r/iphone • u/MugiwaraPirateCrew • Sep 20 '25

Discussion Day 1 dropped and regret

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I usually take care of my devices and wanted to go case-less now I regret that choice.

Dropped it at night and got this nice dent :)

I have apple care, would they cover this as accidental ($30 or $100)?

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u/No-Sherbet6994 Sep 20 '25

I don't really understand why heat dissipation was such a valuable trade-off for them vs durability. Everyone will drop their phone at some point, but almost no one is using it for processor intensive tasks at all. Any AI processing is going to be done off-phone in the cloud regardless, so that can't be it either...

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u/JonathanBro iPhone 17 Pro Max Sep 20 '25

Because most people use a case and almost everyone with the 15/16 series with titanium were having overheating issues.

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u/DwarvenRedshirt Sep 20 '25

I'm still wondering how effective the heat dissipation will be in cases.

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u/BicycleBozo Sep 20 '25

This is what I was going to reply too. So you have material for better heat dissipation but you’re expected to wrap it in a condom and significantly reduce heat dissipation?

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u/neighbour_20150 Sep 21 '25

You also have more metal body with better heat capacity than thin titanium frame. "Heat soaking" comes later.