India, Sept. 1 -- Since 2021, when John Ternus took the role of senior vice president of hardware engineering, there really hasn't been an Apple product that hasn't had his influence. The troika of functionality, tighter silicon integration and bolder aesthetics, have stood out more in some devices.

The most exciting iPhone form factor in recent times, at least till the foldable iPhone comes along. A razor-thin titanium design is as much a benchmark of robustness as of Apple Silicon being able to deliver so much performance with limited thermals.

A broader redesign after many years, the iPhone 17 Pro was defined by Ternus guiding a shift to an engineered aluminium alloy that offers 20x better thermal conductivity than titanium. And not ...