- Apple iPhone 17 Pro has arrived and amid heavy demand, there's influx of news on the infamous scratch gate.
- Apparently, iPhone 17 Pro scratch gate is actually real as evidently shown by JerryRigEverything.
- Apple has used anodized coating on its new models and that is proving fatal for scratches.
Just days after the launch, the iPhone 17 Pro scratch gate appears to be a big thing. Apparently, it brings the ‘gate-like’ situation on Apple, a term coined to address the various junctures of failure iPhones have been subjected to. JerryRightEverything completed a list of durability tests on the iPhone 17 Pro, and here’s how it fared.
JerryRigEverything’s durability test
Zack Nelson of JerryRigEverything on YouTube posted a video on the iPhone 17 Pro. The video has already reached 4 million views as of the time of writing this. Well, it is about the iPhone 17 Pro scratch gate, which is actually happening and can hamper your user experience.
For starters, the iPhone 17 Pro (and Pro Max) uses more aluminum than glass or plastic this time around. Having aluminum on-board is great as you unlock less weight on the device, and it is more resistant to damage.
iPhone 17 Pro scratch gate: what the tests reveal
The mid-frame is more of aluminum with an anodized coating on top that looks brilliant; however, Apple should’ve thought about the scratches it would attract. Apparently, the phone scratches a lot, whether it’s the side frame, the top, or, of course, the ginormous camera plateau.
Apple went on to put an anodized coating on top of the camera plate. For starters, the actual flat bump that extends side-to-side remains fairly protected from the scratches, whether it is subjected to abrasion with keys, coins, or any other object. The surface still scratches, however, it can be easily wiped off unless it’s too abrased. However, the edges of the plateau are what’s causing serious waves in the tech world.
Apparently, Apple hasn’t carved the edges on the plateau but rather left it straight, and since the surface is anodized, it has become prone to scratches, given the fact that the sharp edges cannot retain anodizing. This causes the anodized layer to chip off and show the aluminum frame underneath the coating. This makes the edges of this plateau cosmetically vulnerable.
JerryRigEverything took the iPhone 17 Pro to another round of durability tests, i.e., the flame test, and the phone actually performed as intended. Even the bend test on the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max succeeded with flying colors, as there’s more metal inside that makes the phone rigid, free from flex, and unable to bend even when a heavy force is applied to it.
Overall, I would say iPhone 17 Pro is a solid device; however, the iPhone 17 Pro scratch gate situation is indeed real unless you are using a protective case to prevent the phone’s back panel from abrasions, or say, never keep the phone down (just joking).
