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New iPhones Are ‘Scratch Magnets’, Owners Complain

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Issue reportedly impacting iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Air has been dubbed ‘scratchgate’

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Complaints are flooding social media from dissatisfied users who bought one of the new iPhones last week. Apple has replaced the titanium construction of the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max models with aluminum, which, according to previous experience, scratches quite easily. People have also encountered scratches on the back of the extremely thin iPhone Air.

Negative experiences of people who bought new iPhones and discovered that scratches and other minor mechanical damage appear on them unusually quickly and easily are spreading on social networks. The devices cost tens of thousands of crowns.

Many models of the iPhone 17 have a lot of scratches already after a few hours in the Apple Store. Especially sensitive are the dark color variants of the smartphones. Did Apple make the wrong decision about the material? (Continue reading)

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winfuture.de broke the news in on Monday, September 22, 2025.
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