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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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.
This is literally the most fragile pice of technology I've ever used: on the back of the picture is a military-grade protective case. With protection on the cameras also.
I'm extremely disappointed in the quality of this Product I would never recommend anyone to buy it.
Tmrk wrote:
Yes. Dropped from my pocket on to asphalt parking lot and cracked. Very fragile.
Because dropping something made of glass a couple of feet to a hard surface and having it break is so surprising.
The iPhone 14 Pro Max has the same issue! Mine has broke twice and I researched comments, reviews, and drop test reports. The two latest phones both with the same back have a poorly designed feature that allows the phone backs to easily break due to the use of a inadequate end product.
the Apple 15 models, not sure which ones had a immediate recall due to broken back glass. I can’t locate any information on the iPhone pro max 14.
what did Apple do to correct the back glass to prevent breakages at such a high rate.
Also the representative at Verizon suggested buying the Apples protective clear case with Magsafe… it has cracked needs to be replaced.
What can I do? I had the iPhone 13 previously and not once did the back or front of my phone break!
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.
If you are basing your “findings” on the video from jerryrigeverything …… he deliberately destroyed the phone. If that is what you plan on doing, yes it will be destroyed. If you plan to use it as ANY delicate electronic instrument, it will be as durable as needed.
One thing to note, is the titanium frame generally has less flex than previous materials. So it's likely also the back glass is flexing more than the frame, and causing it to be under more stress when bent in this way, and therefore break in Jerry's video. It's possible that previous phones that use a steel or aluminium border frame have more flex and move with the glass, and the stress is more evenly distributed. The titanium also should increase durability on side impacts.
In any case, it's extremely unlikely it will break under normal use, especially if you have a case. Jerry was using a considerate amount of force directly in one small area, in the middle of the phone, which is unlikely to happen in a normal scenario.
I have just got my 15 Pro Max, and have absolutely no concerns over this. Look after your phone and you won't have an issue. And as you know, the back glass is much cheaper to have replaced this time.
Don't hesitate, the average user isn't going to break their phone. 1) the average user will have a case on their phone. 2) He's putting pressure on the back glass with his thumbs. Yes it broke but they also specifically said they made it more modular and easier to repair the back glass.
This "influencer" literally buys phones, and destroys them and makes videos for clicks. Again your average user isn't going to do anything like this, and likely won't have any issues, and if you do there's Apple Care. In all my years of having iPhones I have broken 2 phones, both as a result of bone headed moves on my part.
Superior durability…
No, 14 PM back broke, whilst in a case, from a 5.5 foot fall onto my kitchen floor.
The video doesn’t show how much force he’s putting on the phone. He looks like a relatively in shape dude so it could have been a decent amount of force. Again you said yourself it’s pure speculation.
Possibility of a bad batch of backs, defects do occur in manufacturing. This reminds me of “bendgate…”
the average user with their phone in a quality case, and not abusing their phone isn’t going to have an issue.
When I went to Best Buy to see the phone, the sales clerk said they have been seeing a lot of breakage on the 15 Pro Max. She even suggested waiting for the 16.
Hi yes the back glass dose break easily i have had mine a little over a month and it fell from my back pocket about 1 foot and 1/2 down and the back it completely shattered
The crux of this thread was to address the original question or concern.
That was - Does this model, in particular the back glass, break more easily than previous models?
Of what use is the comment, "Yes. Dropped from my pocket on to asphalt parking lot and cracked. Very fragile."
??
lol..
Case details would be helpful. Screen protector details... helpful. Where the crack was... helpful. ETC.
Drrrrrrrrrr.....
I don’t recommend this product.
I have never had a screen crack on me like this.
i was skeptical of the reviews and comments saying it cracked easy and thought well I’m more careful. I should be fine.
its not the case. It does crack easy.
I accidentally dropped it at a three foot height, (my husband said it’s 2 1/2 feet) with screen protector and a good reviewed and well known case on a dirt field and it immediately cracked. It did not land on any rocks. It landed on dirt on its back . And it cracked in multiple places all over the front screen.
i have never had this happened with any other phone before, ever. I have never cracked any phone, watch, iPod.
if you do decide to get this phone be aware, that even with a case, if you drop it, it will crack.
i believe the reviews that people are cracking it with less like having it in their purse or it dropping on the counter.
get it with the care plan or get a completely different phone.
I can see how that is misleading. It’s not stretching, it’s flexing. And being partially aluminum makes it worse. The glass is in contact with the aluminum, the titanium is the outer half of the frame as well.
“However, while titanium is stronger it's also a little more flexible, and that along with the move from a vertical to a curved edge appears to have removed some of the shock-absorbing properties of the iPhone 14 Pro's stainless steel band.”
https://sendcutsend.com/blog/stainless-ste
“Titanium has the added challenge of being more flexible than most machined materials compared to its hardness, so care must be taken to fixture it as rigidly as possible.”
That’s what it looks like to me too, which has been the cause for every break reported and how little force it takes.
”Something had to make it break”. Well yeah, as for anything on planet earth unless untouched. A tree branch for example.
Are we suggesting here that you can’t turn when walking with the 15PM inside a fanny pack without worrying you may bump an object and break your iPhone?…
Pictures were provided as asked, and the same response was given downplaying their claims.
I feel it’s a fair assessment that the countless people across the globe aren’t taking the time to fabricate stories, pictures, and/or video. That again, we’d see the same public response on prior models if it was this bad.
We should be encouraging people to share there experiences and feel comfortable doing so, whether good or bad, without making them feel like they’re at fault.
Yea I’m pretty disappointed mine was less than a foot off the bathroom floor and it cracked the corner of the back glass 😤
iPhone 15 Pro Max Back Glass Durability
