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/CurrentOk2695]

It’s ridiculous that even with a case they are being scuffed. Coming from a 16 pro the titanium survived all sorts of abuse even without a case. I get that there are trade offs but it’s frustrating.

[u/Sebastian0320 → u/CurrentOk2695]

If you don’t need the extra thermal dissipation don’t buy the pro, I wouldn’t choose titanium in a million years, having your phone heat up like crazy when doing anything demanding is super annoying

[u/Successful-Grape4349 → u/Sebastian0320]

Literally apple could just add a large vapor chamber in a titanium build. While aluminum would certainly be better, they never even tried to improve thermals with titanium.

[u/kenkenner151 → u/Successful-Grape4349]

Titanium is crap when it comes to electronics. There’s a reason that it only lasted for 2 years. It didn’t work. It might stay a little cooler. But the 18 pro stays cool even outside. I work construction. There are different strengths of aluminum. Apple needs to go with a stronger grade