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“SquareTrade analyzed iPhone accidents for more than 20,000 iPhone 4s covered by one of its plans and found an 82 percent jump in reports of broken screens in the device’s first four months, compared to the first four months after the iPhone 3Gs release,” Evans reports. “Described as ’82 percent’ of course this sounds like a big deal, but in reality it means 3.9 percent of 20,000 iPhone 4 owners reported a cracked screen rather than 2.1 percent of 20,000 iPhone 3GS owners.”
Evans reports, “Before rolling with these figures, do consider the fact that the iPhone 4 has glass on the back as well as the front of the product, while the iPhone 3GS carried it only on the front of the device. It would be easy to conjecture that Apple should be seeing cracked screens twice as often with the iPhone 4 than with the iPhone 3GS. /it isn’t. This makes for a small testament to the strength of the aluminosilicate Gorilla glass used in the new iPhone.”
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MacDailyNews Take: After what our iPhone 4’s have gone through (dropped down stadium stairs, stepped on during an under-12 soccer game, tumbled onto a train platform, etc.) without being any worse for the wear, we can’t imagine (short of driving over it with a truck) what it would take to actually break an iPhone 4’s Gorilla Glass.
I was thinking about Antenna-gate yesterday as Apple’s stock was flirting with $300. What a non-issue Antenna-gate turned out to be.
I was thinking about Antenna-gate yesterday as Apple’s stock was flirting with $300. What a non-issue Antenna-gate turned out to be.
I call bull$hit! I dropped mine 3 feet onto concrete and chipped the hell out of it. Glass breaks if you drop it. Plastic or alum was much more resistant to breaks, cracks and scratchs.
I call bull$hit! I dropped mine 3 feet onto concrete and chipped the hell out of it. Glass breaks if you drop it. Plastic or alum was much more resistant to breaks, cracks and scratchs.
Cracked the back glass on my iPhone 4. No drops was just in my pocket.
Cracked the back glass on my iPhone 4. No drops was just in my pocket.
That’s why you use a case for any mobile electronics.
That’s why you use a case for any mobile electronics.
My daughter dropped mine from about 2 to 1 1/2 feet onto concrete and the corner broke on the back.
So, it doesn’t mean that it is very breakable, but it does mean that the right contact will cause a break.
And, the surface does scratch, but it could less than older models.
My daughter dropped mine from about 2 to 1 1/2 feet onto concrete and the corner broke on the back.
So, it doesn’t mean that it is very breakable, but it does mean that the right contact will cause a break.
And, the surface does scratch, but it could less than older models.
@jonahan-
What else was in your pocket? Keys? A screwdriver? Bricks? Was it your back pocket and you sat on your iPhone sandwiching it with your keys? Was it in your front pocket with a pocketknife while you played football or fell off your bike? Because I know what didn’t happen- your iPhone didn’t break just sitting on your pocket all by its lonesome, without you being careless in some way that you’re not admitting. People think they can walk around with a $600 computer in their pocket and treat it like a piece of wood and blame the mfr if something happens. Um, no, your smart phone is a precision tool, try treating it like one!
@jonahan-
What else was in your pocket? Keys? A screwdriver? Bricks? Was it your back pocket and you sat on your iPhone sandwiching it with your keys? Was it in your front pocket with a pocketknife while you played football or fell off your bike? Because I know what didn’t happen- your iPhone didn’t break just sitting on your pocket all by its lonesome, without you being careless in some way that you’re not admitting. People think they can walk around with a $600 computer in their pocket and treat it like a piece of wood and blame the mfr if something happens. Um, no, your smart phone is a precision tool, try treating it like one!
I switched from chairs to iPhones. But went back to chairs when the damn phones wouldn’t break.
I switched from chairs to iPhones. But went back to chairs when the damn phones wouldn’t break.
There are so many companies, execs, and stockholders who have seen their prospects wither in the face of Apple’s brilliant products, it’s no wonder their are a lot of enemies. And that’s not to mention jealous types and those stuck in the computer mindset of the nineties, who don’t want to see their cherished assumptions made worthless.
There are so many companies, execs, and stockholders who have seen their prospects wither in the face of Apple’s brilliant products, it’s no wonder their are a lot of enemies. And that’s not to mention jealous types and those stuck in the computer mindset of the nineties, who don’t want to see their cherished assumptions made worthless.
I have droped mine on the tile kitchen floor, droped it on the street getting out of the car, it’s in my pocket with all kinds of other stuff.
It has no cracks, no scratches, works as advertised.
Anyone who falls for this latest BS deserves what they buy.
I have droped mine on the tile kitchen floor, droped it on the street getting out of the car, it’s in my pocket with all kinds of other stuff.
It has no cracks, no scratches, works as advertised.
Anyone who falls for this latest BS deserves what they buy.
I dropped mind 4 or 5 time no breakage then I got a otterbox case just to be safe but with all that dropping at first it just keeped on ticking.
I dropped mind 4 or 5 time no breakage then I got a otterbox case just to be safe but with all that dropping at first it just keeped on ticking.
MDN’s a Soccer mom!?!?
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Are you sure the iPhone 4 actually uses Gorilla Glass, MDN? I thought that was an unconfirmed report that was later debunked.
As for tus latest rumor, regardless whether or not it’s true, I bet the next iPhone won’t be made of that glass enclosure. And we’ll know Apple had problems with it. The fact that the white iPhone still hasn’t seen the light of day due to what’s
most likely production issues with the case goes to show that Apple may already find the choice regrettable for numerous reasons.
Are you sure the iPhone 4 actually uses Gorilla Glass, MDN? I thought that was an unconfirmed report that was later debunked.
As for tus latest rumor, regardless whether or not it’s true, I bet the next iPhone won’t be made of that glass enclosure. And we’ll know Apple had problems with it. The fact that the white iPhone still hasn’t seen the light of day due to what’s
most likely production issues with the case goes to show that Apple may already find the choice regrettable for numerous reasons.
Had one several months. Not a scratch.