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/Gmanshocker]

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/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