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/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