If there’s one thing the internet loves, it’s seeing hardware getting broken or destroyed. However, it seems there have been some difficulties with the new iPhone Air, which remains remarkably durable.
The iPhone Air, which was released alongside the iPhone 17 series, is a staggering 5.6mm thick, making it even thinner than the Galaxy S25 Edge. As you can imagine, this level of design invites challenge, so reviewers, YouTubers — and even Tom’s Guide’s own Mark Spoonauer — have tried to bend the phone in half.
As you can see in the above TikTok from marcuscupello with over 2 million views, the iPhone Air survives being forcefully bent over a table edge, hit with a hammer, then forced over another edge before the screen eventually gives. Meanwhile, Apple itself has shown the iPhone Air wit