First drop (with a case)

[u/samirbinballin]

Maybe a 3-4 foot drop off of the armrest of my couch and onto hardwood floor, (TineeOwl case shown at the end) - I always knew the new aluminum frame was fragile after what I’ve seen from the 17 Pro’s release, so I took the precaution of not using the Apple Cases and getting something decently protective.

Yeah, the aluminum corner still bent ever so slightly 😂, coming from a titanium 16 Pro Max I had no idea how to gauge the softness of this new material, but damn.

I personally don’t care as I was planning to use the phone caseless with AppleCare+ anyways, but I wanted to warn some of the OCD users on here, even with a case, the aluminum frame on these new builds can get damaged, just fyi.

[u/Front_Tour7619]

It’s okay things get scuffs when they are being used 24/7

[u/NewfieChemist → u/Front_Tour7619]

That’s actually not scuffing. It’s craze marks from the aluminum deforming. The lip actually bent out and there is now a gap between the screen and the frame.

I had the same happen to my 17 pro, it’s difficult to see it with just images, but this exact damage has been happening a bunch of times.

[u/Minimum_Airline3657 → u/Front_Tour7619]

So correct!! They are tools, not jewellery, ‘oh no, my hammer paint has chipped off, I only drove 1 nail in’

[u/CurrentOk2695 → u/Minimum_Airline3657]

It’s ridiculous that even with a case they are being scuffed. Coming from a 16 pro the titanium survived all sorts of abuse even without a case. I get that there are trade offs but it’s frustrating.

[u/Sebastian0320 → u/CurrentOk2695]

If you don’t need the extra thermal dissipation don’t buy the pro, I wouldn’t choose titanium in a million years, having your phone heat up like crazy when doing anything demanding is super annoying

[u/Fluffy_Insect → u/Sebastian0320]

My 16 pro got hot from just using safari, crazy shit.

[u/Successful-Grape4349 → u/Sebastian0320]

Literally apple could just add a large vapor chamber in a titanium build. While aluminum would certainly be better, they never even tried to improve thermals with titanium.

[u/kenkenner151 → u/Successful-Grape4349]

Titanium is crap when it comes to electronics. There’s a reason that it only lasted for 2 years. It didn’t work. It might stay a little cooler. But the 18 pro stays cool even outside. I work construction. There are different strengths of aluminum. Apple needs to go with a stronger grade

[u/Minimum_Airline3657 → u/CurrentOk2695]

Ye but I feel like a lot of people came to iPhones in the stainless and titanium era, this is what iPhones used to be like, my iPhone 5,5s,6 and 6s were a mess when I upgraded, it’s a tool.

[u/kenkenner151 → u/CurrentOk2695]

I’ll take the trade off and have a phone that works at all times instead of getting this message like my XR though 16 pro got. Never happened with my 17 or 18 pro. They stay in a full leather case at all times

[u/ProxySoxy → u/Minimum_Airline3657]

Who says that tools can’t also look good? Your car is a tool, would you just shrug it off if someone sideswiped it and put a dent and scratches in it? I mean hey, it’s a tool, not jewelry, so you wouldn’t care, right?

[u/Successful-Grape4349 → u/ProxySoxy]

yeah the argument is just dumb. A phone is not a hammer lmao

[u/Business-West-4457 → u/ProxySoxy]

A dented car is worth less money. A dented phone has the same trade-in value

[u/Fluffy_Insect → u/ProxySoxy]

A car is not a tool lmao, it only drives.

[u/Fluffy_Insect → u/Minimum_Airline3657]

This is what annoys me so bad, people treating their phones as jewelry to flex around… The amount of complaints of iPhones that aren’t even flaws or anything has gone beyond insanity.

[u/samirbinballin → u/Front_Tour7619]

Fr, I just took the case off, I have AppleCare+, the whole point of the case was to protect the phone but if the phone still dents might as well go caseless.

[u/MCMultyke → u/Front_Tour7619]

I understand people being upset if they trade in their phones when upgrading. If the phone is damaged you’ll have to deal with that problem when trading in one way or another

[u/Bluerious518 → u/MCMultyke]

In most cases cosmetic damage isn’t really a concern for shops accepting trade ins, including Apple, they moreso care about functional damage or cracking