Apple made a bet on its flagship phones this year. The iPhone 17 series brought a big redesign, but it also brought the replacement of titanium with aluminum in the Pro variants. This new finish, ...

In the first round, the phones were dropped from a height of 1.5 meters onto their backs. Upon impact, the rear glass of both devices shattered, highlighting the vulnerability of glass surfaces.

A drop test pitting the aluminum iPhone 17 Pro Max against the titanium Galaxy S25 Ultra ended in a surprising tie. The tests revealed that while the iPhone’s softer aluminum is more prone to dents, ...