Apple clarifies some iPhone 17 Professional ‘scratches’ are brought on by MagSafe stands

In the event you’ve heard that Apple’s new iPhone 17 Pro fashions are extra susceptible to scratches than previous fashions, the story isn’t as minimize and dry as it’d seem. Bloomberg reported on September 19 that in-store iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Professional had been already displaying scratches, together with round marks from the place the telephones mounted on MagSafe stands. Now Apple tells 9to5Mac these marks aren’t scratches however relatively “materials switch” from the stands to the physique of the cellphone.

Apple’s clarification means that merely cleansing demo iPhone 17 Professional items and changing previous MagSafe stands will stop these markings from occurring sooner or later. That does not account for the scratches some iPhone 17 Professional homeowners have seen around the phone’s camera bump, although. In a recent scratch test video, YouTuber JerryRigEverything speculated that Apple’s choice to not add a chamfer or fillet to the perimeters of the iPhone 17 Professional’s digital camera bump left it extra inclined to break. By means of 9to5Mac, Apple says it designed the Professional’s aluminum digital camera bump in the identical manner as its different aluminum merchandise and that it is sturdy, however susceptible to “small abrasions” over time.

So Apple has successfully denied one occasion of the iPhone 17 Professional scratching and sidestepped one other. Notably, at no level in 9to5Mac‘s reporting is Apple or a spokesperson really quoted, although, which could recommend the corporate is not prepared to stay to a single clarification for the problems some customers are coping with. Engadget has contacted Apple for extra info and can replace this text if we be taught extra.

Switching from the titanium body of the iPhone 16 Pro to the unibody aluminum one on the iPhone 17 Professional lets Apple’s new cellphone be each extra performant and supply longer battery life. Aluminum does include a pure downside, although: It is much less scratch-resistant than titanium. It is completely potential reviews of iPhone 17 Professional scratches are only a technique to squeeze a number of extra drops of consideration out of Apple’s launch, but when the corporate does have an issue, its alternative of fabric is perhaps the trigger.