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Glass-Bodied iPhone 8 Shatters Repeatedly in Drop Tests
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Glass is a silly material to make things out of.
All of the tests were done without cases.
And in other news, sun rises from the east, Whitney did c***k, and Taylor Swift sings.
And in other news, sun rises from the east, Whitney did c***k, and Taylor Swift sings.
good thing that didn't happen then.
glass is less slippery and also won't transmit the heat of the phone to your hands as much.
and also allows wireless charging.
He did...it was called the iPhone 4....LOLSteve Jobs would have never released a phone with a glass back!
Marketing term.... So i guess the only reason to do drop tests is "we can" not to prove anything really since the iPhone 8 *is made of glass* body..
I mean, in a drop test what exactly do we think was gonna happen,, it would rebound? I'll give 'em guts to "test" the obvious.
err...just logged in after a prolonged absence to let you know:
My phone is an utility. I carry it with me 24/7. As a matter of fact my precious MS/Nokia Lumia 930 was dropped an uncountable amount of times. I don't use a case.
These are accidents. They happen.
I have a completely dented frame. In fact the polycarbonate back doesn't fit perfect anymore and has several breaks on the corner.
My display glass has several really bad scratching marks from keys and sand in my pocket, but never in the entire lifespan of my phone did I experience a broken display.
Now the rhethorical question: Does MS/Nokia use superior glass or is the iPhone design really flawed?
I vote for the latter which is why I still haven't bought an iPhone since the 3GS.
Even with a case, I think the iPhone 8 or X will shatter from a small drop just from the shock. A step backward moving to glass in my opinion. Would have preferred a proprietary wireless charger that worked with pins on an aluminum case rather than a phone that shatters.
The glass back on my 8 Plus looks a lot like the aluminum back of my 7 Plus. It looks like the case it is in.
Now imagine the X.
You spent nearly $1,400 on it and falls out your pocket one day.
Apple is going to bank even more on phone repairs.
You spent nearly $1,400 on it and falls out your pocket one day.
Apple is going to bank even more on phone repairs.
The fact that the Samsung phone was rendered unusable while the iPhone functioned normally should make everyone raise an eyebrow. These tests are not scientific and certainly biased towards Apple. Samsung's industrial design is legendary in consumer products so these results make very little sense.
