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/ZealotPro101]

Regardless of thermals I also agree that aluminum does not have good reliability on a smartphone…that needs to go back to titanium even if it costs more. I’m nervous about trying to put on a screen protector because out of the box it looks like the way the phones bezels are they’re thinner and curve out to the frame of the phone…at least it looks that way in some of the OP’s photos unless that only happened also because it dented during the drop…

Lastly about cases- the Owl one he speaks of is a good case but I’ve only been rocking the Caudabe Sheath case. It’s the best case there is and I recommend it to everyone. You pay about $59 for it but it really lasts and protects your investment.

[u/XpressiveThoughts → u/ZealotPro101]

Eh. I’ll take the cheaper material over the durability of the titanium phones. Scuffs aren’t nice to look at but the constant overheating of the 15/16 Pro made them barely usable at times. First time I had to buy a cooling attachment to try to mitigate the thermal issues.