Wow, I've had my new iPhone for less than a week. I bought a cheap thin silicone transparent cover because the LifeProof case I want is not available yet. Well today I picked up the phone which was laying face up on a ceramic tile counter top. The phone flipped around inside my fingers and fell about 2 inches back to the ceramic counter top and cracked the screen across the top ½ inch from left to right. I could not believe how brittle the glass appeared to be! I mean 2 inches onto the glass front and it breaks?? Come on!!
This tells me that the new iPhone 6 design is flawed, drastically flawed!!! If they designed the thing to be so thin that the glass bezel sticks out farther than the sides then it is doomed to break sooner rather than later. Especially if your running it naked or with a cheap case. They're attempt to shave off every possible millimeter of thickness only made the unit cheaper and costlier to own. The local Apple store quoted me $299 out of pocket to replace the screen and they don't even have any screens available to replace it yet. So, they will have to replace the entire 128 GB T-Mobile Gold iPhone! The 5S has the glass screen below the edge of the sides so it is well protected should it drop face down. BUT NOT THE 6!!!!
BUYER BEWARE!! I will have to see how Apple handles this tragedy face-to-face before I complain any louder. But having a good quality protective case for the new 6 and 6+ is an absolute necessity to the longevity of this phone. What a shame they made it so fragile! And foolish!
This tells me that the new iPhone 6 design is flawed, drastically flawed!!! If they designed the thing to be so thin that the glass bezel sticks out farther than the sides then it is doomed to break sooner rather than later. Especially if your running it naked or with a cheap case. They're attempt to shave off every possible millimeter of thickness only made the unit cheaper and costlier to own. The local Apple store quoted me $299 out of pocket to replace the screen and they don't even have any screens available to replace it yet. So, they will have to replace the entire 128 GB T-Mobile Gold iPhone! The 5S has the glass screen below the edge of the sides so it is well protected should it drop face down. BUT NOT THE 6!!!!
BUYER BEWARE!! I will have to see how Apple handles this tragedy face-to-face before I complain any louder. But having a good quality protective case for the new 6 and 6+ is an absolute necessity to the longevity of this phone. What a shame they made it so fragile! And foolish!