Time to buy a case for your new iPhone. Bloomberg’s data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/chinese-iphone-buyers-complain-of-scratches-on-new-pro-models” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/chinese-iphone-buyers-complain-of-scratches-on-new-pro-models” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Mark Gurman is reporting that some of the darker colors for the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/apple-iphone-17-pro-review” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/apple-iphone-17-pro-review”>iPhone 17 Pro models and the iPhone Air are picking up marks and scratches far more easily than the lighter colors. In some cases, people are seeing these marred iPhones in the Apple Stores where they are displayed.
Specifically, the issue seems to be affecting the iPhone 17 Pro and data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/iphone-17-pro-max-review” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/iphone-17-pro-max-review”>Pro Max in the Deep Blue colorway and the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/iphone-air-review” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/iphone-air-review”>iPhone Air in Space Black.
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A French publication, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://consomac.fr/news-22101-les-iphone-air-et-17-pro-presentent-un-important-probleme-de-rayures.html” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://consomac.fr/news-22101-les-iphone-air-et-17-pro-presentent-un-important-probleme-de-rayures.html” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Consomac, reported…
