You can't bend/fold glass. These foldable phones are made of plastic.And yet people want a foldable?
Edit: So do all these YT jerks drop their phones as a "test" then run to get them fixed them under AC+?
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Despite New Ceramic Shield, iPhone 16 Models Still Vulnerable to Drops
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What do you do when you are using your phone and someone near you suddenly swings an arm or something else and knocks the phone out your hand? I can occasionally have trouble guaranteeing that I myself am 100% secure but I'm way less successful at guaranteeing others aren't careless. I use a case to mostly help, but that's just me.
Back in my day, you could throw a phone off a second story roof, bring it back inside, crack walnuts with the earpiece and then dial up your brother in San Antonio. They were made in USA at the Westinghouse factory in Cicero, Illinois. Dating myself I guess. When I graduated high school in 1969, my choices were college, Canada, Vietnam or Westinghouse. Yep, this guy made phones that were all but bulletproof. Many of them still in use, including the one in my old printing plant.
Not the smartest tech in the world, but the sound quality from both the speaker and the microphone were a quantum level higher than any iPhone!
Not the smartest tech in the world, but the sound quality from both the speaker and the microphone were a quantum level higher than any iPhone!
Why not just make the rear “glass” out of polycarbonate (if it is good enough for eyeglasses…)?
Absolutely agree. Worst of all, it’s in the watch too. I assume it’s some coating they have on there. I’ve never personally broken an iPhone screen and I’ve been using them since the original phone. I don’t recall having scratches until the 15 either, and these started coming after a week or two of normal use.
Well given this “drop test” seems to be an advertisement to sell an insurance plan, I would guess those people indeed expect it to break. As do the others who profit from people watching videos of them breaking iPhones.
I’ve got a lot of scratches on my 14 pro max - I was hoping 2 generations of screen advancements were going to mitigate scratches… probably not.
My iPhone left Alaska at 3:42pm lol 😆 don’t think it’s going to make central Illinois by 7 pm tomorrow… we shall see
excited for the new iPhone and ready to video record an interview with a trumpet player… David Hoffman
My iPhone left Alaska at 3:42pm lol 😆 don’t think it’s going to make central Illinois by 7 pm tomorrow… we shall see
excited for the new iPhone and ready to video record an interview with a trumpet player… David HoffmanAnd yet my 13 pro had just a couple of very faint scratches that needed just the right light to see. And I've dropped my phone from a few feet several times and had them in the same pocket with keys dozens of times. I can't figure out what really does and doesn't make a differenceI’ve got a lot of scratches on my 14 pro max - I was hoping 2 generations of screen advancements were going to mitigate scratches… probably not.
My iPhone left Alaska at 3:42pm lol 😆 don’t think it’s going to make central Illinois by 7 pm tomorrow… we shall see
The newer iPhones are more shatter resistant but more prone to scratches than the older models.
From personal experience, I learned that no matter how careful you are, these scratches will always find a way to appear. Thats why I put a screen protector immediately after unboxing my new phone. It sucks, but not the end of the world imo. Screen is protected and got AppleCare too just in case.
Not sure what purpose the videos really serve other than give people anxiety. At the end of the day it's just a phone not the Crown Jewels, if you live in fear of damaging a phone then spending a lot of money may not make much sense. There are many cheaper more durable options available
Exactly. This test is in no way unbiased.
They NEED to show that it breaks easily so that you will buy insurance.
I don’t understand why Macrumors are using this commercial as “proof”.
They NEED to show that it breaks easily so that you will buy insurance.
I don’t understand why Macrumors are using this commercial as “proof”.
It's not but you knew that the article never claimed to prevent people dropping or cracking the glass but made such a claim anyway.
I have NEVER Broken any phones, EVER(Since I've first gotten one). Many many women I know THEY Break phones OFTEN! My Phones are Pristine, Always in a case! The Batteries always take a **** though.
Hi, I like this idea. but I don't like the fiberglass content. Since it's a carcinogen. I don't want this
Same here. I never used any screen protector from 3GS to 15 Pro Max. Only the 15 Pro Max has (quite serious) scratches all over the screen.
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If that phone glass was 10x stronger I'm thinking we might see breaking during a drop the exception rather than the norm.
I used to find these videos entertaining, but now I cringe. Actually find a lot of these career YouTubers cringy. Like why does Z*llotech make several videos of each point update for iOS.
Scotty pronounces it “aluminium”.
My understanding is that the glass is more scratch-resistant this year, which at the same time means that it is harder and thus more brittle regarding drops. That's the general trade-off, either make the glass softer, which means less prone to breaking but more prone to scratching, or make it harder, which means the opposite.
No, that's what cases are for. When shattering, screen protectors only prevent glass shards from falling out and/or hurting you.
So I always use a case and my case order has been running late for the 16 Pro. The main thing I’ve noticed is that the phone is slippery as hell. Difficult to hold without it wanting to slip out of my hands. It slips out of my pockets. It slips when I set it on the arm of the couch and it slides down. Even if the glass didn’t break, I don’t want to drop it all the time and scratch the hell out of the titanium frame and glass. It’s also more difficult to pick up off of flat surfaces, and when I’m using it, my skin overlaps on the side and it keeps having issues with me being able to touch things on the display until I adjust my grip. Not having a case is anxiety inducing, even with AppleCare+ on iUp, and I hope my case arrives tomorrow because this is the worst. The only thing that’s nice is that it’s a little bit thinner and lighter. Not worth!
With a wife and 3 kids and many cracked screen protector replacements, I can say they definitely help. Not a single broken screen on any of the phones, even with shattered screen protectors.
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