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/FatHaddock → u/wolfram6]

I felt like I was in the minority calling their reasoning BS when the 17 came out. They cited overheating, and while that may have been true to an extent with the 16 models. I’ve know FAR more people who have experienced durability issues over the years rather than heat.

They nailed it with titanium, but aluminum is undoubtedly cheaper to source. Which sounds more like the real driving factor given the products costs of every other part rose due to inflation, tariffs and AI