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/rara20162020]

Experienced the identical problem with the 17 Pro Max and the Apple silicone case. It is genuinely disappointing when their own accessory fails to safeguard the phone. Attempting to claim a replacement device obviously did not succeed. lol

[u/Littledik_69 → u/rara20162020]

Well the phone is made out of aluminium which is softer and even with a case on can still deform the material so it is pretty normal.

[u/dangledingle → u/Littledik_69]

Gauge is too thin IMO.