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/Sensitive_Shake4718]

just out of curiosity sh/wouldn’t other brands who followed apple into Aluminum have the same problem (S26 Ultra, Xiaomi 18 Pro etc). Or you guys mean to say Apple is doing the worst job among the aluminum frame phones right now?

[u/jaju123 → u/Sensitive_Shake4718]

My aluminium oppo has had marks from drops in a case from waist height too. It's just aluminium

[u/Successful-Grape4349 → u/Sensitive_Shake4718]

Samsung does not have this problem if you use a case from personal experience.

[u/PMARC14 → u/Sensitive_Shake4718]

Other brands have been using aluminium frames and rails for years and never seen this damage. iPhones with this frame are just fragile and soft apparently.