Dropped my phone twice from about 3 feet and thankfully not a scratch. It was in a bumper thankfully which may absorb some of the impact from small drops. I like the phone naked but won't risk it outisde of a case.
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iPhone Glass- Very Poor Durability
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It would have to hit my legs pretty hard to do that. And when I did catch it with my legs, the front side was up until it slipped through. I could not see how it fell because my legs were in the way but since it slipped through both my legs, my guess is that it landed straight on the top right edge.
It is quite plausible.
* Embarrassing story alert*
When I still used my 3G, the vibrate button broke when I dropped it on the bathroom floor while on the toilet. Tile floor. It wasn't a huge drop, about 2 feet but it just happened to land on that spot.
I'm not saying to anyone that the iPhone 4 glass will break if you drop it from 2 feet because many people have tested it and it in fact, doesn't. However there is still a chance it can especially if it lands on one of the edges like mine did.
And btw to a post on the 2nd page, my room is wall to wall carpet.
Behave yourself.
I've dropped numerous glass items onto carpet in my day, from wine glasses to pint glasses, onto carpeted floors from a standing position and they haven't smashed.
If anything, wine glasses especially, are more fragile than a device like a phone. If the OP had dropped his phone onto wooden flooring then you could understand it a little more, but carpet?
The usual, pedantic yet dull response of, "Be more responsible, bla bla bla" is nothing but condescending. I sincerely hope you have a trip or stumble and your iPhone 4 falls from your hand and shatters to some degree ... that way we can all be equally condescending to you and tell you that you should have been "more responsible" no matter how much you try to justify your little stumble.
Get a grip mate. It's easy to sit there on your high horse and give "responsibility" advice to people. Accidents happen, and asking someone to NEVER drop their mobile phone is a task in itself.
I am surprised people are shocked by this. IT's GLASS!
If you dropped it on the corner, that is the weakest point.
Once again it's glass and not meant to be dropped. There are no drop specifications listed. That's because it's not meant to be dropped.
If you dropped it on the corner, that is the weakest point.
Once again it's glass and not meant to be dropped. There are no drop specifications listed. That's because it's not meant to be dropped.
I am surprised people are shocked by this. IT's GLASS!
If you dropped it on the corner, that is the weakest point.
Once again it's glass and not meant to be dropped. There are no drop specifications listed. That's because it's not meant to be dropped.
How. Hard. Is. It. To. Understand. That. Accidents. Happen. FFS.
I've dropped more fragile, and expensive glass onto a carpet from a standing position ... and because it was carpet, it survived. Sadly the carpet didn't appreciate the red wine stain.
I am surprised people are shocked by this. IT's GLASS!
If you dropped it on the corner, that is the weakest point.
Once again it's glass and not meant to be dropped. There are no drop specifications listed. That's because it's not meant to be dropped.
Have you ever dropped something made out of glass? Ever? You weren't supposed to do that were you? But you did. Thank you for clearing up the fact that glass isn't meant to be dropped. I never knew that.
God these people are a charm.
I don't think it is very durable, I know someone that dropped it from about a foot and a half and his front screen shattered. It all depends on the angle I suppose.
I just want to make a comment that if you do drop your phone and it does crack, that sucks, but make sure to get a screen protector or invisible shield so you don't end up spilting your cheek open or cutting your finger.
I'm going to have to respectfully say that I feel the OP is not being truthful about how it broke. My girlfriend is clumsy and has already dropped her phone 3 times in my presence (god knows haw many times total). Once was on the hardwood floor while she was standing up. Once was on the thin rug covering the wood floor while she was sitting down. And once was onto the concrete while getting out of her car. She has a bumper on it and there is not a single scratch dent or crack her phone.
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Really sorry about that buddy. Hope you get everything straightened out in the end. I can't believe that happened on carpet.
I see what you're saying about the people who say they're going to "drop test" it, then they drop it on concrete and it breaks and then they're sad that it broke and mad at Apple cause they're idiots.
I see what you're saying about the people who say they're going to "drop test" it, then they drop it on concrete and it breaks and then they're sad that it broke and mad at Apple cause they're idiots.
What the ******* are you talking about? Maybe it would crack hitting his legs if his legs were judo-kicking it in mid-air or something. Think about what you're saying please.
Ironically Ferrari's suffer from this same issue:
Making something extremely hard and rigid is great, right up until you apply more force than it can take, and then it doesn't bend, it breaks.
As for the phone the glasses greatest weakness is that edge.
You have to think about it in all 3 dimensions. Hitting the front, you are hitting a piece of glass a few millimeters thick, it can bend. Hit it on the edge it's like hitting a piece of glass a few inches thick. There is no flex. There is the amount of energy it can absorb, and then there's more energy than it can absorb. As soon as you pass that threshold, regardless of how short a time it's there, your glass is gonna pop.
Either way, as far as I'm concerned carrying an iP4 without a case is just asking for trouble.
I'm planing on getting this:
I feel it has the adequate amount of sexiness i'm looking for
Yes. It is the same as cars that manufactured with safety in mind would be totaled in a severe accident to protect the passengers inside. The structure is designed to absorb most of the impact.
I've been reading countless post on this forum; from people who bash the iPhone 4 glass because it shatters when they drop it 5 feet onto concrete.
Obviously it's going to break.
Now I am anything but a iPhone 4 hater. In fact, I made a thread a day after I received my phone saying how perfect it was. This phone is great and I love it.
However, I've had my first experience testing this "durable" glass.
I have only dropped my iPhone ONCE. Yes, ONCE. I was sitting on my bed when i got butter fingers and it slipped to the floor.
Here's the thing though, my bed is about 3 feet from the ground; when it fell my legs caught it making this drop about 1 1/2 feet. And it fell onto padded carpet.
As a result, I have a small crack.
Yes this isn't really a big deal compared to all the shattered iPhones out there, but I thought it was a little ridiculous how this can happen from less then a 2 foot drop onto a soft surface.
Anyways, that's my rant.
*waits for "cool story bro"*
"countless posts"?
There have been a few people posting about breakage, hardly qualifies as "countless posts". The way I look at my phone as well as the other Apple products that I have, is that they are beautiful industrial works of art that deserve to be treated with respect. At times I remark to my friends who's iPhones are all banged up and scratched, they they need to show more respect for their things.
If you want a phone that you can just chuck around anywhere and throw into your pocket with your keys and whatever else in there, perhaps the iPhone is not the best choice. But that's just me.
Oh, and by the way, there's no way that you cracked the glass dropping it 1-1/2 feet onto a carpeted floor, sorry.
While trying to run some coax in my house I was using the LED flash as a light to look down a chute that goes from the attic to the basement (2 story house). Well luck as it the phone slipped out of my hands and fell down the chute a good 10-12 feet before it stopped halfway down to the basement. Would you know there wasn't a scratch on the phone. Luckily I had put the Griffin reveal case on it (the back did have a small ding).
Don't even ask how I got the phone out without busting down a wall. Took a while.
Don't even ask how I got the phone out without busting down a wall. Took a while.
First of all, I have no reason to lie. Attention on the internet is not something I strive for. It's pretty dumb.
Second of all, why is it that a small portion of you think I carelessly throw my phone around and treat it like crap? I told you that I have dropped it once, that is all. I have always gone naked with every one of my phones and they have all been spotless. And it kind of sickens me to see iPhones, or any phone in fact, so scratched up that it looks like they were keyed; and so dirty that theres dried spaghetti sauce in the headphone jack.
Fact is, it may not happen to all of you and I'm not saying it will. I'm just saying it can. I posted this to inform you, not to persuade you to hate your iPhone.
I personally love mine.
Second of all, why is it that a small portion of you think I carelessly throw my phone around and treat it like crap? I told you that I have dropped it once, that is all. I have always gone naked with every one of my phones and they have all been spotless. And it kind of sickens me to see iPhones, or any phone in fact, so scratched up that it looks like they were keyed; and so dirty that theres dried spaghetti sauce in the headphone jack.
Fact is, it may not happen to all of you and I'm not saying it will. I'm just saying it can. I posted this to inform you, not to persuade you to hate your iPhone.
I personally love mine.
There's carpet and then there's carpet. Cheap, thin carpet with little or no pad over concrete isn't going to cushion very much. Good carpet with a 1/2" pad is going to do much better, but costs thousands more. If the OP is in an apartment or in an older, unremodeled house, then he probably has the cheap stuff, and it's probably worn.
People who respond that the phone us made of glass and shouldn't be dropped are technically correct, but they're also technically condescending ***holes. At least until now, portable devices have had a reasonable expectation of durability. No, you can't use them for hockey pucks, but they should be able to handle a few reasonable falls from waist height.
Yes, I have a Bumper on mine. I'm looking forward to getting an iSkin Revo 4 for use when bicycling.
People who respond that the phone us made of glass and shouldn't be dropped are technically correct, but they're also technically condescending ***holes. At least until now, portable devices have had a reasonable expectation of durability. No, you can't use them for hockey pucks, but they should be able to handle a few reasonable falls from waist height.
Yes, I have a Bumper on mine. I'm looking forward to getting an iSkin Revo 4 for use when bicycling.
