US EditionYikes! These iPhone 17 Colors Are Already Getting Scratched More Easily than Others
Apple's switch to aluminum bodies in iPhone 17 Pro models has led to visible scratches within hours, especially on deep blue variants, sparking widespread social media complaints in China.
- Apple launched the iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air on 2025-09-20 amid customer reports of scratches on demo units at global retail stores.
- This problem partly stems from Apple switching from the titanium casing used on the iPhone 16 Pro to an aluminum unibody design for the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, a material that tends to show scratches more easily, especially on darker color options.
- Scratches and circular MagSafe charger marks appear prominently on iPhone 17 Pro and Air models in Deep Blue and Space Black colors, with videos and photos spreading rapidly online.
- Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that the iPhone 17 Pro Max, along with the Space Black version of the iPhone Air, tend to show scratches more easily, and Apple intends to address this with a software update while recommending users protect their devices with cases in the meantime.
- The tendency of the new iPhone 17 Pro to scratch easily may be a factor in why Apple did not offer this model in black this year, and the company anticipates addressing initial launch challenges similar to those experienced with earlier versions.
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Scratches may be the reason we didn't get a black iPhone 17 Pro
It's iPhone 17 launch day. Consumers around the world are lining up at their local Apple stores in order to pick up the latest line of smartphones from Apple: the iPhone Air and iPhone 17 series.However, within just a few hours of the new iPhone launching, Apple customers took to social media to share something a bit odd.Some of the brand new iPhone 17 Pro devices on display in Apple Stores were already scratched. This Tweet is currently unavail…
The buyers of electronic devices, from Hong Kong to London and New York, made long lines this Friday to acquire the latest Apple Inc iPhones. However, some came to the stores and discovered that certain models were already scratched. The dark blue variants of iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max presented scratches after only a few hours of exposure, as Bloomberg News discovered in visits to Apple stores in New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai and London. The bla…
Users report scratches on iPhone 17 Pro barely hours after launch: Reports
Within hours of Apple’s much-anticipated launch of the iPhone 17 family, durability concerns have already surfaced. Early users claim the iPhone 17 Pro’s new aluminium unibody design is prone to scratches, raising questions about its long-term resilience.
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