What happens if you drop an iPhone 17 Pro Max down a 200-foot staircase?

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Why it worked

The video taps into a common curiosity about product durability, especially for high-value items like iPhones. The dramatic drop and the surprising survival of one phone create a compelling narrative that encourages viewers to watch until the end.

Summary

The video tests the durability of an iPhone 17 Pro Max by dropping it down a 200-foot spiral staircase. The creator records the drop from both phones and shows the aftermath, revealing significant damage to one phone but surprisingly, the other still functions.

Structure

1Introduce the experiment: dropping an iPhone down a staircase.
2Show the setup and the phones being used for recording.
3Demonstrate the drop from the top of the staircase.
4Show the impact and the damage to one phone.
5Reveal that the other phone, despite damage, still works.

Product placement

iPhone 17 Pro Max: ACTS - it is dropped down a staircase to test its durability. Removing it would change the video's premise. Apple: APPEARS - it is the brand of the phones being tested. Removing it would not change what happens in the video.

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What happens if you drop an iPhone 17 Pro Max down a 200-foot staircase? 😳 Wait until the end to see if it survives this insane drop test! #iPhone17ProMax #DropTest #Apple #iPhone #fyp

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Transcript

What happens if you drop an iPhone 17 Pro Max down a 200-foot staircase? Wait until the end to see if it survives this insane drop test! The legend himself TechRax sacrificed two iPhones, the iPhone 17 Pro Max and the iPhone Air, to see if these things would survive dropping them down a massive 200-foot spiral staircase. Now, this is one of his legendary videos, he's done tons of them of all the generations of iPhones, just to see how they survive. And the video has 1.7 million views, so this thing is cooking. The crazy part on this one is he was recording on both of the phones when he dropped them. So here he goes, he drops the iPhone 17 Pro Max. Oh, pain. That's pain, that's pain, that's pain. This is what it looks like from the bottom view. Yikes. You already know this thing just got obliterated. Then iPhone. Look. Let's take a look on how this one goes. Hit the side. Gnarly. What happened? iPhone. Look. What happened? iPhone. Still recording. But survived. Where the iPhone 17 Pro Max went all the way down to the floor, didn't hit the side bar. That thing absolutely obliterated. What happened? Screen. Oh my gosh.