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Has your Apple Bumper protected your drops?
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It's important to remember the bumper was designed for one purpose. It's a band aid designed to compensate for a poorly designed antenna. No where is it written that it's to protect the phone. I know, I've seen too many people at work with shattered glass.
For those who are always celebrating Apples huge profit, selling replacement iPhones makes an even better argument for using fragile glass. The term "Gorilla Glass" is just smoke & mirrors.
Cool man, go take your Jaded pessimism elsewhere
While its true the that using glass in a phone makes it more fragile, no one forced you to buy the phone.
My bumper has saved my ass several times from a waist high fall
Once again going off topic and launching your endless tirade to NOONE who wants to listen. Do you ever get bored not providing the answers to what people ask?
Back on topic, yes I had the white bumper on. dropped it whilst outside and luckily it landed first on the bumper. Took a massive chunk out of the bumper but my phone remained scratch free haha. I did get lucky I admit.
Yes. I have dropped mine at least half a dozen times onto concrete from waist height with absolutely no damage.
Why does there have to be a cynic in every thread? wirelessmacuser, don't be "that guy". The antenna gate thing is SO three months ago...
No case provides fool-proof protection. Everyone has to balance how much protection they want vs. how much bulk they can live with. The bumper is on the minimal side. With that said, it will provide protection in many drop scenarios. It's saved mine once or twice.
Just examining how any case fits on the phone and thinking about the many ways it can drop and impact something will give you a pretty good idea how it will fare. As long as the bumper falls on a flat surface without protrusions and from not too far a height, it's likely (but not guaranteed) to protect the phone.
One of the vulnerabilities the iPhone 4 seems to have is the edges of the glass since they are raised above the metal band. Striking the glass on one of those edges is very likely to shatter it. The bumper does protect those areas.
My $0.02.
No case provides fool-proof protection. Everyone has to balance how much protection they want vs. how much bulk they can live with. The bumper is on the minimal side. With that said, it will provide protection in many drop scenarios. It's saved mine once or twice.
Just examining how any case fits on the phone and thinking about the many ways it can drop and impact something will give you a pretty good idea how it will fare. As long as the bumper falls on a flat surface without protrusions and from not too far a height, it's likely (but not guaranteed) to protect the phone.
One of the vulnerabilities the iPhone 4 seems to have is the edges of the glass since they are raised above the metal band. Striking the glass on one of those edges is very likely to shatter it. The bumper does protect those areas.
My $0.02.
Agreed 100% I've dropped my phone 3-4 times and fortunately it landed on the bumper each time. Thank goodness. I believe the rubber surrounds obsorbs some of the impact as there were a few times I thought my phone was toast.
dropped my iphone flat on it's back onto my concrete garage floor while it was wearing a black bumper and the back glass shattered. Apple luckily replaced it for free for me. This was about 14 days after I took delivery of my iPhone 4 one day prior to retail launch.
It did, but my bumper itself hasn't lasted long at all. The plastic is coming away from the rubber and it started letting stuff get in between the phone and the bumper allowing it to 'polish' the antenna. I got a replacement phone (for an entirely different reason) and decided not to let the bumper anywhere near the new one and went back to the old Griffin Reveal as a stopgap until I got a new case.
had a scare yesterday in the washroom. was in a rush so i quickly washed and dried hands using my pants. so my hands were still a little wet and picked up iphone and effectively tossed it on to the floor cause of slippage.
it landed screen first but luckily no cracks or damage. apple bumper made a save there i guess.
it landed screen first but luckily no cracks or damage. apple bumper made a save there i guess.