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iPhone 17 Pro Max Where are my dented or scuffed 17 pro/pro Max peeps at?
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So your phone hit concrete or some other extremely hard service and dented, makes sense.
I’m assuming this was without a case, yes? Sorry it happened.
Yes i use a case from time to time but most often I am naked.
All my other phones never reacted like this is the point hero. Pay attn
Should have kept it in the case. But if you’re cool with it, you do you. Still sucks it happened.
These beautiful iPhones arent meant to be in a case IMO. I am in the upgrade program as well so have AppleCare+ and trade my phones every year
Dang that sucks. I am not sure if I’m going to risk going naked often. Granted, a scuff or scratch on titanium also annoys me. Either way, a drop on concrete is going to usually show some damage.
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For sure. I hate cases. I understand the risk and have paid for screen replacements and back replacements thru AppleCare. The phone is so much better without a case, with that being said these phones are way softer than any of the past ones.
They are ugly phones to begin with.
The pros aren’t beautiful phones. It cheap looking. Ugly glass square in the back with an oversized camera bump. The are horrible. A case so the best thing for it. Cover it up.
Aluminium has always been soft, it is a soft metal. Don't drop it 😁 If you can't help dropping it, make a timber case for it.
Don’t want a scuffed phone? Use a case. It’s not rocket science. And yes, this applies to any iPhone iteration.
It's not rocket science, it's material science. The way Apple have built the Pro phones this year mean they're far less durable than before. It's not OP's problem if you don't want to admit it.
Sucks that It happened so soon, but glad it's only a surface wound.
There used to be a company called slip stopper that made some kind of plastic sticker that fit on the back of the iPhones. They were thin & unobtrusive, but gave the phone just enough grip to allow me to feel comfortable going caseless. They must have gone out of business because the last phone I was able to get one for was the 5s. But man, I would buy one again in a heartbeat if they came back in the market.
There used to be a company called slip stopper that made some kind of plastic sticker that fit on the back of the iPhones. They were thin & unobtrusive, but gave the phone just enough grip to allow me to feel comfortable going caseless. They must have gone out of business because the last phone I was able to get one for was the 5s. But man, I would buy one again in a heartbeat if they came back in the market.
I used to use invisible shield, and then best skins ever for protective clear films in place of a case. Neither still exists or makes the product,‘though, AFAIK.
I would love to see an Air-style bumper for the Pro
I have a small dent on the top corner of my 17 pro max as well. I dropped it with the Apple silicon case on concrete.
I’ve only ever had aluminum iPhones and it’s always been pretty easy to get dents in the frame with fairly innocuous drops. If you’ve only ever had Pros that haven’t used aluminum for a long time I can see how this would be disappointing, but kinda comes with the material.
What are you talking about? they used the same unibody construction style the MacBook Pros have been using for like 2 decades and no one has complained about the durability of those machines..
1) if someone dropped their MacBook pros 3 feet onto concrete their problem will be more than a slight scratch.
2) not unibody constructions are the same even if they have the same name, the lap tops are thicker.