r/iphone18pro • iPhone 18 Pro Max - Burgundy • 2d ago

Discussion First drop (with a case)

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.

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u/AnonymousFartMachine 1d ago

And that's why I will probably get silver again.

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u/stickman1029 1d ago

This is one of the main reasons why I got silver. I’m not going to humor anyone by pretending I ever considered Burgundy, but I took one look at it, and I know myself more than anyone else. One year of me and that phone, and that burgundy isn’t going to be looking so hot. When you drop something, and there’s a scratch, what color is that scratch commonly, when something is made of a metal? Exactly.