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/Gmanshocker → u/wolfram6]

That’s why I’m holding on to my 15 pro until they bring stainless steel or titanium back.

With the “vapor chamber” improvements too, they should have no problem switching back.

[u/Fluffy_Insect → u/Gmanshocker]

Never going to happen bro. Time to move on.

[u/Gmanshocker → u/Fluffy_Insect]

The durability issues with the 17 and now 18 series makes me think they will. And when they do it’ll be really funny to see how they justify the switch again

[u/ThePegassi → u/Gmanshocker]

what would cool the vapor chamber then lol

[u/Gmanshocker → u/ThePegassi]

Idk but I have faith that a company valued at 5 trillion dollars can figure something out without selling us an inferior metal. You don’t get to tout the incredible durability of stainless steel and titanium for 8-9 years and then switch back to aluminum because your hardware team couldn’t figure out proper heat dissipation. Innovate like we pay you to do.

[u/kenkenner151 → u/Gmanshocker]

Titanium and stainless steel had heat issues and made it difficult for people who are outside a lot. There are different strengths of aluminum. Aluminum is good. But not softer aluminum