Maybe the number is low do to the fact that people will handle something they perceive to be fragile with more care.?
Yeah and that automatically stops all accidents.
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iPhone 4 More Prone to Accidental Damage Than 3GS
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Yeah and that automatically stops all accidents.
Yes, it is Apple's fault if they made it so that it slips out of your hand or pocket easier. It's common sense.
I own 3G and my wife owns 4. I can't decide to go with 4, simply because it just doesn't feel right in my hands. Every time I hold it I feel like I should be super careful, and that just won't cut it out there on the mean streets of New York
Sure, there are protective cases out there, but they are not made by Apple (the bumper doesn't really protect) and they defeat the purpose of going for the superior look of the hardware that only Apple has, which is just a huge bummer for me.
I've decided to wait for either 5 (assuming it feels better in hand) or at least the white one, where the coolness of it would add more to the justification of treating it like a precious piece of design artwork, rather than a utility device.
If you care so much about the danger of dropping your phone, then go buy a droid. No one would think any less of you for it. It just seems like it would be the best option for you as the iPhone apparently isn't tailor made to your specific needs.
Fact is the iPho4 has 2 glass surfaces instead of 1, and the edges of the glass are unprotected. How you fail to see a correlation with this fact and the data presented in the article is a mystery to me.
Smart! Very, very smart.
The only reason I got stuck with an iP4, is I trusted Apple to build a better "new model" and sold my 3Gs just a few days before my new iP4 arrived.
Having no interest in going backwards, nor buying a used 3Gs I've stuck with the iP4, although it took four exchanges to get one that would suffice. And I'm not even picky. It was one significant fault after another, all confirmed at the Genius Bar and to Apples credit, swiftly replaced on the spot.
As a serious Apple enthusiast, the greatest reason for my disappointment is to witness the decline of Apple quality, and concern for the customer.
I've owned many Apple computers, iPods, and other gear. All have been stellar, perfect ? No. But excellent and never shipped with a significant design fault.
The iP4 is a disgrace to the Apple name. Made worse by the fact that it's CEO was well aware of the problem in advance but ordered them to "ship it" anyway.
Going forward, I'm hoping Apple will show just a shred of conscious and concern for it's customers, before shipping another defective design. Perhaps they will avoid salting the wound by further insulting it's customer base with some off hand comment by a CEO with loose lips and a massive misplaced ego.
Perhaps that's one of the reasons why more people are buying Android phones that iPhone nowadays.
Apple encased the phone in glass and now people are shocked to see a high incidence of damage with the IP4?
Apple decided to embrace form over function. In the past apple married both form and function in an awesome design. This time they disregarded function altogether, as witnessed by the antenna problem and back of the phone easily being cracked/shattered.
Apple decided to embrace form over function. In the past apple married both form and function in an awesome design. This time they disregarded function altogether, as witnessed by the antenna problem and back of the phone easily being cracked/shattered.
My biggest issue has been from slipping. If I don't have that bumper case on, and I set my phone on a couch arm or my leg when i'm sitting, it slides off. It's a pretty sneaky devil, too. It creeps at the beginning so I don't notice until it's too late!
[knock on wood] Thankfully, no scratches or cracks yet, but if something is going to damage my phone, my money's on a slide-'n-fall.
[knock on wood] Thankfully, no scratches or cracks yet, but if something is going to damage my phone, my money's on a slide-'n-fall.
For the "Apple sucks" crowd that loves to camp this forum, feel free to Google "shattered glass" and "X" (X being your glass-screened smartphone of choice) and enjoy the gallery of shattered screen photos.
I'd take the beautiful-but-slippery back of the iPhone 4 over that ugly terraced plastic back of the Droid Incredible any day of the week.
I'd take the beautiful-but-slippery back of the iPhone 4 over that ugly terraced plastic back of the Droid Incredible any day of the week.
Apple encased the phone in glass and now people are shocked to see a high incidence of damage with the IP4?
Apple decided to embrace form over function. In the past apple married both form and function in an awesome design. This time they disregarded function altogether, as witnessed by the antenna problem and back of the phone easily being cracked/shattered.
I don't see how 3.9% is high, seeing how the phone is make of glass. I would think more like 10-15% would be high.
A friend of mine dropped his iphone 4 with the bumper on and the screen shattered. The phone still works perfectly and it didn't dent the trim. My question is can they repair it? and about how much would it cost to replace the front glass?
I have one, but would obviously not be covered. I was taking a picture (2G I think) of the intake on my ski and dropped it. It slid under the motor and that was that since there was a little water in the hull and I figured it was toast. I finally got it out after jumping some waves and suprise (not) the screen was totally screwed. Let it sit in the garage for a few days and then plugged it in. OS recognized it after a bit, but I could not do anything with it. In retrospect I really should have taken it to the Apple store just to get the reaction.
Fact is the iPho4 has 2 glass surfaces instead of 1, and the edges of the glass are unprotected. How you fail to see a correlation with this fact and the data presented in the article is a mystery to me.
It's not just that it has more glass. It's also that it's thinner with sharper edges that offer less traction against the skin of your hands, while at the same time being heavier.
When I hold 3G in my hands, I feel like I have a good grip of it, when I hold 4, it just doesn't feel like it's made to be held tightly, because as I tighten my grip the edges are uncomfortably cutting into my hand. Bumper helps with this, but it's really pathetic to need a piece of prosthetic plastic to fix a flawed design.
Assuming apple sold about 3 million iPhones, we're talking about 141,000 (using 4.7% figure reported in the first post)
phones breaking because of glass. No matter how you slice it, having over 141,000 users dealing a broken phone is way too much.
This of course is only a subset since it does not include users who do not have squaretrade.
Simple solution... DONT BLOODY DROP IT!
Oh I wish they made those ming vases out of rubber. I just keep dropping them, theyre so flawed.
this is a non story
So you carry a ming vase around with you every where you go pulling it out of pockets, etc...? You guys are hillarious. You think that because you have not dropped your phone yet that is the simple solution. It's like saying don't sneeze, it's GOING to happen. But you are right this is a non story since as usual everyone else is wrong (~141,000 customers)... until you drop your phone...
Yes because no one talks about Droid X here, that might be a popular topic on Android forums but not here. No one talks about Nokia here either, so it means nothing.
The only company that's brainwashing people is google, making them believe that they all open and friendly.
Strength and brittle are 2 very different properties.
Glass is very brittle. It means if it will break before it flexes. So falling and landing the wrong way means it will chip which generally will form a crack. Steel for example is elastic. That means it can and does flex before it breaks.
Glass screens break. Everybody gets it. We also get that the phone screen has to be made out of glass. That's not the point. In this image gallery of yours, try finding X phones with shattered backs.
One other possible contributing factor to low quality of iPhone screens is that, as I understand, Apple opted for using some no-name cheap Chinese glass manufacturer for iPhone (instead of Corning's Gorilla Glass). This fact was revealed when white iPhone was delayed: "The delay in the launch of white colored iPhone 4 devices has reportedly been tracked to precision issues with Apples supplier of glass panels a Chinese company called Lens Technology. It was reported by the 21st Century Business Herald, a Chinese news daily, that Lens Technology was finding it difficult to get the proper opacity and the paint thickness for the pure white coating that was required by Apple on the glass."
Noones saying its the solution but its not rocket science that if you drop your phone its your own fault. I dropped both my iphones with no damage, I dropped my plastic nokia and cracked the thing to death. Does that make Nokia using plastic a problem?
Id really love to cry for the 141000 customers but quite literally I dont have the patience.
what would you make it out of? steel? iron? ffs