fingerprints."
Sounds like they are reporting on an issue which may matter to some people, in the same way that fingerprints on the Midnight MacBook Air also mattered to some people.
Remember Bendgate? This OP is to me the same kind of sensationalizing nonsense that was, and it offends me. Hence my commentary.
Yup, from multiple sources now so no foul play. Handling these phones changes the way the light hits it and makes it darker. How is this possible and to this degree? 😬
You asserted that the photographer who took the photos in the original post had an agenda to sensationalize fingerprints. The person who took the photos shown in the first post is a founder of The Verge and he doesn't have a history of sensationalizing such things.
PS. Those are close-up photos, not macro photos.
I guess people here have never had stainless steel appliances…
Yes, you do but don't forget the N95 mask, otherwise the screen will be covered with your microbes.
I'm more concerned with 5G interacting with titanium and changing its subatomic structure, which, according to quantum chemistry quickly leads to softening of the frame when you enter a T-Mobile store.
Please stop replying? How about you, please stop trolling.
You don’t have to be in person to have evidence. As others have pointed out here, that’s common sense. And to claim otherwise is complete bogus.
Fingerprints? Obviously. Anything can show fingerprints if hands are dirty enough. But a wavy iPhone screen? That’s utterly ridiculous. Saying there is a problem that significant On a launch model when photos show it isn’t true is ignorant in the literal sense of the word.
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From an India source.
Check the video of them handling the blue phone. One side is already discoloured. Then turns to the other side which seems clean and a few swipes of the fingers shows discolouration:
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Check the video of them handling the blue phone. One side is already discoloured. Then turns to the other side which seems clean and a few swipes of the fingers shows discolouration:
On-Site Users Report iPhone 15 Pro Discoloration and Fingerprint Absorption
iPhone 15 Pro Discoloration and Fingerprint Absorption Apple recently unveiled its highly anticipated iPhone 15 series, and while the overall appearance hasn’t seen radical changes, thereR…
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On Reddit is a natural titanium side. Also discolours but disappears when cleaned (halfway down and one day old):
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