First drop (with a case)

[u/samirbinballin]

Maybe a 3-4 foot drop off of the armrest of my couch and onto hardwood floor, (TineeOwl case shown at the end) - I always knew the new aluminum frame was fragile after what I’ve seen from the 17 Pro’s release, so I took the precaution of not using the Apple Cases and getting something decently protective.

Yeah, the aluminum corner still bent ever so slightly 😂, coming from a titanium 16 Pro Max I had no idea how to gauge the softness of this new material, but damn.

I personally don’t care as I was planning to use the phone caseless with AppleCare+ anyways, but I wanted to warn some of the OCD users on here, even with a case, the aluminum frame on these new builds can get damaged, just fyi.

[u/courtneyhope_]

In the same boat. My Air is truly indestructible, I’ve never needed to consider a case. I grabbed the burgundy Pro but I’m torn on whether I keep it or not because I never use a phone case. The color is so pretty and the battery is insane but at what cost?

[u/Germfreecandy → u/courtneyhope_]

I haven't used a case in any of my phones since 2016. The best protection you can have is to avoid dropping it in the first place

[u/LuckyLuciano97 → u/courtneyhope_]

Yea same here man. Love the color and camera but I also rock it without a case

[u/Able_Vacation7916 → u/courtneyhope_]

Clear case or motive better a nice matching Burgundy case which I have seen when I was looking for a black 18pro case. Plus most of these cases have the full camera area open that shows the phone color unless you specifically but a precision type but the covers everything and it didn’t work for what I wanted. I saw pictures of a burgundy case with the burgundy phone. It looked really sharp, Just an idea. I just now googled burgundy iPhone 18 pro matching color case and a lot of choices came up. There are also Youtube videos on composting case types that match the phone color.

[u/Ambitious_Care_7506 → u/courtneyhope_]

The cost is 1 drop <= 1 dent

[u/jetatx → u/courtneyhope_]

You don’t need it.