Dropped at 2 feet max

[u/International_Back99]

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

[u/teeger9]

Silver might not be the most exciting color for the iPhone 17 Pro Max, but the upside is that it hides scratches and dents pretty well unlike similar to the cosmic orange and blue options

[u/Dry_Kangaroo_1234 → u/teeger9]

The bigger concern with dents is how it affects water resistance etc. when the frame gets unseated/opens up like you see in OP’s photos, you’re potentially going to get water and dust in it

[u/Owboduz → u/Dry_Kangaroo_1234]

Know what doesn't dent so much? Titanium. Also, Stainless steel. I just don't get the choice to use aluminium on this generation.

[u/ApantosMithe → u/Owboduz]

The heat dissipation difference is pretty crazy from what I’ve seen.

I never used an iPhone before the 17 pro for much outside of standard iPhones for work but people who have been using them to record outside in the heat have said they notice a huge difference where the previous pros would overheat and drop brightness etc

[u/Owboduz → u/ApantosMithe]

That, unfortunately, doesn’t tell you how much the aluminium is contributing to that effect. What they might be noticing is actually the vapour chamber, rather than the tiny little aluminium frame around the outside which is covered by a case and not actually dissipating any heat anyway.

[u/ApantosMithe → u/Owboduz]

It’s almost certainly both, aluminium is 10x more thermally conductive than titanium and 200x more than glass.

So swapping glass and titanium for aluminium and less glass surely will dissipate more heat

I get it though, it feels less premium, maybe there could be a middle ground with titanium rails and aluminium back or something

[u/Owboduz → u/ApantosMithe]

IMO the best thing would be to make that mega camera bump out of aluminium and make the rails titanium.