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Following Apple’s decision to use titanium in its iPhones, Samsung has also adopted titanium for its latest flagship lineup, the Galaxy S24 series. On the surface level, the Galaxy S24 Ultra incorporates the same element, titanium, as the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max do. However, an XRF scan by YouTube creator Zack Nelson reveals that there’s a variation in quality or strength between the two. To be more specific, the Pro iPhones use grade 5 titanium while the Galaxy S24 Ultra uses grade 2 titanium.
Grade 5 vs. grade 2 titanium
Grade 5 titanium of the Pro iPhones is stronger and has a higher tensile strength than Grade 2 titanium that Samsung is using. The one used on last year’s iPhones is also more scratch-resistant and has a higher strength-to-weight ratio than Grade 2. So technically, the Pro iPhones are more resistant to scratches or physical impact. However, Grade 5 titanium is harder to machine, and it adds more cost.
Speaking of the cost, Zack Nelson notes in his Galaxy S24 Ultra teardown video that the grade 2 titanium that Samsung is using, costs around four times less than the grade 5 titanium in the 2023 Pro iPhones. He also makes an educated guess that Apple is likely using $10 – $15 worth of titanium whereas Samsung is only $3 -$5 on it, because of the different grade material.
Samsung has also chosen an easier way to fuse the titanium and aluminum together for the Galaxy S24 Ultra
It’s important to note that neither Apple nor Samsung make the entire chassis out of titanium. Titanium is expensive and using more of it would drastically increase cost. What they are doing instead, is using the same aluminum body and wrapping the sides with titanium metal which will be exposed to the exterior and will face most of the impacts in day-to-day use.
Apple uses solid-state diffusion to fuse the aluminum directly with the titanium whereas Samsung uses plastic to join titanium and aluminum together. So, is the Galaxy S24 Ultra less durable than the 2023 iPhones? Well, maybe technically, but the phone has so far survived all major durability tests quite flawlessly.
The bottom line is that Samsung has taken steps that save them a bit of cash but still do the job really well.
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