{"id":447356,"date":"2025-09-24T03:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/447356\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T03:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:04:11","slug":"iphone-17-pro-is-vulnerable-to-scratching-but-not-where-you-might-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/447356\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 17 Pro is Vulnerable to Scratching, But Not Where You Might Think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early reports have suggested that the iPhone 17 Pro<\/a> and iPhone Air<\/a> are more vulnerable<\/a> to scratches and scuffs, primarily due to damage spotted at Apple Stores.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Apple customers have discovered that the \u200ciPhone Air\u200c and \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c models Apple has out for display at its retail locations have scratching in the area of the MagSafe<\/a> charger. Those devices are handled by hundreds to thousands of people a day and are also attached to proprietary metal charging stands, so it’s been unclear if iPhone<\/a> models owned by customers will see the same issues.<\/p>\n

YouTuber JerryRigEverything did a scratch test over the weekend, and his results suggest there is an area of the \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c that’s vulnerable to scratching, but it’s not where Apple Store<\/a> iPhones are seeing damage.<\/p>\n

The \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c models are made from aluminum this year, and Apple uses an anodization process to add color. The process provides a strong, scratch resistant finish that is similar to sapphire in terms of hardness. It’s not easily scratched, and JerryRigEverything demonstrated that most of the \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c’s shell is going to hold up well against minor scratches, including the area where the Ceramic Shield 2 cutout is located for \u200cMagSafe\u200c charging.<\/p>\n

Most is the key word when it comes to testing, because there is a vulnerable area. The camera plateau has a sharp, raised edge that is not chamfered, and it is a weak spot where the anodized layer is not well-adhered. The aluminum coating in the camera area does scratch easily.<\/p>\n

Items typically found in a pocket, like keys and coins, did not cause damage anywhere on the \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c, except at the edges of the camera plateau.<\/p>\n

The scratch test results suggest that \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c owners won’t have to worry about the kind of scratching seen on \u200ciPhone\u200c models in Apple retail stores, but the camera is an area of concern. It is likely to get scratched, so if you’re worried about that, you might want to use a case to prevent it. The coating on the \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c models is thin, so more significant drops could cause damage in other areas.<\/p>\n

Apple doesn’t use the same anodization process for the \u200ciPhone Air\u200c as it does for the aluminum \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c models. Apple has described its titanium coating process in the past, and it uses Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) to deposit a thin layer of colored titanium on the \u200ciPhone\u200c. It’s possible the \u200ciPhone Air\u200c is more vulnerable than the \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c, though it is looking like the scratched models in retail stores may have been damaged by the metal on the chargers<\/a> that Apple uses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Early reports have suggested that the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air are more vulnerable to scratches and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[1123,2965,547,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-447356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-iphone-17-pro","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115257059879253158","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}