There's also an increased drop risk because it can be harder to keep your grip on a larger phone, especially if you try to use it with one hand.
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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Get Cracked in First Drop Test
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Millions waiting for iPhone 6/6 Plus and their shipments delayed and this guy's going around smashing them lol
It's no big deal.
Under Settings > Gyroscope make sure "Feline Reorientation" is set to "off". That will ensure that the iPhone always drops into its back and not its face.
Under Settings > Gyroscope make sure "Feline Reorientation" is set to "off". That will ensure that the iPhone always drops into its back and not its face.
Damn. Never heard of Square Trade before you mentioned it, seems too good to be true... Also I love not using a case so this just seems too perfect! :3
I agree. I've rarely used a case and never had a problem despite my chronic butter fingers. Getting a case always seemed like buying a Monet, wrapping it in craft paper, and putting it on the wall.
So if they've made a phone that HAS to have a case, then why not just build durability into the product?
The leather case is actually very thin, provides good protection and has a satisfying touch to it. Try it out.
Damage seems to happen along the lines of the original iPhone. Dents, separation of the front panel from the casing when dented or disfigured almost at all. Very interesting. Doesn't seem like the casing itself is very thick. There are definitely reasons for doing it this way however I do hope this doesn't kill the image of it being a robust little device in every way. Each redesign has brought enhanced physical strength and I think this may be a few steps back for the sake of making an attractive and thin phone.
Some of us live in homes with hard flooring -- even concrete flooring. I have dropped my 5s many, many times. I know already based on my iPhone 6 knockoff that I will drop the 6 even more so. A decrease in durability isn't a good thing in my opinion.
Doesn't matter to me. I've had every single iPhone so far and I've dropped one maybe like twice. Never broken a screen. I just don't know how so many people do. I'm extremely careful with something I pay hundreds of dollars for.
Perhaps people should be more careful with expensive things.
As another poster in another thread said the other day about how he's never used a case on any phone and they always look like new- How often do you drop your sandwich? Your banana?
Read it aloud, folks-
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS!
You're missing the new option under Settings > Levitate that will automatically recognize when your phone drops with various sensors that detect speed and pressure, and will use it's internal gravitational minerals to float your iPhone safely above ground.
Then don't.... BUT don't expect it to suffer only "minor scratches" if you don't protect it.
Haha, this is great. You gotta act like you been there. Can't crack under pressure son!
Well problem is people whine if it isn't paper thin..... I'd prefer a more robust phone as well but they have to appeal to the methphone heads.
Ummmm you don't HAVE to use a case. Not sure where you got that info from.
Don't complain to apple complain to all the apple fa.... Oh yeah... can't say those words together word..... blame the people that want a thinner and thinner phone.
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The money they receive from the ad revenue more than covers the cost of the iPhone.
1. Because they can.
2. Because other people are curious to see how it will survive when dropped.
Phones are turning into one of the most used tools in the world. You can pay with it, talk to your mom, text your kids, navigate, learn, listen to music, watch films, pay bills, take a picture, send an email; the list goes on and on. You would think such an important tool, crafted by the company who provides that tool to a good percentage of the world, would construct it with some utilitarian thought in mind, but it seems with Ive at the helm it's gone all aesthetics.