they made pros out of the same materials they have used in the past. this is nothing other than people looking for something to complain about.
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Apple Modifies In-Store MagSafe Stands to Prevent iPhone 17 Marks
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Hahahahahaha.
❌ continue using high quality titanium
✅ blame magsafe stands for scratches and try to hide them
I will not going to buy iphone again with aluminum chassis. Especially those toy looking “pro” versions.
❌ continue using high quality titanium
✅ blame magsafe stands for scratches and try to hide them
I will not going to buy iphone again with aluminum chassis. Especially those toy looking “pro” versions.
To be fair to the MagSafe stands it's more the matt glass which is causing the issue rather than aluminium. It's affecting all the phones especially in the darker colours. I had also noticed this issue last year when matt glass was introduced on the iPhone 16 but it seemed to not get picked up for some reason.
The magsafe mount point on the 17 Pro, where the scuffing was happening, is glass, not aluminum.
But they didn't address why the plateau was engineered to be scratched instead of adding a radius or curve to the edge. Also, it still wobbles on the desk. This is just lazy design.
The materials are probably not cheap and it's not just cheap materials that will leave marks.
I don't know how a silicon material won't, over time, leave marks. It will from the residue.
Wow!! That must be a damn old photo! Is that cat even alive?
Maybe we can get a bumper ring for our already owned MagSafe chargers.
That's called discretely admitting there is a problem and then covering it up.
They had scuffs on the GLASS. And EVERY iPhone has GLASS on its back.
Understand? The scuffs were on the SAME MATERIAL that EVERY OTHER iPhone has.
Apple made the change because fools won't stop claiming the new phones are made of "cheap" materials.
What does a phone made of aluminum have to do with its GLASS back getting scuffed? It has NOTHING to do with what metal the phone is made of. The GLASS was showing scuffs.
Isn't the area where the Magsafe attaches covered in glass?
That's fine. Apple only has about 999,999,999+ other users that will. I'm sure one person won't be missed.
you've seen the photos presumably.
This is material transfer onto the Ceramic Shield glass, not the aluminium or titanium of the pro or air.
MacRumors shows a picture of GLASS with scuffs on the back of a TITANIUM iPhone Air.
People in this thread: "I knew that aluminum iPhone 17 Pro was made of cheap material!"
Matte glass backs were showing scuffs, and Apple addressed it in their stores.
I'm not sure how this is anything more than a non-issue, or why people think scuffs on glass has anything to do with the metal a phone is made of.
People in this thread: "I knew that aluminum iPhone 17 Pro was made of cheap material!"
Matte glass backs were showing scuffs, and Apple addressed it in their stores.
I'm not sure how this is anything more than a non-issue, or why people think scuffs on glass has anything to do with the metal a phone is made of.
Alu is superior to Ti on a consumer device. The switch to Ti was unbelievable and purely marketing driven.
Aluminum Gate. I wonder if Apple 🍎 will use a new scratch resistant finish material on the 18 Pro Models next year.
And now the iPhone is positioned to adequately cool for the next year of processors. Plus, with the camera plateau in place, the phone is also positioned for the lenses to get bigger and Apple to further target the pro-sumer phone market.
The plateau chips so how do the Apple bumpers on for the Air protect it? Give us a silicone case for the Air please.