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For a start, it's just an aluminium grinder like almost every other grinder out there, with coper _plating_. Add that to the fact that copper is _much_ softer than aluminium, and now it better be a really thick plate o it'll wear off, especially if the thing is, I don't know, grinding on itself for any reason. But a grinder wouldn't do that, right?
Most aluminium grinders are "anodised"; they have a _very_ hard layer of crystalline oxide formed on the outside (harder than steel) which is quite durable in the same situation. But Phoenician, to put their vanity metal-plated coating on, can't anodise it, as metal will only plate onto pure metal, not oxidised metal. So, you end up with something that won't wear as well, and has softer tooth edges, all in the name of "bling". Coulda just milled the whole thing out of brass or something to get a similar "premium" look, but one that wouldn't chip and show silver underneath. Be a bunch heavier, though, but so would their $2K stainless steel grinder (even more so)...
Not a fan of the uncaptured, untensioned screen held in with a screw, either, or the big metal frame under the screen to support it, which isn't needed with a tensioned design. If the screen isn't held taut it clogs faster, and the holes in it aren't uniform, so you don't get as consistent a separation of grade. That and all the material that will keep getting stuck on the support frame and require you to scrape out the nooks and crannies.
The only real plus this has over an SCS is the lobed grip on the outside, but there are plenty of other grinders with similar positive-grip mechanisms; it's not like it's an exclusive Phoenician "innovation".
TL;DR - If you want a more "premium" grinder than your SCS, check out a Green Shark (more features than this). This looks like something aimed at try-hard hipsters who've just discovered green.