iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro bring a lot of long-awaited new features, but the most visible at first glance is the refreshed design. For the first time, Apple used titanium in its construction, which replaced the steel known from previous generations of iPhone. As a result, the new iPhones are not only lighter, but – as the manufacturer assures – also more durable than their predecessors.
It is worth noting that their housing is not made only of titanium. The frame that connects the front and back of the devices, although also covered with a layer of this material, is made of aluminum. In turn, the backs of the smartphones are covered with textured matte glass.
iPhone 15 Pro Max subjected to an endurance test. He didn’t do very well
Zack, a popular YouTuber and creator of the JerryRigsEverything channel, decided to check the durability of the new iPhones, specifically the 15 Pro Max model. He has specialized in this type of tests for years and subjects smartphones to rigorous tests, from which they do not always emerge victorious.
How did the 15 Pro Max perform in Zack’s tests? Well, on average. While the smartphone turned out to be very resistant to scratches (it scratches only at the seventh degree on the Mohs scale) and survived the attempt to break it in half, the glass covering the back of the device cracked significantly under the stress test.
This is surprising because previous generations of iPhone, including last year’s iPhone 14 Pro Max, passed this test and their casing did not crack during the bending test. Channel creator JerryRigsEverything emphasizes that the problem here may be the new construction combination of aluminum and titanium structures – both materials are characterized by different degrees of tensile strength.
iPhone 15 Pro Max performed worse than its predecessor, also in the so-called drop test conducted by the creators of the AppleTrack channel. When trying to drop both models from great heights, the backs of the “fifteen” were the first to break. It is worth emphasizing that both devices are covered with exactly the same glass, which only confirms the thesis that the fault should be found in the new design of the device.
Of course, it is worth remembering that we are still talking about… extreme tests. Most users aren’t likely to jump on iPhones or test their wrist strength on them. A small consolation may also be the fact that when designing the iPhone 15, Apple made sure that replacing the back of the device was simpler and cheaper than in the case of previous generations of the device.
Source: Gazeta
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