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How do people crack their iPhone so easily
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I don't know, but I remember an AT&T employee dropped someone's brand new iPhone 4 and it shattered upon hitting the ground, that caused me to be extremely careful with mine....until it fell into muddy water, it still works, but the home button is on the fritz for whatever reason.
My 4S, which is case-less, has been dropped over 100 times and both sides are flawless, however, the edges aren't. And of course after I hit "submit" it'll instantly explode into a million pieces.
My 4S, which is case-less, has been dropped over 100 times and both sides are flawless, however, the edges aren't. And of course after I hit "submit" it'll instantly explode into a million pieces.
I've had some divine intervention take place a few times as I've dropped my phone, but I haven't had a crack in my phone since the Sidekick days. Now my wife on the other hand has a S3 and dropped it a couple of weeks ago and cracked the screen pretty good. I have the BB protection plan so I'll get it replaced in a couple of weeks before she upgrades to the i5. Her i5 will definitely have a case on it without a doubt.
2 people I work with have broken iPhone screens. My best bud shattered his GS3 twice. His wife and sister also did it once too. I, on the other hand, never had a problem. I dropped my 3G and my 4 many times without any major damage over the 4 years I've had them. I've dropped my 5 too without any damage.
I go caseless and have never dropped an iPhone (Back to 3GS) without a case.
But I have dropped my iPhone 4 in a bumper. I think it may be psychological - I am just slightly more careless with my phone in a case than without.
So now I pretty much just go caseless. But I do have a few small scratches on the back glass from sitting it on a table with some kind of dust/dirt.
But I have dropped my iPhone 4 in a bumper. I think it may be psychological - I am just slightly more careless with my phone in a case than without.
So now I pretty much just go caseless. But I do have a few small scratches on the back glass from sitting it on a table with some kind of dust/dirt.
Easy. It means people, like yourself, actually like to take care of their phone, myself included.
My phone has occassionally slipped out of my hands and dropped on the carpet, but nothing more. The only real damage I did to an iPhone is when I dropped my 3GS in the driveway. It survived, but it was severely stratched.
For the record, I only put thin cases on my iPhone, so I don't have much protection on it to begin with.
Sounds like you've been lucky not to! It's just bad luck and the angle and height you drop it at I suppose.
Nah, people are just careless sometimes. My friend broke his 4s and his parents got him a galaxy s7 and he cracked that one in the first month.
bad luck.
i've had plenty of iphones. never run a case. have cracked a few of them. one took 30+ drops. one cracked first drop then took 30+ more still working. depends how unlucky you are when it lands.
Wow from 2013 talking about iPhone 4s. Haha. Who knew iPhones would get a whole lot more slippery.
It is just how people handle their phones in general.
For instance, my buddy bought a brand spanking new 7+ 2 months ago, we threw a tempered glass screen on it and the bottom section near the home button started chipping a week in.
For his previous phone, the 6, the same exact thing happened. Threw a screen on and it chipped within a week.
Of course he chalked it up to "the quality wasn't that good".
He got a replacement 7+, brand spanking new, and 1 week in he has a giant 1 1/2 inch gash down the middle of his screen which he hasn't noticed yet.
Some people just handle their phones roughly, their standard for 'toughness' is different than others.
Me? I baby my 7+. Not a single scratch anywhere on it, not even on the tempered glass.
For instance, my buddy bought a brand spanking new 7+ 2 months ago, we threw a tempered glass screen on it and the bottom section near the home button started chipping a week in.
For his previous phone, the 6, the same exact thing happened. Threw a screen on and it chipped within a week.
Of course he chalked it up to "the quality wasn't that good".
He got a replacement 7+, brand spanking new, and 1 week in he has a giant 1 1/2 inch gash down the middle of his screen which he hasn't noticed yet.
Some people just handle their phones roughly, their standard for 'toughness' is different than others.
Me? I baby my 7+. Not a single scratch anywhere on it, not even on the tempered glass.
Yes, for me it looks like some people just don't care. I also know a few people who have cracks in their screen but are just using the phone if nothing happened. A collegue of my is using an iPhone 5 without a case and he throws it everywhere (table, on his laptop, on metal etc..), it is full of scratches but he doesn't care.
I've never cracked an iPhone or Samsung galaxy, or any phone. However my husband has cracked an iPhone 4, 2 Samsung galaxy S6 edge pluses and now his S7 edge.
Its all about luck. I dropped my iPhone 5 on purpose multiple times and my iPhone 6 fell face down quite a few times as well and nothing ever happened while a friends iPhone 6 slipped out of his pocket tying his shoes and it ended up with a crack around the home button the day he got it. I feel like now that i dont have apple care plus on my iPhone 7 Plus it will crack at some point lol
I've only cracked one screen in my life. Alas, it was a 60" plasma TV. Rather than remove it from the top of a cabinet before moving the cabinet, I tried to move both items at once. I knew better, and as the display tilted over and the corner hit the floor, I immediately knew what I'd done wrong. I didn't pre-visualize the possible trajectories of the various moving pieces before making the move (as I usually would).
I can give you dozens more examples of how that careful aspect of my character has helped keep me safe on crowded highways, or ensured that the cables I was stringing for a concert broadcast wouldn't be tripped over, pulling all or part of my show down with it. However...
We all have different skill sets. I like to think that the "clumsy" or "careless" person simply has a different set of life experiences and talents, some of which I might envy.
I can give you dozens more examples of how that careful aspect of my character has helped keep me safe on crowded highways, or ensured that the cables I was stringing for a concert broadcast wouldn't be tripped over, pulling all or part of my show down with it. However...
We all have different skill sets. I like to think that the "clumsy" or "careless" person simply has a different set of life experiences and talents, some of which I might envy.