[Cymrukicks]

Hilarious, Space grade titanium and the thing cracks like an egg.

[Veliladon]

Think about it for a sec. Steel or aluminium is going to yield a hell of a lot quicker than titanium. If you try to bend a phone those materials are going to yield before the glass. All the energy is going to break the frame then the adhesive of the glass from the frame.

Titanium frame? Glass will yield before the frame. There's no strain relief that the frame provides by sacrificing itself. It'll withstand more force but the glass now has the lowest strength.

[diffeomorphism]

So apple did not "think about it for a sec." and shot themselves in the foot?

[botanical]

You're right, and it's exactly what happened here:

https://youtu.be/IS0SItAzEXg?t=437

[avalys]

This whole thread is full of software engineers incorrectly mansplaining mechanical engineering.

Titanium is not stronger or stiffer than steel.

[coldtea]

What cracks is the glass on top... though indeed it's hilarious to have "space grade titanium" and then add some fragile layer for the gloss

[avalys]

The previous iPhone used a steel frame. The titanium makes it lighter, not stronger.