Can the iPhone 16 Pro Max's camera lens be damaged by scratching the metal engraving around it?

I had recently bought an iPhone 16 pro max. I was just checking out the phone's design and I was wondering:

1) What is the body (back of the phone) made of? Is it a tough material that won't break no matter how many times my phone falls?

2) I can see that the 3 rear camera lens are bulging out of the phone's body. What if someone tries to tear out the lens using a sharp knife or for that fact, just using their finger nails, by constantly scratching out the metal ring engraving around the camera lens. Won't the lens come out? Won't the glass of the lens break?

Someone please clarify these doubts of mine

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Posted on Apr 21, 2025 8:53 AM

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May 11, 2025 8:44 AM in response to Jeff Donald

Jeff Donald wrote:

He tried prying it up with a razor knife blade and he couldn’t do it. If he’d damaged it, he would have said something. If he could have pried it up or off he would have. He couldn’t even scratch it with the knife. I guarantee you the knife blade is thinner, harder and stronger than anyone’s finger nail.

But what if you tried jabbing the glass with a sharp safety pin, in the sides? I bet it would damage the glass and at least pry it off a little.

Apr 21, 2025 11:24 AM in response to Abhishek_6198

May 10, 2025 7:08 AM in response to Abhishek_6198

Apr 21, 2025 10:59 AM in response to Jeff Donald

Yes that's exactly what I am worried about, I had recently seen a video of a guy performing a durability test on the phone, and he used a sharp blade to pry off the back camera lenses. Hence, I am worried that what if my finger nails accidentally pry off the camera lenses. Like are those lenses welded into the body of the phone or glued?

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May 10, 2025 6:47 AM in response to Abhishek_6198

You do understand at 6:29 he’s showing a Samsung Galaxy S 25 and not an iPhone. Watch his iPhone video and he can’t pry up the iPhone’s protective ring. What’s your point?

Feel what you want. Nothing I say is going to change your feelings. Instead of wasting time on forums and watching YouTube videos, why aren’t you out talking pictures? If you don’t use your camera what’s the point of worrying about it?

May 10, 2025 6:58 AM in response to Jeff Donald

Jeff Donald wrote:

You do understand at 6:29 he’s showing a Samsung Galaxy S 25 and not an iPhone. Watch his iPhone video and he can’t pry up the iPhone’s protective ring. What’s your point?

Feel what you want. Nothing I say is going to change your feelings. Instead of wasting time on forums and watching YouTube videos, why aren’t you out talking pictures? If you don’t use your camera what’s the point of worrying about it?

i am talking about this video https://youtu.be/qYztDs8vPBg?si=oqkeNs-CrOT3IuLo

I am sorry, but I am suffering from OCD, in which I start having impulsive thoughts that I have done something wrong, or in this case I have broken or at best slightly damaged the glass. That’s why I need your validation

Jeff Donald

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May 11, 2025 9:00 AM in response to Abhishek6198

What if I tried running it over with a cement truck?

Besides potentially causing physical harm to yourself, please explain why a safety pin is jabbing your iPhone? It’s not bulletproof either. Your expectations are unreasonable and now you’re just being ridiculous.

Apr 21, 2025 10:32 AM in response to lobsterghost1

So the glass slab of the back and the engravings around each of the 3 camera lens are the same material?

May 9, 2025 9:41 PM in response to Jeff Donald

But I just checked, the camera lens is bulged out from the metallic ring around it. Anyone having long nails can use a little force can pry it out.

Jeff Donald

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May 10, 2025 8:04 AM in response to Abhishek6198

Let’s see a photo where you pried it off! Now you’re just making up excuses. If there are no photos, it never happened.

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