iPhone 15 Pro Max Back Glass Durability

Hello, I’m interested in purchasing an iPhone 15 pro max, I have seen online that this model breaks very easily (back glass breaks with minimal pressure- JerryRigsEverything video). Has anyone else experienced this?



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Posted on Sep 25, 2023 3:36 PM

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Posted on Oct 25, 2023 11:43 AM

I don’t agree with this at all. My new iPhone 15 pro dropped from my pocket, with a good case on, just like all my other phones have at some point and it landed face first. The entire back is shattered as well as the glass around the camera lenses and the back never even touched the ground in the fall(front was 100% fine). This would not have happened with my other iPhones. I have been extremely underwhelmed by this phone and regret the purchase.

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Oct 25, 2023 9:06 AM in response to KLS1009

What were the circumstances? Were you caseless? Where and on what substrate did you drop the phone. I have the 15 PM since launch in a quality case, and I'm very outdoorsy and don't baby my phone and haven't had any issues.


This thread isn't helping the original subject at hand, instead it's turned into anecdotal stories really lacking any real insight into the circumstances. "Worst phone ever" is really subjective. I work in tech, across both platforms and I really like the 15 series iPhones and defintely haven't found the 15 PM to be fragile at all.



Oct 25, 2023 8:39 PM in response to Turtlelord3

Theres good things about the i phone 15 and bad things about it too. Main bad thing is that yes they are so unbelievably fragile. I got the 15 plus and i got a case and a screen protector i dropped it once and the whole back is shattered. When i had my 12 pro max the amount of times i dropped it with and with out a case and it never broke is crazy to me.

Oct 28, 2023 11:24 AM in response to Turtlelord3

Mine just fell out my pocket whilst sat in a chair. It fell very light on the floor from about 45 cm, didn’t think anything of it as it was such a small drop, however the back has completely smashed. I’ve had iPhone 10 since launch before and that has been dropped hundreds of times with no damage. This was the first minor drop for this phone and smash.

Oct 28, 2023 12:33 PM in response to Joeylakey

Joeylakey wrote:

Probably that’s the typical height of a chair when you sit down on it?

What I mean is that everyone who says they didn't drop their phone very far always says around 18 inches. It doesn't matter if they report that they dropped the phone from standing, sitting or if it fell off of something. It's almost always 18 inches. I find that interesting. Perhaps phones break when dropped from 18 inches but are less likely to do so if the distance is more or if it's less. Or, perhaps people are bad at judging distance.

Oct 28, 2023 1:07 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

If you really want to get into the detail then you need to look at the average height of iPhone users to work out how high their phone is sat in their pocket. Then also look at their height and arm lengths to work out the average drop distance to the floor. In my experience though the phone is most likely to have a fall when I’m sat down and it falls out my pocket in which case the height is always going to be similar. Not sure there are many people who are in to launching their phones into the sky for fun or throwing them off balconys.


18 inches by the way is indeed the height of a dining chair.



Oct 29, 2023 10:01 AM in response to Joeylakey

Joeylakey wrote:

If you really want to get into the detail then you need to look at the average height of iPhone users to work out how high their phone is sat in their pocket. Then also look at their height and arm lengths to work out the average drop distance to the floor. In my experience though the phone is most likely to have a fall when I’m sat down and it falls out my pocket in which case the height is always going to be similar. Not sure there are many people who are in to launching their phones into the sky for fun or throwing them off balconys.

18 inches by the way is indeed the height of a dining chair.

You have completely missed my point. But, it wasn't that important.

Nov 11, 2023 12:55 PM in response to Jas-Singh93

The back glass is indeed very prone to breaking. I have been using iPhones for over 15 years. I just upgraded to 15pro. I have a sturdy cover. The phone fell from my pants pocket onto the tile floor on itsback. The back glass shattered. My previous phones fell many times from higher points and did not see this problem. this is definitely a design issue. Yes, we should handle these devices carefully but one of the selling point of 15pro was titanium is stronger (it is in their marketing video). With this glass shattering issue it seems to be false advertisement.

Nov 15, 2023 8:40 AM in response to Turtlelord3

The screen cracks tremendously easily. I dropped this phone off of my couch onto my carpeted floor (about 2feet?) my phone has a case and a screen protector and the front screen cracked. I have had every iPhone from 10-15 and have not broken a single screen and I have dropped them out of my car face down onto concrete….what’s even better is that they apparently don’t have replacement screens available yet.

Nov 30, 2023 8:30 AM in response to KMck2

I would say this is definitely not true on the iPhone 15 pro max. Look if you put a case on it like tech21, otterbox, Casify or that type of thing it’s prolly fine. But I’ve been using it with out a case for a week. Literally was on my knees on the bathroom floor picking something up and the phone dropped from less than a foot off the ground and broke the corner of the iPhone 15 pro max 🤔🤷‍♂️ this seems pretty fragile if you ask me. Also to note this is the first iPhone or phone I’ve broken in like 10 years….

Dec 17, 2023 10:05 PM in response to Jas-Singh93

Yeah I had thought the same thing. I had the 11 since launch and switched to the 15 pro max the day it launched.


never managed to break the glass on the 11, and I was much more careless as a young adult.


and yet, I have already managed to destroy the black glass ont he 15 pro max. Honestly very depressing, it dropped maybe 5 feet onto wood flooring. Rip

iPhone 15 Pro Max Back Glass Durability

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