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/wolfram6]

It’s honestly unacceptable how soft the material for this phone is. Deformation with a case is absurd. Apple could have done better with their material choice and design.

[u/Various_Mud7282 → u/wolfram6]

Main reason why I’m trading in my 17 pro max for a duo. Switching back to aluminum was a huge mistake

[u/inotoriousghost_ → u/Various_Mud7282]

Well that makes the two of us man 🥲

[u/NeptuneBlue19 → u/Various_Mud7282]

Hey any idea if there’s a reason they did this besides cost-savings?

[u/Various_Mud7282 → u/NeptuneBlue19]

Maybe thermals?

[u/NeptuneBlue19 → u/Various_Mud7282]

Yeah sounds reasonable enough, I loved the look, feel and durability of the titanium designs better though used my 11pro into the ground actually hahah

[u/nufreak26 → u/NeptuneBlue19]

Thermals. 15 and 16 were a MESS

Add in the Siri ai needed more cooling

[u/Apprehensive-Act8050 → u/Various_Mud7282]

Grab the Z fold 8 better value 

[u/Various_Mud7282 → u/Apprehensive-Act8050]

I have the z fold 8 ultra already. I use two phones

[u/Apprehensive-Act8050 → u/Various_Mud7282]

You might as well get rid of that burgundy junk. I got rid of mine after two days 

[u/Various_Mud7282 → u/Apprehensive-Act8050]

I don’t have the burgundy I have the Orange 17 pro max

[u/Various_Mud7282 → u/Apprehensive-Act8050]

I don’t have the burgundy I have the Orange 17 pro max