On Friday, the iPhone Air and iPhone 17 models started selling in stores and shipping to buyers who purchased them online. As in previous years, the iPhone's release date brings us more details about ...

Tougher Ceramic Shield on iPhone 16? Sure, but don't just rely on it. Photo: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Apple claims the iPhone 16 Pro ships with “2x tougher than glass on any other smartphone.” And ...

Apple made a bet on its flagship phones this year. The iPhone 17 series brought a big redesign, but it also brought the replacement of titanium with aluminum in the Pro variants. This new finish, ...

I picked up my iPhone 16 Plus protective screen and case even before I got the new phone. I was already aware of the first iPhone 16 drop tests, which proved what I had suspected all along: We still ...

Apple's thin and light iPhone Air is built with a durable titanium frame, and as we've seen demonstrated, it is highly resistant to bending even though it's only 5.6mm thick. Less has been shared ...

Apple announced the iPhone 16 series this month with Apple Intelligence and some other improvements. The company boasted that its latest devices are the most durable iPhones ever. You may be wondering ...

With each passing year, Apple tries to make its costly smartphones more and more resistant to physical damage. In many respects this mission has been a success: certainly today’s iPhones are far more ...

A drop test pitting the aluminum iPhone 17 Pro Max against the titanium Galaxy S25 Ultra ended in a surprising tie. The tests revealed that while the iPhone’s softer aluminum is more prone to dents, ...

When purchasing a premium smartphone, durability often plays a crucial role in the decision-making process. To determine how two flagship devices—the Galaxy S25 Ultra and the iPhone 16 Pro Max—perform ...

Durability remains a critical factor when selecting a flagship smartphone, especially as devices become more advanced and expensive. To provide clarity, we’ve compared the iPhone 17 Pro Max and Galaxy ...