sometimes i wonder if i should have gone with the htc 1 but im satisfied with my iPhone 5c for now...
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All iPads iPad Air cracked from a 8-inch drop!
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sometimes i wonder if i should have gone with the htc 1 but im satisfied with my iPhone 5c for now...
That sucks man. The Air uses Gorilla Glass so anyone who says it's more fragile doesn't know what they're talking about. You just got unlucky that 2 devices hit each other on the glass side. I don't think it was he distance so much as the velocity and what it hit. I'm such a freak I carry mine with 2 hands and pretty much use it in the same spot. Some places can be pretty oblivious and you could try returning it stating that the glass was broken. I was usin a paperclip to try and open the sim tray on my iPhone 5 and it slipped and scratched my screen. I took it back to the Apple Store and said it came that way and they easily replaced it.
thats pretty bad luck. sorry mate. i drop my phone all the time. sometimes i just drop it on the carpet when im done with it at night.
sorry to hear that
ive seen numerous reports on the air being thinner no doubt to keep it light. but htc too.......
sorry to hear that
ive seen numerous reports on the air being thinner no doubt to keep it light. but htc too.......
Ya know, I call ******** on gorilla glass being "awesome" and all that other crap I read often. I call ******** on their bending tests and abuse tests where they claim it's the strongest glass around. Ya know why? Because whatever they're showing in those tests is NOT what goes into phones, because I see phone and tablet displays cracking from minor impacts all the time.
This really should be considered a manufacturing defect if so, and Apple should replace this under warranty (along with HTC under theirs if they use gorilla glass). If it's so tough, why does it break so easily? 8-inch drop? C'mon.
Gorilla glass. Yeah, maybe a baby gorilla. A sick one that can barely move.
Ya know, I call ******** on gorilla glass being "awesome" and all that other crap I read often. I call ******** on their bending tests and abuse tests where they claim it's the strongest glass around. Ya know why? Because whatever they're showing in those tests is NOT what goes into phones, because I see phone and tablet displays cracking from minor impacts all the time.
This really should be considered a manufacturing defect if so, and Apple should replace this under warranty (along with HTC under theirs if they use gorilla glass). If it's so tough, why does it break so easily? 8-inch drop? C'mon.
Gorilla glass. Yeah, maybe a baby gorilla. A sick one that can barely move.
Or, maybe you could take a physics class and learn about how glass breaks.....
My friend tossed his both devices on to his bed and they hit each other.
An iphone and a BB. Guess which one broke.
An iphone and a BB. Guess which one broke.
Yes, exactly. I guess the iPad may have hit the smartphone right on the corner, but since the iPad Air has the less "pointed" corners I wouldn't think it would be as much of a soft spot.
I onetime forgot that my phone was resting on top of my jacket on my bed. I grabbed the edge of the jacket and jerked it to get out the door and my 4S when flying into my entertainment system...not a scratch.
Yet, they can fall from a seated person's pocket 8" onto carpet and shatter...go figure.
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I give up...which one!
That's awful luck.
I had an iPhone 3G which was dropped/knocked many, many times from 'normal usage height' or off a table, onto wooden floors or even concrete and never a single crack. My iPhone 4 fell once from the armrest of an armchair onto a wooden floor and the screen shattered completely.
I'm more careful with my iPad, but at a party someone dropped it and there's a single crack running down the middle of the screen.
Think it's a combination of luck, care and design! Yes, it would be less likely to break if in a case, but I don't want the extra bulk & weight all the time just for one drop which might happen rarely or never at all.
I had an iPhone 3G which was dropped/knocked many, many times from 'normal usage height' or off a table, onto wooden floors or even concrete and never a single crack. My iPhone 4 fell once from the armrest of an armchair onto a wooden floor and the screen shattered completely.
I'm more careful with my iPad, but at a party someone dropped it and there's a single crack running down the middle of the screen.
Think it's a combination of luck, care and design!
Yes, it would be less likely to break if in a case, but I don't want the extra bulk & weight all the time just for one drop which might happen rarely or never at all.
I just had my Air under my arm and gad to throw something in the garbage and I forgot it was there and I dropped it. It fell face down on a heating vent, I almost ****. I wiped it with my cloth and checked it closely and not a scratch. I guess it depends on the kind of impact.
It's kind of like my brother's 4th generation iPod touch. It fell only about four feet onto the hardwood floor and it got cracked, however, prior to that it took much abuse from the way he treated it, and it never sustained so much as a dent. He's on his fifth computer and it's degrading already, surprisingly not dead.
Are you aware that "bending" and "impact" are 2 different things? Corning is, hence the copy in their marketing material.
Man are you lucky. I would have bet money that it was shattered from that impact.
I had my iPad 2 standing upright on the smart cover when it just tipped over on its back. Bam, screen cracks like there's no tomorrow. Lucky I had (and still have) a screen protector which holds most of it together. (Sh)it happens, nothing you can really do about it.
Now I need to be extra careful with my new Air until I buy a Smartcase. I am sorry it happens to your iPad. 
To the OP, sorry for your misfortune.
Sadly Apples obsession with thin devices has resulted in a fragile iPad Air. Three of my friends who normally don't break any of their devices have broken Airs due to thinner glass, even when they're in a case.
Oh well, that's the price one pays for style over durability.
Sadly Apples obsession with thin devices has resulted in a fragile iPad Air. Three of my friends who normally don't break any of their devices have broken Airs due to thinner glass, even when they're in a case.
Oh well, that's the price one pays for style over durability.
I just read your post, smiled, leaned back and said "yeah...i bet it was much more than just 8 inches"
That sucks, OP. Bad timing for sure!
It looks to me like the edge of the iPad hit the edge of the HTC, so you essentially had the force of the fall concentrated on a very small area so I'm not really surprised by the damage, it does suck to have both break, though.
It looks to me like the edge of the iPad hit the edge of the HTC, so you essentially had the force of the fall concentrated on a very small area so I'm not really surprised by the damage, it does suck to have both break, though.
I bought a £65 Apple smart case for this reason it's expensive but so was my Air! Worth it to me just like a designer coat
Just got my new Air in the mail and this ones screen seems a LOT better than the old one's was, does anybody know what serial number is assigned to what screen manufacturer? I'm interested to know who made the one in my new iPad.
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I actually wish it was, then I would actually understand it because i'd be logical and expected. What pissed me off about this whole situation was how completely unexpected it was.
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I actually wish it was, then I would actually understand it because i'd be logical and expected. What pissed me off about this whole situation was how completely unexpected it was.
Any drop can cause a crack. If that's a concern for you then insure your devices.
It's not distance alone that matters. The force is what really matters. Depending on the specific conditions of a given drop, force can be increased and applied over a smaller area or reduce and applied over a larger area. Generalization and assumptions really don't mean much. Gorilla Glass isn't unscratchable or unbreakable. It's more resistant to the two and regular glass would have fared much worse.
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