iPhone 17 Pro: criticism of sharp edges and a lack of scratch resistance

Good news for Apple: Despite its thinness, the iPhone Air can hardly be bent. That made the Well -known YouTuber Zack Nelson alias Jerryrigeverything firmly. He had to build 97 kg print with a machine – at a neuralgic area of ​​the device, which is hardly possible in practice – to break the titanium frame.

The topic of potential “Bentgate” in the air should be done. However, there is criticism in another place: the scratch or susceptibility to the Air models. In addition, there is an edge problem with iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max, the Nelson In another video opened. Color flaps threaten here.

Actually scratch -resistant, but then not?

As a visit to an Apple shop (or another shop that already leads the new Apple cell phones) shows, the darker models in particular-i.e. the black air and the blue 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max tend to leave traces of scratch and abrasion. That also reports the Financial news agency Bloomberg.

There are both direct scratches and clearly visible round skills to see from the Magsafe stand used by Apple. However, this is significantly stronger than regular Magsafe charging pucks. Nevertheless, these problems should have occurred after “only a few hours”. Various pictures of it were also shared on social media. Apple had chosen a new system structure for the Pro models, which combines an aluminum unibody housing with a glass plate. The prints and scratches seem to appear above all on the glass plate that is actually covered with the scratch protection material Ceramic Shield. In Nelson’s tests, these could also be wiped off, for example when the housing was processed with keys or pieces of money. However, the devices in the Apple shops are worried more.

The problem with the aluminum edges

There is a problem that is hard to fix with the new camera platform (alias “Camera Plateau”) of the two Pro models. Apple relies on sharp edges here, they have not been rounded off. This is exactly what can lead to the said coloring offs, demonstrated Nelson – for example when scratchy coins hit the area.

The reason: This area is only anodized with a very thin layer of color, although according to ISO standard and MIL-Specs, the industry is actually advisable to avoid such sharp edges. Apple’s designer wanted it to stay more editor. Only permanently helps to give the iPhone a shell that protects the edge area.