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Titanium is really soft metal. Stainless Steels can be much much harder than Ti alloys. Or, if they really wanted to make it a luxury item, how about tungsten carbide? I'm not sure why the obsession of Titanium is still a thing, other than I guess consumers don't understand material science.

> maintaining all-day 18-hour battery life

My Garmin Epix Gen2 lasts _literally_ 3 weeks without charging. Granted the app ecosystem between the two isn't really comparable, but the Epix does all of the core functions of any iWatch better... and it has a flashlight.

Once Apple gives up on their "thin" trend and focuses on battery life I'll switch.



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