dbs888

Wesley Hilliard said:

dbs888 said:

I sense a little FanBoi hyperbole in this post. The titanium doesn't "wrap over the aluminum frame". 

No, William has it. The outer rim is titanium, but that's it. The internal frame is aluminum to reduce weight even further. Also, I can say there is a perceptible difference in weight. The iPhone 15 Pro Max I have with a Pitaka aramid fiber case now weighs just slightly more than the iPhone 14 Pro Max without a case. That's a big deal.

One man's "big deal" is another man's "meh". I've been a Mac fan and owner from the Macintosh Plus (with 1 MB of RAM!). But I marvel at the marketing hype Apple regularly indulges in these days (the "Titanium" iPhone is a prime example). "Space Black" is another -- it isn't black at all. But I guess Apple saying that something is titanium or black is proof enough for those susceptible to the reality distortion field. And, pardon me, but I just don't buy the "my new phone is so light that I forget it's in my pocket." Yeah, really.

I sense a little FanBoi hyperbole in this post. The titanium doesn't "wrap over the aluminum frame". Far from it. The band that runs around the frame is TI. That's all. 
Thus, all the gushing the new "light" phone and how you forget it's in your pocket is pure hype too. Yes, it's a tiny bit lighter. But in daily use it's difficult (if not impossible) to tell the difference.
Yes, the iPhone 15 Pros are nice. But they're only incrementally different to the iPhone 14 Pros and most of the differences don't have any practical effect.
I have a 15 Pro Max and I like it. But in no way does it achieve the hype that Apple employed in selling it.

Tough comments here this AM.

Also a lot of uninformed blather. 

I had a lithium ion battery self-combust. It was packed in a carry-on suitcase and stowed in the overhead bin of a flight destined for Germany. As the cabin crew was making final boarding preparations the bin started smoking. They quickly removed the bag and carried it off the plane to the tarmac where it proceeded to burn (despite the efforts of at least half a dozen firemen and assorted extinguishers). The flight finally departed about an hour late. Some months later I got a summons from the FAA (I think) proposing to fine me several thousand dollars for the incident notwithstanding the bag had passed several layers of federal scrutiny before I boarded the airplane.

LI batteries can, and do, self-immolate. They may be "safe" 99% of the time. But that 1% is a bear. There may be no warning whatsoever and, once it starts, almost nothing you can do about it except let it burn out. I can say with 100% conviction that my battery wasn't damaged, hadn't been subjected to any blows (sharp, dull or otherwise) or unusual temperatures. It was also relatively new -- not more than 6 months old.

I'm pretty sure that this kind of incident -- LI batteries self-immolating -- is far more common than any governmental agency will admit.

So all of the comments here about "scam" and "his own fault" etc. are, in my experience, pretty ignorant.