Samsung has switched to titanium for the Galaxy S24 Ultra chassis, but there’s more. As with Apple’s iPhones, titanium only makes up the exterior of the phone. The two companies used different designs for the interior: Samsung opted for a combination of aluminum and plastic. Zack from JerryRigEverything took the S24 Ultra apart to find out how it’s built. And by disassemble we mean disassemble and place in a 1,100°C/2,000°F oven to separate all the materials.
If you go back and look at the teardown of the S23 Ultra, you’ll see that last year’s model is machined from a solid block of aluminum. Titanium is too expensive for this, so strips of titanium are strung together to make up the phone’s exterior. Let’s go back to the actual teardown to see how it’s done:
Most of the internal components of the Galaxy S24 Ultra are mounted on an internal aluminum frame. Injection molded plastic runs around the perimeter and holds the titanium strips in place. Is this a durable way to build a phone? Apparently so, as the phone passed the bending test with flying colors.
In case you haven’t watched JerryRig’s iPhone 15 Pro Max teardown video, Apple’s approach is different. The titanium exterior is fused to the aluminum internal frame. Apple also used a higher grade of titanium, Grade 5, than Samsung’s Grade 2 (Grade 5 is a harder alloy than Grade 2, which is pure titanium).
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