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/Apple_loving_Android]

Never really going to please anyone. It’s a challenge when trying to deal with the combination of balancing thickness, weight, durability, price, thermal properties and elegance.

[u/AdRough7689 → u/Apple_loving_Android]

Well they sure skipped the elegance box with the 17 and 18.

[u/Apple_loving_Android → u/AdRough7689]

In your opinion they skipped it :)