He Friday, September 19 The three versions of the iPhone 17 arrived the stores worldwide (Argentina will arrive in the coming weeks). It is a family that promises to be a sales accelerator for Apple, and arrives with several novelties, including cosmetics; But for now sales are being accompanied by complaints from some users and a concept, the ScratchGate.
As your name suggests in English (scratch It is Rayón or Rayón) several brand new iPhone buyers are reporting that the new models They are scratched so much in the rear ceramic glass and they are off the edge of the cameras block If they are not used with a protective case.
This is more visible in the models with the two colors that the company opens for this generation, the blue and in orangewith a paint that applies to molded aluminum body.
This was reported by the journalist Federico Ini, a regular collaborator of the Nation, who showed an iPhone 17 pro max blue that has Several brands in the glass that covers the battery after using it for a couple of dayscarrying it in the pocket without a case.
But it is not the only one: several people notice that Exhibition units in Apple stores also show brands Of all times that people prove them and leave them carrying them in their magnetic base.
In fact, the search for #ScratchGate In X, Instagram or Reddit returns multiple cases of people who are that their iPhone is barely use and is already marked.
The youtuber JerryRigEverythingknown to measure the resistance of devices of all kinds, showed how easy an iPhone is felt, although not so much in the rear ceramic shield glass.
During the presentation of the iPhone 17, Apple proudly showed how he stopped using titanium to return to the equipment made in one piece of aluminumlighter and best driver of heat. The color is later applied with paint during its anodized, but it seems to be suffering blows and abrasions, especially where naturally the paint layer is thinner, such as edges.
So far Apple did not mention the subject.
