Maybe they could make them in yellow and black stripes with the warning "ATTENTION MOUTH BREATHER! - DO NOT DROP THIS PHONE!" round the sides?
You make a product, call it "ultradurable", make it shatter in a 3 foot fall, and I won't sue you. Okay?
Durable does not mean rugged or shatterproof - it means it wears well in intended use.
These people would be better off suing their schools for not teaching them how to understand the basics of the english language.
What's much worse than that the glass breaks when you drop it is that it also breaks when you try to use the iPhone at -14 degree celsius:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/13/baby-its-cold-outside-so-your-iphone-exploded/
It can't stand temperatures below freezing - that's ****ed up!
What's much worse than that the glass breaks when you drop it is that it also breaks when you try to use the iPhone at -14 degree celsius:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/13/baby-its-cold-outside-so-your-iphone-exploded/
Question is, is that a positive? I doubt it.Think what you want, but it's lawsuits like these that will cause Apple to rethink the iPhone's future design.
You're looking at it wrong, the iPhone glass is over 4 inches thick. It's just that it's only about a mm long.Which is true, but they conveniently left out the critical fact that those aluminosilicate glass applications are far thicker -- up to three inches in the case of the trains, which have to withstand bird and hail hits at 200+mph.
Well, they are in the same sentence. And they do fit together in usage, see below. I didn't even realize that this was all about the use of "durable" in a sentence with my earlier post, I thought it was the use of "stronger" that people thought meant impact resistance. I can see some issue there, so let's go ahead and kill all the marketers. But Durable? Hmm...OK, you Apple apologists have done a great job proving to everyone that "ultradurable" in this context means very specifically "resistant to scratching".
As stated a few posts ago, "durable" refers to wear and tear. On a phone, scratches and scuffs are very common over time. It is a word refering to long-time quality, not refering to impact resistance at all. I seriously did not think anyone thought that word refers to accidents, because it never has and never will. One of the apps on my iPod is a dictionary. Y'all should look into it.No confusion there. No comparisons to high speed windshields which are obviously known for their impact resistance. No confusion around "ultradurable" and exactly what that means in the context of a phone.
Ultradurable does not mean rugged.
What does 'ultradurable' mean exactly, if it does not mean 'rugged'? if the plastic on the 3G was 'durable', which was more durable than the iphone4, one would expect 'ultradurable' to be even more durable that the 3G. although i don't think lawsuits are a good thing, i think apple does need a kick in the marketing pants. after all, they have been able to affect many of the posters on this forum with their marketing prowess...
they did indeed..., and thank you.those rascally marketers got me again!
That's the problem with this country, no one can take responsibility for their own actions. Everything always has to be someone elses fault. It's not like Apple is claiming that the glass is indestructible. The advertisement says "harder" not "shatter-proof" or "bullet-proof". Anyone that thinks that the glass on the iPhone 4 cannot break when dropped is plain stupid. It's common sense that if you drop a glass object it is capable of breaking. If you buy this phone, you know what you're getting into. And if you drop it and break it, it's your fault. Deal with it.
/Rant
they did indeed..., and thank you.
dictionary.com, which came with my internet connection, says the following about durability:
Related Words for : durable
lasting, long-lasting, long-lived, long-wearing, indestructible
So, ultradurable would be synonymous with ultra-indestructible. That is a fair assumption I believe.
Call it what you will...bottom line is....its GLASS!
So there's no reason why people wouldn't believe Apple claiming amazing qualities for glass.
Apple is very good at taking the English language to its meaning limits. Educated, experienced people can see through it. The majority cannot. They're the ones who need protection or at least clear disclaimers.
So what? There are lots of kinds of glass.
With technology advancing all the time, people are used to being told that old materials have all new properties.
When I was growing up, plastic was seen as a cheap, fragile material. Now it comes in very strong types and we're using to seeing it bounce off floors.
Ceramics were also considered cheap and breakable. Now they build engines and tank armor out of the material.
So there's no reason why people wouldn't believe Apple claiming amazing qualities for glass.
Apple is very good at taking the English language to its meaning limits. Educated, experienced people can see through it. The majority cannot. They're the ones who need protection or at least clear disclaimers.
Another problem with this country is people misquote and intentionally skew words to try and mold them to their own beliefs. Lets take your post for example... Apples claim on the iPhone said a whole lot more than simply "harder" if that's all they did I doubt this thread would even exist.
From Apple:
"Chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, the glass is ultradurable and more scratch resistant than ever. It’s also recyclable."
Where does it say indestructible?
If people are thinking this glass can take a beating and wont break, why is everyone putting screen protectors on and buying cases?