With the official launch of Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro series, controversy over the durability of the new phone continues to ferment, mainly because Apple gave up the titanium midframe of the previous Pro series this time and instead used an aluminum alloy design for the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max, many netizens also worry about insufficient strength, and even joked that “it will be scrapped if you fall.” So is the iPhone 17 Pro really not resistant to falling? Let me tell you the latest test report results abroad.
iPhone 17 Pro fall test report sorting
According to the actual drop test video shared by AppleTrack, the iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone 16 Pro Max are mainly used to drop tests at the same time. The two devices are respectively conducted drop tests at the height of the most common users’ daily drop, and are vertically dropped tests in the direction of the side, front screen and back glass. However, the final result is that the iPhone 17 Pro, which is considered to be more fragile, actually shows higher drop resistance in multiple rounds of drops.
Test from waist drop: The frame’s appearance has turned over
When simulating a daily waist height drop, the iPhone 17 Pro aluminum frame directly hits a noticeable dent, while the orange coating dissipates, revealing the metal body. In contrast, the iPhone 16 Pro titanium only leaves slight scratches.
It directly verifies everyone’s doubts, that is, the iPhone 17 Pro aluminum alloy is really not resistant to falling, mainly because the material is relatively soft and the outer coating will fall off easily due to external force.
Unless you raise the height until your shoulders fall, you can clearly see severe groove scratches on the titanium border of the iPhone 16 Pro.
Comparison of positive and negative drops: glass strength reversal
After several rounds of screen and back drops, the durability of the iPhone 17 Pro has undergone a major reversal:
Back glass anti-fall performance: When the back of the body hits directly, the iPhone 17 Pro Max only has the frame of the frame falling off, but the lens does not have too obvious scars. Instead, the iPhone 16 Pro Max lens is directly broken.
The height is raised to about 6 feet and higher on the shoulders. You can find that the iPhone 16 Pro Max lens and back cover glass are seriously damaged. Compared with the iPhone 17 Pro Max lens and back glass are still intact, but there are some traces of collision on the edge.
Screen anti-fall performance: Under the impact of the frontal screen, the iPhone 17 Pro Max only has edge wear marks, which directly cracks the upper left corner of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Finally, the height is raised to the shoulder and the machine is dropped. The iPhone 16 Pro screen is more severely cracked. On the contrary, the iPhone 17 Pro screen basically has no obvious cracks, only some bump marks are found at the bottom edge.
From the actual test of the fall machine, it can be seen that Apple uses the second-generation ultra-ceramic crystal glass for the iPhone 17 Pro series to resist drops, which is indeed more impact-resistant than previous generations.
Extreme Height Fall: 16 Pro Max More Severely Damaged
When the height was raised to about two floors, the iPhone 16 Pro Max was almost scrapped on the spot and could not be turned on again. The internal parts could even be seen. On the other hand, the iPhone 17 Pro Max has an integrated aluminum alloy body, and the most serious one is only transparent glass block, which also surprised the tester. Unexpectedly, the integrated aluminum alloy body was extremely resistant to falling.
If you look at the front screen, the iPhone 17 Pro screen crack is slightly in the lower left corner block, and it can also run normally. Compared with the iPhone 16 Pro screen, it is directly on the spot and cannot be displayed normally.
Titanium metal has less ability to resist drops than aluminum alloy
The final result can be seen from the above drop test. It can be clearly seen that although the iPhone 17 Pro uses aluminum alloy frames, except for scratches and paint loss when hitting the ground, the material itself is soft. Compared with each impact, it can be regarded as an energy absorbing layer to absorb external impact forces, and can protect multiple internal core components from internal injuries.
Compared with the iPhone 16 Pro titanium metal in the drop test, the frame’s anti-denture performance is indeed excellent, but the titanium metal frame cannot effectively disperse the impact resistance, which is more likely to break when the screen and back plate of the body is more likely to fall. This means that titanium metal can only ensure that there will be no obvious paint loss and dent, but it cannot effectively resist shock and fall.
iPhone aluminum alloy vs titanium metal material
If you compare the titanium and aluminum metal materials of iPhone, the differences between these two materials have their own advantages and disadvantages are as follows. It is not necessarily the case that titanium metal is better, and aluminum metal is worse, mainly depends on what you want to emphasize.
| characteristic | Titanium metal | Aluminum alloy |
|---|---|---|
| Weight density | Heavier than aluminum (approximately 4.5 g/cm³) |
Lighter (approximately 2.7 g/cm³) |
| strength | High intensity Excellent strength and weight ratio |
Lower intensity Can be lifted through alloying |
| Hardness/wear resistance | High hardness | Low hardness |
| Wear resistance | Scratch-resistant and wear-resistant | Easy to scratch and depression |
| Corrosion resistance | Excellent | good The surface needs anodization treatment |
| Energy absorption | Poor (Strength is easy to transmit) |
better |
| Elastic Module | Harder and not easy to bend | Soft and easy to bend |
| Fracture toughness | Medium-high | Low ~ Medium |
| Thermal conductivity | Poor thermal conductivity Low heat dissipation efficiency |
Excellent thermal conductivity High heat dissipation efficiency |
| Difficulty in processing | High processing difficulty and cost | Easy to process, low cost |
| price | expensive | Relatively cheap |
| Application areas | Aerospace, medical implants, high-end electronic products (such as iPhone 16 Pro) | Construction, car body, electronic products (such as iPhone 17 Pro return to aluminum alloy) |
For example, the titanium metal of the iPhone 16 Pro series focuses on “scratch resistance and durability” and “high-end sense”, which can withstand impact without deformation, but is easy to conduct force; while the iPhone 17 Pro aluminum alloy is exchanged for “lighter, better heat dissipation, and more collision resistance”, but it is also easy to sacrifice some scratch resistance and durability. Controllable deformation helps absorb external forces, which is relatively stronger in protecting the internal structure of the body.
Summary of the fall machine: The iPhone 17 Pro looks fragile but has a more resistant to fall
After the results of this extreme drop test of iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro, the results have overturned many people’s expectations. The aluminum alloy midframe of iPhone 17 Pro is indeed more likely to fall off paint and dent, but in terms of overall structural strength and glass crack resistance, aluminum metal has better shock resistance than the titanium design of iPhone 16 Pro.
If you want to give a comment, the aluminum alloy frame of the iPhone 17 Pro has a combat-damage aesthetic, and the more you fall the appearance, the more you have personal characteristics, and it can also bring longer vitality to the whole machine. However, everyone will install a protective case to avoid paint scratches. If it is to resist falling and cracking and shock resistance, it can be confirmed that the iPhone 17 Pro is better than the iPhone 16 Pro, which also represents the titanium metal that most people pursue. It seems that it can only maintain the appearance slightly, but it does not perform very well on the body protection effect.
Of course, if you want to avoid damage to the iPhone 17 Pro body, the basic anti-fall protective case and screen protective cover are essential products to effectively avoid accidents such as paint loss, impact and glass rupture. Mr. Crazy has tested a number of iPhone peripheral products in the past. He recommends the following products, all of which have military-regulation grades and shock resistance:
【Iphone anti-fall protection case recommendation】
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