A new video suggests the iPhone 15 Pro may be weaker against drops than the iPhone 14 Pro.
The video, by AppleTrack’s Sam Kohl, compares two iPhone Pro models during a series of drops. The iPhone 14 remains solid even after declines reach double digits, but at this point the iPhone 15 Pro becomes completely useless.
However, it is important to remember an important point here: when you accidentally drop your iPhone, you do not pick it up several times and drop it again. In the video, it needs to be dropped multiple times to damage the iPhone 15 Pro. But there appears to be a structural difference between the old iPhone and the new iPhone, and this difference could apparently make the 15 Pro more prone to spider web cracks when dropped on a hard surface.
The new iPhone 15 Pro makes great use of titanium alloy, which is strong and lightweight, and has a titanium alloy frame instead of stainless steel. However, although titanium is stronger, it is slightly more flexible, and the switch from a vertical edge to a curved edge appears to have eliminated some of the shock-absorbing properties of the iPhone 14 Pro’s stainless steel band.
In other words, although titanium itself is much stronger, it can transfer more vibration to other parts of the phone (for example, the glass back, where the cracking is visible in the video). So while the structural integrity of the iPhone remains intact, the shock can pass through the glass and cause it to crack.
This difference probably won’t cause a significant problem, especially for most users who put their phones in a case.
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