If you scroll on social media this week you probably saw the brand-New iPhone 17 Pro, Pro Max and iPhone Air Demo units less-panic than shaking at Apple Stores.
Ok, Apple has finally solved the great “scratch-gate” mystery and the answer is a bit embarrassing. It turns out that the phones are not actually scratched. Instead, some of the old, dilapidated magsaf display stands in the store were literally rubbing and the shiny new iPhones were left behind.
Apple says that residuals can be easily removed and it is fixing the problem with its display. So no, new phones are not mysteriously fragile. It turns out that the display stands only a good cleaning.
Not all scratches are equal, and the size of the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max can make the anodized coating sensitive to chiping. People also responded to videos Ifixit And Zach Nelson’s YouTube channel ZerriziverthingThe Videos show a potential problem with anodized coating around the edges of the camera plateau on the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max. In his video, Nelson takes a quarter and it rubs on the edge of the camera plateau, causing the cover to chip.
Apple explained to CNE that 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max’s anodization is just as durable as other products. However, over time it can show small friction with normal wear and tear. The company says its anodization level is extremely strong and the art guidelines for microhardness have surpassed.
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Anxiety about scratching and durability comes in the heels of one of Apple’s largest iPhone re -designs year after year. And when Marx and Scratch do not affect Apple’s phones, no one wants to see the new $ 800-plus iPhone. The iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro Unit CNET have been experimenting for the past two weeks showing no scratch, chips or scuffs.
If you are concerned about your new iPhone scoff, you can always buy a case and screen protector.
The iPhone 17 Pro made with the key?
Depending on the light, the ceramic shield cutout can sometimes look lighter than the rest of the body of the 17 Pro max.
17 Pro and 17 Pro Max bodies were made with space-grade 7000 series aluminum, ceramic shield and ceramic shield 2. Pro models have an aluminum unibody frame, meaning that many are no longer made of glass.
Some on social media indicates new aluminum chassis as a problem behind demo-unit loss, multiple videos show scratches on the ceramic shield back panel of Blue iPhone 17 Pro (and Black iPhone Air). There are even videos ThisWhere a person intentionally scratches to remove only the residuals behind their new iPhone air, most clean.
The ceramic shield camera made of ceramic nano-formal in the glass matrix cover most parts behind the 17 Pro underneath the camera bar. Apple says it is four times more resistant against cracks than rear glass on the iPhone 16 Pro.
Then the 17 Pro display has ceramic Shield 2, which Apple says that the previous iPhone models (and on the back of new pro and air models) are three times more scratch-resistant than the ceramic shield used.
During the briefing day for their new iPhone models, an Apple spokesperson mentioned that ceramic shield drops focused on to prevent cracks, while on the other hand, Ceramic Shield 2 is about crack and scratch stability.
Anodizing on the video and edge of Zeririgiwarting
In him IPhone 17 Pro videoZeririgiwarthing’s Nelson does the array of its general scratch, bend and burn tests, but the iPhone 17 provides a potential problem with anodized coating on the aluminum aluminum.
Nelson warned in his video, “Apple forgot to do a truly important thing. They ignored an international standard.
The ISO Standard Nelson refers to decorative anodizing and offers the marginalize of a certain radius that is 10 times higher, which is probably not following the edge of the camera bar.
Apple explained the CNET that its anodization industry over 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max has surpassed the value of the industry and the edges of the camera plateau have similar features of the anodized cases on the edges of the plateau.
In his video, Nelson explains that the iPhone 17 Pro’s surrounding corners around the camera plateau are weak points for an anodized coating. Think of the anodized layer on aluminum like nail polish: It gives the phone its color but it helps protect it. If the coating is too deeply scratched, you will see the original metallic color of the aluminum below. More people than cosmic orange can notice the color damage to the dark.
In his video, Nelson shows how the corners around the 17 Pro camera surrounding the camera plateau are especially worrying because they lack champars, fillets or bevels, which usually help to protect the edge from its anodized coating chip. He acknowledges that Apple has used a strong coating and shows how it protects the rear against a coin or a key scraped on it.
But when he took the same quarter and rub it on the edge of the camera plateau, some part of the finishing came.
Iphone 17 Pro Dark Blue and iPhone 17 Cosmic Orange Pro Max.
I should notice that Nelson made all the scratches in the phone with a knife, which manages me to doubt that in addition to Apple’s explanation about Magsaf Raisers, one can deliberately scratch the in-stor demo unit.
It may also be that people held multiple iPhone display samples for a photo or video in one hand and rubbed the blue crystal on the back cameras on the back of another iPhone. Blue crystal is second after diamond in terms of its hardness. Since anyone who has done a retail job knows, in-stor display units often suffer from some bad customer treatment.
“I am a huge fan of this new iPhone design,” Nelson said at the end of his video. “Low glass and more aluminum is always a good thing” ”
Ifixit’s ‘Spalling’ iphone 17 Pro Teardown
In the ifixit IPhone 17 Pro Teardown VideoShahram Mokhtari Nelson, the company’s lead teardown technician, confirmed that an problem with anodized coating at the edges of the Nelson’s camera plateau. Mokhtari said that the matter is not aluminum unibody, the phone’s camera is not the size of the bump. The sharp edges of the plains do not adhere to the anodized coating, but do flat surfaces like the back of the phone.
Underneath a microscope, the flat of the Mokhtari camera drags a hardness tool (equivalent to a penny) across the back part of the plateau. You can see where he is dragged, but the anodized coating is still intact. He pulled the same equipment across the edge of the camera plateau and closed the coating chips, revealing the metal below. The technical word for this is spelling.
“When there is an edge of the oxide layer, such as on the edge of the camera plateau, the fragile oxide carries the pressure on your keys or the pressure on the rubbing coin against it and so it spreads,” explains in the Mokhtari video.
He also acknowledged that the iPhixt iPhone Air and Standard iPhone 17 did not see the same level of weakness in the same level because their backs were made with ceramic shields and glass respectively.
IPhone 17 Pro and iPhone air is durable?
In short, the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone air is durable, yes. However, the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max models can show small friction as a result of normal wear and tear. These problems will not change how the phone operates or used, but it seems to be the only way to avoid any chipping in the case models.
The iPhone Air and Baseline iPhone 17 Pro models do not seem to have the same problem because they are made of back glass.
If you see that your new iPhone has been scratched or some anodized coating chip is off, go back to where you bought it and see if you can exchange it. If these scratches are done deliberately you are probably stuck with it.
If you are concerned about the damage to your new iPhone, the best solution is a case. Fortunately, you have a lot of options.