Different builds, also not to mention with these tests without a force meter its hard to tell what actual stresses are being applied.
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iPhone 15/Plus 15 Pro Max Easily Broken
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He took the frame to a lab to see if it really is grade 5 titanium. Show ain’t over yet! 🤣
Oh wow, I have MagBak for 13PM and it’s a thick tough case. I mostly had my massive drops in PhoneRenel Gen3 and some with Caudabe Sheath though, and the phone is mint. I’m currently using Apple Silicone on my 15PM and it feels thinner and flimsier in comparison to all 3. Not sure which second case to get.
I usually use DBrand but post heart surgery I've become a gym rat and focused on my overall health, so I got the MagBak to stick to squat racks for eye level viewing of my workout app and form videos.
I'm now back to using the DBrand Grip case.
Consumer reports just put it through a test and it survived. So, Jerry rig, don't trust his Bs test.
Always best to support the test that has the outcome one prefers.
A bit disappointed. I’ve no doubts the PM will give quicker than the smaller phones. Do I regret my purchase of a 15PM? No. It will be a freak accident if my ever suffers a situation that will exert that much force in the necessary pressure points. I never carry a phone in my back pocket and if I’m doing an oil change or other activity where I’m laying, I remove my phone from my front pocket.
Nothing generates YouTube clicks faster than “the latest Samsung or Apple device is awesome or awful”…. I’m guilty of watching myself. Less guilty of being influenced.
Nothing generates YouTube clicks faster than “the latest Samsung or Apple device is awesome or awful”…. I’m guilty of watching myself. Less guilty of being influenced.
This is the point,
You have material to read or watch and make your own decision. The more the better is my motto here. Nobody has the last word or authority in the matter.
Give the consumer unfettered access to the journalist reviews and let them make their own decisions.
Uh no, consumer reports is a hell of a lot more thorough and scientific than JRE.
I tend to believe JRE‘s tests. There’s no cut scenes while he’s bending the phone with his bare hands. And it doesn’t have to be a scientific test in some top secret located enclosed lab in order for the test to show reality.
The 15PM is more delicate than the 14PM and some previous PM. But unless you plan to bend it or apply extreme pressure on it, you shouldn’t worry.
The 15PM is more delicate than the 14PM and some previous PM. But unless you plan to bend it or apply extreme pressure on it, you shouldn’t worry.
I guess all these worshippers of JRE ignores the statement he himself makes: “just because one breaks doesn’t mean they all would”
I don’t think we have any worshippers here; just some people who think it is worthy of note that the iPhone 15 PM fails a test that none of the other 15 models failed and no iPhone has failed for many years. And you are right; a single test does not tell the whole story, we need to see if anyone else is able to replicate it before jumping to definite conclusions.
Sure, but afaik the other durability testers have not experienced the same outcome in the “bend it by hand test”
Not to mention, a test that bends a sample size of 1 using the very precise and accurate instrument that is the human hand isn’t exactly what one would consider scientific (I’d argue it’s not even meaningful).
Not sure why there aren’t YouTubers that do these sorts of tests using precise, reproducible methods that produce quantifiable measurements etc.
“I bent it with 7 units of hand firmness this year and it broke. Last year I promise I applied the exact same 7 units of hand firmness…”
I would take you seriously if you didn't move your position around. Your premise from the beginning was that somehow 1 unscientific test indicates a design flaw. Meanwhile as posted above, consumer reports did do tests on it and it passed with flying colors.
Come on now. It's still cause for a mental note, that the 15PM isn't as tough as previous models. I would put money on it that 7 out of 10 would break the same way.
The home is there on previous models. The wireless coil blocks it from being seen. Especially since the old back glass is heavily glued. Not the case anymore. Apple should just offer warranty back glass with an updated metal plate attached to the glass like the 15 and 15plus have.
‘Worshippers’? You’ll inadvertently discredit your own opinion trying to do it to others with that sort of statement. We are all iPhone users here and have been for years, hence why we are on this forum to begin with. Nobody worships a YouTuber, we just found his video alarming. Maybe all iPhones don’t crack under medium thumb and finger pressure and that was a bad one, but it has been stated the back glass is thinner than the 14 series which is worth discussing.
I’m interested in discussing this. It is the most to visible change. If I were in the design team, I’d have the wireless and MagSafe ring underneath a metal plate on the back glass. Then adhered rubber dampening on that metal plate that is sandwiched against the metal midframe. The base 14’s and 15’s have a metal plate adhered to their back glass. Only difference is there is no midframe directly under their back glass, it’s instead under the screen.
I've only been an iPhone user for 3 years. I joined this place because I thought it'd be a bit more sensible than reddit. I now believe I was wrong.
I didn't find that video remotely "alarming" - the hyperbole here is something else. I personally found it mildly interesting but personally completely irrelevant for me, for hopefully obvious reasons.
If and/or when my back glass breaks, whatever. But I'm certainly not a member of whoever "we" are meant to be. I've owned three Iphones and have been delighted by every one. Especially this non-warm, non-sharp edged, excellent battery life thang I'm holding now.