iToddlerbros... not like this
>>106635267well it's alumin-I-um and they only talked about it dissipating heat so what else did you expect ugly gets uglier
>Demo unit iPhone 17 Pro scratches on day 1… (it’s not even 24 hours yet)
>>106635267>I ran a scalpel over the back of my phone and now it is scratched!>how could this be happening to me!
>>106635267Taking all of Apple's durability claims together would imply it's become like 10x more durable over the years. But EVERY scratch test across ALL TIME shows nearly the SAME results. And every iPhone I have owned has a scratched screen.
>ceramic shield starts scratching at level 6 and gets worse at level 7No one said otherwise.As for the aluminium, AI slop tells me that while the oxide is mohs 9, anodising is thicker but softer, anywhere from mohs 4-6, which would explain the very deep scratch with quartz.>>106635434the later iphones do much better with mohs 6 picks in jerryrigeverythings tests than the earlier onesI work around a lot of rocks (frequently quartz and harder) and I've basically given up trying to stop my phone screen from scratching. I want to get a sapphire screen protector but on amazon AU they're expensive and have poor reviews with people complaining they shatter extremely easily.
>>106635478>the later iphones do much better with mohs 6 picks in jerryrigeverythings tests than the earlier onesKind of bullshit when they claim major improvements every year.>I work around a lot of rocks (frequently quartz and harder) and I've basically given up trying to stop my phone screen from scratching. I want to get a sapphire screen protector but on amazon AU they're expensive and have poor reviews with people complaining they shatter extremely easily.Probably better to get a pack low-cost protectors and swap through them.
>>106635512the cheap ones have terrible oleophobic coatings and glare there's no good answer
>>106635478>I want to get a sapphire screen protector but on amazon AU they're expensive and have poor reviews with people complaining they shatter extremely easily.If you compare just 2 simple sheets of material, there's a simple law:- Either it scratches easily- Or it shatters easilyThat's because, the harder something is, the worse it is at dissipating energy.If you drop something soft, like plastic, then it will simply wobble and flex around, instead of shattering. But soft materials scratch easy.If you drop something hard, like ceramic, then either it will bounce and make loud as fuck noises without damage (the energy gets redirected into the bounce and vibration/sound here), or it will fucking explode into a thousand pieces and redirect its energy that way instead.Or you go the middle ground, where things have a medium resistance to scratches and medium resistance to shattering.So yeah make your pick, do you want high scratch resistance that shatters easily, or high shatter resistance that scratches easily.
>>106635562I want a phone screen that won't scratch, but also won't shatter from human-height drop.
>>106635434how come my iPhone 16 Pro Max does not have this problem?
>>106635267A steel blade scratches aluminum. who would've thought
>>106635562>>106635512i did go cheap and nasty, im trialling a JEtech matte screen protector on the 17 prodamn it looks good from some angles, and sometimes looks like a printed page out of a high quality art book
>>106635621Then you need:- High hardness screen (protector) to protect against scratches- Soft cushioning to absorb impact energyYou can do this by combining a hard screen with one of those thick and soft rugged cases.The thicker and softer the case, the better it is at absorbing impact energy, and the less impact energy gets transferred to the screen (which prevents shatter)
>>106635639way worse, quartz
>>106635300>Xiaohongshu ID: 645587611
>>106635292>alumin-I-umbased
OUCH-eeee
>>106635292shyieeee... aluminum you say? dind't noe
>>106635267iSissies, our response?
>>106635668What do you guys think about Spigen Tough Armor T?
>>106635673Quartz is harder than steel.
*gulp*
>>106636182looks good to me
>>106635668iPhones should just be designed that way. Why are we fucking up form factors by putting a layer of air between the phone and it's protective shell? INTEGRATE.
>>106635478>with people complaining they shatter extremely easilyThat's how sapphire works, it's really scratch resistant, but it shatters really easily, you're trading one for the other with that.You could watch any sapphire glass watch review that tests the durability and you'd find that if you drop them, it will shatter very easily, that's why gshocks use mineral glass.
>>106635267>he did not buyed the casegg retard
>>106635267so, this is like iPhone 15 series; made in india quality
>>106636200Damn that's the only color I'm interested in for that phone
>>106636259Isn't this just a worse version of a Pixel?It looks almost the same.
>>106635328coins, keys, pocket, pressure. Not that hard you fucking tard.
There are "people" who don't install an Otterbox defender right after they get a phone? TIL
>>106637315my 15 pro max and the air and 17 pro I just had delivered are all labeled as made in china
>>106635267My iPhone mini is scratched up and the screen is cracked. Still works just fine after all these years non the less though so I don't really care.People who buy phones as a fashion accessory rather than for use case and desired form factor dimensions are nut cases and or pathetic. So it makes sense that half the of iToddlers who own these things get genuinely over a few cosmetic blemishes that were bound to pop up eventually. Notice how Android users don't typically have this particular mental illness.
>>106635267Let me guess, scratches at level 3, with deeper grooves at level 4
>>106635300Women with big claws did this.
>>106636259it looks like a nexus 6p
>>106639806>Women with big claws did this.I never got the appeal of growing ones nails out to outrageous lengths or wearing those stupid extensions held together by toxic glue that slowly damage your actual nails. Like how the fuck do these people wipe their asses or reach into their pockets without stabbing themselves? Certainly explains why they're constantly cracking their nails too. Just thinking about it makes me annoyed.This is why I prefer tomboys, to bad they rarely exist outside of muh hecking Nipponese cartoons.
>>106640357There are women that are neither tomboys (they're mentally ill don't do it anons) or whores with 6" long nails. God forbid, normal ones.
MR Apple...I don't feel so good.
IT'S UPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ56ve39l2I
>>106640464And how do you feel now?
iTODDLERS BTFO
>>106640745just fine
>>106639920my baby....if only you never bootlooped 10 times
>>106635668I refuse to use a phone case for any of my phones. let them get fucked up.
>>106635267Still wild to me how they advertised titanium as the greatest premium thing and then went back to fucking aluminum for barely any heat dissipation gains
>>106640885>then went back to fucking aluminum for barely any heat dissipation gainsmost reviewers mention the 17 pro gets much hotter than the 16 while having better performance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db1eXymSLFUThis guy found that the front screen is much better.
*coughs up blood*
>>106640885The air is practically indestructible though
>>106635267lmao
>>106640481Air gang rise up I ordered the air because I don’t need over9000 cameras that can shoot RAW 4k 240fps at 144hz eating up 2gb of storage per minute and I knew apple would make it as strong as they could because autists would go out trying to bend it on purpose to have fake outrage. Now as for the battery id say its last gen level of good, with it being so thin I’m curious how fast its going to degrade but as long as it lasts 3-4 years idk, I’ll buy whatever new techslop is out at that point I’ve already got 2 wireless battery packs from my last phone (because all cellphone batteries turn to shit after a year of hard use) so I don’t need a fancy super slim apple air one tl;drunless you need max battery life or fancy cameras to be a social media “influencer” or TikTok dancer the air was the right choice to get, enjoy your 2lb brick
>>106636182>>106635668maus make the best cases. you can lob your phone 30ft in the air and let it land on concrete and your phone will be fine.
>>106635668>>106636182mous not mais. sorry.https://uk.mous.co/collections/phone-cases
>>106640481nice rapping, eminem would be proud. bet he can rhyme orange. also, fuck jerry knives, stanley knife ftw
>>106640481wish he would silence the volume when scratching metal. and yes, im spam posting cause i can
Thanks for beta testing the iPhone 18 for me, suckersApple will fix all this shit for their next one
>>106641751thanks for signing up for the iphone 19 beta, sucker.
>>106641751>>106641832My dad works for apple. The real big one is the iphone 20. They’re going to call it iPhone XX Dos Equis and you get a qt guatemalan femboy sex slave with every purchase and a 12 pack of beer
>>106641873thanks for signing up for the iphone 21 beta, suckers. lmao im easily amused.
>>106638814It is hard for someone with a brain. Why would you put your phone in the same pocket as your fucking keys, you imbecile.
>>106641625Holy cope, Batman. How's it thin when you have that large camera bump? Iphone Air really is an intelligence test.
Sarrrrrr
>>106641969we truly live amongst the mindless. it feels like at least 80% of people are retarded.
>>106642009it really is. People avoid it thinking it's the "form over function" phone not realizing that function doesn't start and end with cameras. It's a smartphone. Way better one-handed than a thick phone with the same screen size. Works way better in the pocket if it's something loose like basketball shorts or some sweatpants. Much more durable than just about any other phone, so it's reasonable to go caseless. Battery life is great. It's extremely functional.>How's it thin when you have that large camera bump?because the rest of the phone is thin. Not doing great on your own IQ test, lad
>>106641072iTODDLERS BTFO
>>106642074iNiggers aren't people
>>106638814Applechads don't use coins. What are you, poor?
Meh.I just want to see the iPhone Air bend.And please, please, PLEASE let the battery catch fire when it does.
>>106642259You can see it bend here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ56ve39l2IMaybe not what you’re expecting, though
>>106642259https://youtu.be/Csd-w5gwLUU?si=FCyl9y6cSo_GrOCWThey specifically designed it to keep retards like you from causing them an issue. With how many tests and people are trying to do it seems money well spent. the s25 ultra flexes more but nobody gave a fuck about trying to bend it like they are with the air because “hurr fuck apple you dumb sheep”I’m sure the base 17 or pro max would bend easier than all these retards trying to show off
Exquisite quality as always
>>106635267Made in India
>>106642465not mine that’s why I preordered before I got a jeet streetshitter version or a 40% tariff bullshit, I think all the airs are made in china
>>106642465what do they do about E. coli?
>>106642563saaaars ples ignoring smell and bacterifruit logo goood SAAARRRS
>>106642465lmao couldn't be me
>>106639059cute michiru
>>106642618When I saw that god awful color I just knew that some jeet team came up with that color because it reminded them of “home” It’s literally the color of fucking curry and their flag lol. Anyone who bought that color is a NPC huffing on copium that it’s a “cool” trendy color
>>106642718GOOD MORNING SAARSS
>>10663992010 times better than everything Apple has come up with in the last 10 years.Can't believe there are iToddlers lusting over iPhones
>>106642913sounds like you need to start a smartphone company and make phones that look like the nexus 6p, you will sell millions and become a billionaire, right?
>>106642913Maybe the competition should make better phones other than “zomg it folds n shiet” then stops getting updates after 2 years hate apple all you want but them being a closed system allows them control their hardware and software. Android has to cater to poorfags buying $200 shitbox phones and $1k “premium” phones. It’s just a more polished version of shitThen you have political shit throwing banning and limiting phones from both sides of the pond. USA (and its puppets) doesn’t like Huawei because (muh commie gutter oil spyware) and china doesn’t like western phones (because muh capitalist pig dog spyware)Apple can’t even sell the air in Chyna because (muh eSIM capitalist pig dogs might let them bypass your great firewall)tl;drit’s all shit, pick your flavor but android has and will always suck because you have 30 manufacturers building junk shit with a shit App Store and developers trying to write code and apps that will work on a $200 phone and a $1k flagship phone. Just doesn’t happen easily, with apple they have 1 standard and hardware. When it’s deemed obsolete it’s no longer supported and basically a fuck you deal with it, upgrade peasant
>>106642209iPhones are professional tools for adults with serious jobs and responsibilities.Android is cheap and cheerful 'just need a vehicle that gets me from A to B' type shit
>>106635267Who the fuck buys a new phone and doesn't get an Otterbox case for it?
>>106643112Otterboxes are so boomer I don’t even remember the last time I’ve seen one in the wild anymore. We just buy the cheapest phone slop on Amazon made by the cheapest child labor that .50 cents a day can afford
>>106643129I guess I'm a boomer at 39. Anyway, these Otterboxes are pretty solid. I'm outside a lot and so I need protection from the rain.But I'm considering not even getting an iPhone anymore because of the price and I hate getting locked into these bullshit contracts and all the bullshit fees.Thinking about just getting a burner Samsung Galaxy and using that. Is that still a viable option if I just want to make calls and look at porn once in awhile on wifi?
>>106643074>then stops getting updates after 2 yearsit's 5 years now
>>106636189Uhm no it isn't
>>106643086i support professional salesmen and account executives who use both. both work if all you need to do is email, webex calls, and some light office shit like opening spreadsheets or word documents, and tethering when you don't have internet connection. android actually works better because it doesn't need all the apple drivers installed.
>>106640481I thought he was wheelchair bound?
>>106643181>tethering>no internet>2025lmfao poorfag just revealed the LARPalso, you don't need apple drivers to connect to hotspot wifi
>>106643272These salespeople are often on the road where they don't have access to an internet connection.
>>106643300>no starlink mini or cell boosternice larp poorfag
>>106642512Product of China isn't the same as "Assembled in China" or "Made in China">origin of other items as marked thereonwtf dos that mean?
>>106643265his wife is.
>>106643410>doesn't understand basic englishsaar....
>>106635267I got the orange, no problem here
>>106635267oh, no. Do we have results yet on the hammer test?
>>106643422apparently "product of" is even better than "made in". all clear on the Air.
>>106643476*sigh*product of china=assembled in America with global components It’s the new hotness of manufacturing and production of goods with corporate buzzwords. I mean apple has been saying “designed in California assembled in china” for like 20 years nowBut I know you have zoomer TikTok brainrot so let me try and explain in your lingo It was made in Chyna, some might say the best child labors. I think I could assemble it better, here with the best and the cheapest of illegal labor. We’ve removed the nets from the factory so anyone who can’t tolerate the 16hr work days 6 days a week I say, *inhauls violently, purched lips* I say let them fly. We’re gonna let them fly, gracefully I might add. And we’re gonna rebuild again with a more vibrant and youthful workforce, we’re gonna rebuild and we’re gonna do it with skilled American union workers with big beautiful nets. I know a thing or two about buildings by the way. But we’re going to rebuild, we’re going to build these devices here in America. The best America, south America what a shit hole. If I weren’t president they’d be building these phones in Brazil and shipping them into our country along with the rapists and the fentanyl. Nasty drug that is, almost as nasty as android tl;driPhone air is made in china cope more
>>106643613Dug out my old iphone 13 box“Designed by Apple in CaliforniaAssembled in China”
>>106635300>made in India
>>106635267>xiaomi did this since 2021 no problem>apple does it first time accuses xiaomi of stealing it and as predicted its worse
>>106641072>omg its being used and looks used>omg wth
>>106643613>iPhone air is made in china cope moreThat’s what he was saying you illiterate retard
>>106635267>Lets scracth this motherfucker and see what happens>Oh my god it's all fucked up now>How could we have prevented this???
Which should I get boys? Air or Pro Max?
>>106643708>Let's crash our car and see what happens>HOLY SHIT my car's all fucked up !! >Car users BTFO !!!
>>106641625>pay more, for lessCAPTCAH: G4G0Y
Designed by Homosexuals.Built by Jeets.Sold to Gullible Tards.>IPhone™ #+1.
>>106641072Wtf is this shit made out of Styrofoam?
>>106643806premium recycled coca cola cans saarsuch a stupid thing that such an expensive phone is made of such a cheap and common material, but I guess npcs are still easily impressed by "metal"
>>106643700I’m drunk and have a 6th grade reading comprehension. I’m American after all cut me some slack >>106643714Get the pro if you want top tier camera and battery and/or gaymenThe 17 is the best valueThe air if you want lightweight and less bulk and flex on the poors for having the new thing. I mean you never know this could be the beginning how apple will make non pro phones going forward or it could be the X (10). They never made another stainless steel iPhone after the 10. They took the technology from it and put it into future and current iPhones but never made another phone like the X (10). The only reason I upgraded from the X to the 13 was because it didn’t have 5gThat being said. If I was paying full retail out of pocket price from my McGoy wagie job I’d get the 17. The current promotions and signing a 3 year installment plan with trade in for $0 I’d get the pro I got the air because I’m not poor. My first iPhone was a 3gs 18 years ago? I don’t gaymen on mobile, I don’t care about autistic level camera specs and I don’t use my phone that much besides basic bitch shit. I wanted a non bulky not shit phone that can sit in my pocket for 10 hours a day and not be annoy me. If I’m doom scrolling and shit posting on a weeb basket weaving forum with fellow autists for 10 hours not needing a charge, this phone will do it. If I sperg out and decide I’d like to play age of empires for 6 hours without being hooked to a wall charger, this phone will do it. If I see something cool a want to take a 48mp picture of it in .8 seconds without having to pick between which 3 cameras do I want to use. Do I want to go macro for a close up in depth. A 1x for a natural 1:1 of what im seeing or a super focused center with a blurry backdrop looking like a professional photographer and adjusting shutter speeds and light capture on the sensor. Then no my air won’t do that and honestly I’d pull out my dusty old Sony aii dslr with a 200mm 12 inch
>>106643824Since when does aluminium started flaking off in chunks?
>>106643888it's probably just because of very thin and cheap anodization that's used for pretty colors vs. the thick kind meant as an engineering finish, used on weapons or machinery and can only come in a few colors
>>106643806they need to bring back stainless steel.
has anybody called it scratchgate yet ?
>>106643919I also thought aircraft grade aluminium can't be made out of recycled aluminium? Did Apple invent a new form of reforging? Same goes for Grade 5 titanium for that matter.
>>106643991That’s a aluminum peasant issueTitanium 16 pro and air chads stay winning They only made the X (10) with stainless steel for a year before dropping itThe 16 pro was the test bed for the air. If they continue the air forward they’d have to stick with titanium or go back to steel because you retards can’t help yourself from trying to bend it since you grew up with fidget spinners and need to keep your hands busy >>106643968They probably will because titanium is honestly a weird flex. Steel is the strongest metal on earth (besides diamond) and cheaper. Why they went the titanium route is weird besides saving a gram in weight t. Structural welder
>>106642012>feels good to be a regular 17 chad
>>106644094>Why they went the titanium route is weird besides saving a gram in weightIt's definitely more "premium", more expensive and harder to work with. Not the most practical metal but definitely cooler than stainless steel. If I was paying iphone prices then I wouldn't be easily impressed with the aluminum they still like to use so much but then I'm not some npc consoomer who thinks aluminum is expensive.
I don't even give a fuck about the new ipoos but what triggers me is this shitwhat kind of indian coding is this?
>>10664409413 pros have stainless steel too
Titanium is tougher but is it worth it when 99% of people use cases anyway and the material itself presents heating issues that previous iPhone iterations didn't have?
>>106635478Use a cheap durable watch while you're working or rotate your watch 180 degrees around on your wrist.
>>106640464I'm positively surprised at how well it did. I thought it would be a rerun of bendgate.
>>106641625>an iToddler copes and seethes: the post
>>106644684>99% of people use cases anywaypoor person detected
>>106645178>enjoying something is coping and seethingcope and seethe more
>>106643613It's "pursed lips".>>106643848Based iToddler schizo babble.
>>106644318Holy shit, that looks so bad.
>>106645254Just pulling your leg. Maybe this disastrous OS26 update will make Apple fags give up the ghost.
>>106643806anodized aluminum is only colored at a thin outermost layer of ~10-25 microns. A slight scratch cuts right through this. Aluminum is also pretty soft and malleable, especially compared to titanium and stainless steel. using aluminum is a huge step backwards for apple
>>106644094>steel is the strongest metal on earth besides diamond ???
>>106648411Not him but he means by volume not by weight which is what most people thing about.If you want to make the thinnest phone volume matters more than weight so titanium is indeed a "weird flex" and no doubt done purely for marketing reasons.As for being the strongest (by volume) on earth?I don't know but I think Plutonium might be stronger, but strongest of any readily available, affordable and non-radioactive metal you might actually consider for construction? I buy that.
>>106642687trash taste
>>106635267that will be $3000 dollarinos please
>>106649618>three thousand dollars dollarinos
>>106635267I'm gonna upgrade my five year old samsung s20+ to an iphone 17 pro max. Not sure if I'm going to get blue or orange. I was thinking about orange, but I feel like it'll be a theft target since it stands out so much. Plus, I think the novelty of having a bright orange phone will wear out pretty quickly. I should've gotten the 16 last year since I like the design better
>so fixated on performance and cost cutting they forgot to qc the buildsClassic jeets.
>apple tries a 90's color for the phone choosing orange>everyone shits on itits like you fags want tech fucking boring, god forbid we get colors. niggers hating on the orange are the fucking reason all the cars on the road you see are grey, white and black
>>106650173I got the orange pro max and it's not as bright as you think, it's a more darker orange, it still stand out, though.
>>106650312what's the reason people have minimal vocabulary and every third word is "fucking"?
>>106643806It seemed the SE model from a few years back was the start of fabrige egg screens Good forbid a fingernail grazes it caused so much of my OCD it seemsThen again I feel that way about anything that can scratch easily that isn't intended to get scuffed up to high hellIt's not like a shovel, Bike chain or a soccer ballOr car tyres, they are meant to take lots of abuseApple products will crack or scratch if you bump into an odd metal sharp bracket ever so slightly Barely graze your hand against the vision pro it starts to shake like a malfunctioning banshee in Halo 2I remember if you shoot one a banshee or ghost up a shit ton it'll light on fire than breakdance flipping in the air like the Jabberwockeez at the Luxor VegasJust learn Zen meditation and repair and refurbishing of these devices will be much more efficient
>>106650362>only says it twiceThe irony of this post is just astounding.
>>106650173>Not sure if I'm going to get blue or orangeGet the orange. People are saying the blue is scratching a lot more easily.
>>106650655I'm still on the fence, but I'm leaning towards the orange. Just to get something different. And yeah, I saw the scratching problem. Although I'll just throw a clear case on
>>106639059On the contrary, I see more iPhone users with cracked screens than Android onesThey'll put up with the cracked screen because it still works for the most part (or they're too poor to buy another one)
>>106650645explain the irony
>>106635267not an issue if you're a man who doesn't wear fake ceramic/quartz nails
I can't understand how they didn't just make a black pro max model. Like what the fuck were they thinking?
>>106650779they said in interviews that making the air about aesthetics freed them up to make the pro phones actually pro deviceswho cares what colour they come in? i buy pro iphones for serious work that makes lots of money
>>106650779so they can milk you next year with the exclusive Black edition ;)
>>106650799photography is almost never serious work
>>106646472They did it for heat dissipation because the last five iPhones have had retarded overheating issues
