One of the few key selling points of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra was that titanium is involved in its construction. The model is also the only one in the range to sport the material. So perhaps it’s no surprise that torture test YouTube channel JerryRigEverything has done a teardown video to find out the exact amount being used to make the phone.
Perhaps to no surprise, the only titanium that you’ll find on a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, as evidenced by the video, is the exterior frame of the phone itself. On the inside, most of the metal you’ll find would be aluminium, much like the Pro models of the iPhone 15. More specifically, it’s anodized aluminium for the inner frame for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. There’s also a lot of plastic holding the two together.
As an added bonus, an XRF scanner was also used to determine the grade of the titanium used on the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. The material is revealed to be Grade 2 titanium, which is “almost pure titanium”, as opposed to the Grade 5 titanium on the iPhone 15 Pro, which is an alloy with some aluminium and vanadium to make the material harder.
Finally, as you’d expect from the channel that torture tests phones, the skeleton of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is being melted down to separate the plastic and aluminium from the titanium frame. What remains of the frame is then measured to get a rough cost of the metal being used to make the phone. You can watch the entire video for yourself via the link below.
(Source: JerryRigEverything / YouTube)
