Two iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air Colors Appear to Scratch More Easily

[Apple_Robert]

How do some of you get out of bed in the morning for fear of scratches? Seriously, find something meaningful to focus on.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

All Apple needs to do is make the display units so they don't scratch so they can then blame us for either using the phone wrong, or not buying a case.

I always buy a case, did with the 17 pro max, but this is pretty sad to see... as a fan of Apple in general, very lame.

Apple switched to Aluminum and put a vapor chamber in there to dissipate heat. Putting a case over it seems like the perfect way to keep the heat IN. I'm like you and always use a case, but what's the point of all the engineering to cool the phone if you're going to encase it in a blanket?

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

It's a display phone where people handle it carelessly and don''t care. You haven't pointed out any problem much less a real reason to avoid black. All you showed was that a lot of people are callous and careless with other people's stock they don't own.

Why are you making excuses for Apple?

 

[Apple_Robert]

Why are you making excuses for Apple?

Not making excused for Apple. I simply stated fact about store display phones.

 

[khunsanook]

I’ve been on my local Apple Store this evening and guys: it is true. I’ve seen by myself, at a greater or lesser degree, on all the new iPhones: 17, 17 Pro and Air.

It seems to be something related to the finish of the rear glass that makes it matte. For some reason it scratches easier, despite the announced Ceramic Shield 2.

So yeah, this year we have scratchgate.

The back is the original Ceramic Shield. Only the front has Ceramic Shield 2.

 

[Cyberius11]

It's a display phone where people handle it carelessly and don''t care. You haven't pointed out any problem much less a real reason to avoid black. All you showed was that a lot of people are callous and careless with other people's stock they don't own.

I asked an Apple Store employee and he stated that a lot of the marks happened when they were putting them out on display. I guess they’re careless with their own stock, too? The older phones didn’t have marks on them, and they’d been out for a long while. Seems to me there’s something up with the coating on the back glass. Stop making excuses for Apple.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I asked an Apple Store employee and he stated that a lot of the marks happened when they were putting them out on display. I guess they’re careless with their own stock, too? The older phones didn’t have marks on them, and they’d been out for a long while. Seems to me there’s something up with the coating on the back glass. Stop making excuses for Apple.

The security devices are metal. Metal on metal like with the store setup is going to scratch easier and doesn't denote normal use.

I am not suggesting the new phones won't scratch. Regardless of color, an iPhone will get scratched at some point by a lot of people thought accidents and mistakes. I am simply saying that people on here are trying to blame Apple using logical fallacy and that isn't going to fly.

 

[FattiesGoneWild]

“Scratch Gate”?!?! 🙄🤪

 

[Populus]

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We passed. Sticking with the 14P
Frankly, the least desirable looking phone I can recall by Apple. The marks/scratches were on every phone, even the white Airs had hairline scratches all over the back.

Yep, that’s what I saw too, during the first day of being exposed on the Apple Store.

And like you show, it’s on the rear glass for all the 2025 iPhone models, some more noticeable some less.

My only thought is “damn, if with just one day of being handled they look like this… how will they look in a month?”

 

[LutzRFrank]

Not making excused for Apple. I simply stated fact about store display phones.

Valid point… but why are/were the 16’s on display not scratched even after months? …