One YouTuber traveled all the way to Australia to purchase the iPhone 15 Pro so that he could provide his audience with the video streaming website’s first drop test. While Apple has marketed that the latest flagship’s Grade 5 titanium alloy chassis is lighter than the stainless steel on the iPhone 14 Pro, its durability is questionable, as you will soon find out.
iPhone 15 Pro was left in two pieces after completing the drop test, with the camera housing left separate from the chassis
Paired with the titanium are the new rounded edges on the iPhone 15 Pro, and AppleTrack’s Sam Kohl demonstrates why it is not the most durable material or design to have on a handset. In addition to titanium being prone to scratches, Kohl shows it cannot hold up well against drops. The iPhone 14 Pro fares significantly better as the stainless can act as a shock dampener, but it also sustains cracks all over its premium chassis.
Eventually, multiple drop tests performed on the iPhone 15 Pro resulted in a complete display failure while the panel on the iPhone 14 Pro was still functioning. To understand why this is happening, we need to look at the two materials’ properties. Stainless steel has the ability to spread the impact of drops across the entire frame of the smartphone, while titanium is more rigid, so the point of impact does not disperse as well as stainless steel. By reading this, consumers should be more encouraged to pick up a durable case.
At the end of the drop test, the entire rear camera housing of the iPhone 15 Pro was not just cracked but separated from the rest of the body, while the iPhone 14 Pro’s camera functioned properly, with the display responding perfectly to touch inputs, too. Kohl believes that the curved edges of the latest flagship are a major weak point when it comes to the structural integrity of the iPhone 15 Pro, so some refinement is definitely going to be Apple’s priority for next year’s launch.
Thankfully, if you mistakenly drop the handset face first, Apple charges customers significantly less for display and back glass repairs. Where the company would charge $499 and $549 for the iPhone 14 Pro’s and iPhone 14 Pro Max’s glass back repairs, respectively, it only costs $169 and $199 to perform the same repairs on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.
Hopefully, Apple will introduce a more durable version of titanium next year when it officially announces the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. If you want to check out the entire drop test video and give Sam Kohl some appreciation for his efforts, the link is given above.
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