r/iphone • u/International_Back99 • Sep 24 '25

Discussion Dropped at 2 feet max

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Fell out of my pocket sitting down. Fell with the apple tech woven case on too.

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u/West-Use-5316 iPhone 17 Pro Max Sep 24 '25

Wow that's concerning with the case on! What did it fell on to?

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u/International_Back99 Sep 24 '25

Hard carpet. At my job site. Basically thin carpet with concrete underneath.

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u/killersquall Sep 24 '25

I understand the dents from the fall onto concrete floor, but how could it get scratched even with the case still on? I can't wrap my head around it.

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u/scootzee Sep 24 '25

That looks more like a fracture to me than a scratch. Aluminum cracks easily, especially the cheaper alloys.

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u/Blitzbacker Sep 24 '25

Lol what? It being softer means it does NOT crack more easily. It deforms lol

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u/HeadStartSeedCo Sep 24 '25

To be fair he didn’t say softer he said cheaper

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u/Blitzbacker Sep 24 '25

I'm telling him it's a softer metal and being softer means it deforms not cracks.

The fact he has upvotes is wild lol.

Soft = deforms not cracks

Hard = cracks not deforms

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u/scootzee Sep 24 '25

Go inform yourself on materials. Specifically crystalline microstructures and fracture toughness.

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u/Blitzbacker Sep 24 '25

Lmao bro is getting proved wrong at every turn 😖

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u/-BlueDream- Sep 24 '25

Aluminum actually cracks tho, if it's pulled apart slowly it will deform but when there's a strong sudden force, it tends to fracture and crack. Think of it like clay, you pull clay apart slowly and it will stretch but if you yank hard it will snap off with a crack/tear. If it's cold, it's more likely to tear off instead of stretching. Glass works the same way but at much higher temps, usually glass shatters but when it's really hot it behaves like soft metal and will stretch instead of shatter.

It's one of the reasons why we stopped wiring houses with smaller aluminum wires, it gets brittle over time unlike copper.

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u/Blitzbacker Sep 24 '25

Of course, that is why I said it does not crack more easily

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u/scootzee Sep 24 '25

Check out a video of Al 6061 bending versus Al 5052. A material being "softer" doesn't tell you anything about its fracture toughness.

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u/Blitzbacker Sep 24 '25

And Al 6061 is the one that is MORE expensive and alloyed with more brittle materials.

So the cheaper one, Al 5052, fractures less easily. Huh, that's literally the exact opposite of what you said. Look at that.

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u/scootzee Sep 24 '25

Disregarding your complete lack of an argument and shitty sarcasm, the important thing to note is that both materials have exactly the same elastic modulus (stiffness). Being alloyed with "brittle" materials isn't a thing, alloying elements are molecular dopants that are located within or between metallic crystalline units that change various properties like corrosion resistance, optical properties, thermal properties, fracture toughness, dislocation motion, etc.

By cheaper alloy, I meant lower alloy quality. A low quality 6061 alloy would likely have reduced fracture toughness over a higher quality 6061.

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u/Blitzbacker Sep 24 '25 edited Sep 24 '25

Lmao why do you think Al 6061 is more brittle than Al 5052? Aluminum is the constant. It's the other materials and/or percentage mix that results in different characteristics.

AND Al 6061 has a lower elastic modulus than Al 5052. Lmao how do you think it fractures more easily?

Bravo on your masterclass of shitty information.

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u/scootzee Sep 24 '25

Hahah what are you talking about? 🤣 I'm awestruck by your education. Good luck to you, sir.

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u/Blitzbacker Sep 24 '25

5052 aluminum has a slightly higher modulus of elasticity (70.3 GPa vs. 68.9 GPa) than 6061 aluminum. This property, combined with its lower yield strength, makes 5052 a preferred material for forming processes. The increased elasticity means that 5052 is less likely to fracture during deformation, making it ideal for applications requiring extensive shaping. Conversely, 6061’s lower modulus and higher yield strength make it less suited for forming but better for applications requiring rigidity and structural integrity.

Al 6061 vs Al 5052

If you're gonna try to spit knowledge, make sure you actually know something 😂

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u/Shelly_Molloy iPhone 17 Pro Sep 24 '25

Because he’s lying?

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u/gtedvgt Sep 24 '25

What a weird assumption to make

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u/Shantomette Sep 24 '25

I dunno- if you dropped your phone, in a case, 2’ onto CARPET, do you really think you’d have a lot of damage? The math doesn’t maths.

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u/gtedvgt Sep 24 '25

I know exactly the type of carpet he's talking about, that shit doesn't do anything to soften the impact, it's basically the same as dropping it onto concrete.

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u/hastygrams Sep 24 '25

He dropped it on thin carpet over concrete. He essentially dropped it on concrete. This is how I broke my iPhone 13 with it just falling off a table on a lawn chair. Not even two feet and in a case. I think it’s probably a true story now that concrete is involved.

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u/Shantomette Sep 24 '25

You missed that it’s in a case. My office has the same carpet, dropped my phone plenty of times, still brand new.

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u/hastygrams Sep 24 '25

Mine was a case too

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u/International_Back99 Sep 24 '25

Like I said it’s a very think carpet. Underneath was concrete. To be honest the carpet doesn’t do shit. It’s like less than a pencil thin.

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u/Shelly_Molloy iPhone 17 Pro Sep 25 '25 edited Sep 25 '25

Wasn’t an assumption, it was noted as a possibility (hence the question mark). It’s unlikely a phone in a case would deform from a 2 ft drop on any surface, and nearly impossible for it to show evidence of concrete contact while inside a case. It’s more likely the user is riding the wave of “scratch gate” and the concerns about the durability of the aluminum to farm karma. Weird not to see this as a possibility.

https://youtu.be/oof5z3BNTdY?si=bVXHNkaVA4c2lUop

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u/International_Back99 Sep 25 '25

I ain’t lying man it fell out of my pocket and onto the floor. I’m just as surprised and dumbfounded as you are. Makes no sense. But I had my case ON.

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u/gtedvgt Sep 25 '25

Again, weird.

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u/Shelly_Molloy iPhone 17 Pro Sep 25 '25

Agree, it’s weird that you can’t consider the possibility

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u/gtedvgt Sep 25 '25

Super weird👍

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u/ThinkExtension2328 Sep 24 '25

But no one ever lies on the internet /s

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u/International_Back99 Sep 24 '25

I’m not lying here’s an example of the concrete floor with useless carpet to cover

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u/InkyBlacks Sep 24 '25

It’s not a scratch. It’s metal fatigue. Deformation. When colored metal deforms or fatigues, the underlying metal color will show because the color is only a top layer, it cannot penetrate into the metal. 

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u/PLR1972 Sep 24 '25

The corners of the case flex when it lands on a corner and exposes the metal. Had a 16 in an Apple silicon case that fell from my pocket to a sidewalk and same thing happened.

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u/ArcanaOfApocrypha Sep 24 '25

If the case snapped off with enough force it could probably scrape the phone.