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iPhone XS and XS Max Survive Liquid Dunk, but Shatter Immediately in Drop Test

spazzcat said:
Just like other things I own of value I have insurance on them, car, house, etc...
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House usually don't depreciate, cars on the other had do, and with apple care, at least in the US, you get one extra year of warranty, and for certain items, you still have to pay extra on top to get it repaired, just like a car. I can tell you, that after two years, my iPhone 7+ 256 is only worth, at least to apple $285, that's almost 70% depreciation in value. Car's don't even depreciate that fast.


827538 said:
I’m 6’3”, holding a phone at ear height for a call is easily 6’. Are you a midget?
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Hey, be politically correct from now on "Height Challenged"

cmaier said:
It’s “little person” now.
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lol, you beat me too it.
 
My fiancé dropped her brand new, uncovered iPhone Xs Max about 3 feet onto a concrete floor yesterday. We expected the worst but... it was fine!
 
I don’t think you’ll ever fix the dropped face down issue. They’ll always crack with such hard glass. Soften the glass to make it more durable then you get scratches. Catch 22.
 
Sanme said:
“But Apple said it’s the most durable”
And they still charge over 500

A sucker is born every second...
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Good thing “more durable” doesn’t mean “impervious” but I imagine common sense would tell most folks that. Glass breaks when dropped onto hard surfaces. Shocking.

Save that $500+ replacement cost and get a good case. Even if you get the best you’d still save $420+
 
Baymowe335 said:
I'm 6'4 and the likelihood of a 6 foot drop is zero unless I drop it from my nose. A ~4 ft drop is far more likely (from pull it out of your pocket, or dropp it from your waist where you normally hold a phone.
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Do you take pictures at waist level or at eye level?
 
mhuggett said:
Not really, scenario, you're walking down the street and step on a slippery substance. As your feet spin out from under you, your hands swing upwards releasing your phone. Laying on the ground, still trying to catch your breath and orientate yourself, your watch has detected a epic fall and attempts to make a call, it does so because your not moving as your eyes are fixed on that (Canadian) $2000 phone that has now crash landed, laying their and reflecting rainbows through the gazillion prisms now laying on the ground...

The fall detection data is relayed to apple servers, you later call in for warranty service and now Apple starts to triangulate on the real truth behind breaking glass.
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I’ve slipped while carrying a cup of beer. Didn’t spill a drop and I care about my phone way more than Budweiser ;)
 
KGB7 said:
Do you take pictures at waist level or at eye level?
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Guess it depends, but In terms of time spent, I'm probably using my phone 95% of the time for other stuff. Plus, you have to look at when drops happen most. Probably when pulling out of your pocket or putting in your pocket/purse. I didn't mean to say I never have my phone at eye level, but the number of times closer to waist is much higher.

Plus, glass breaks. Be careful.

Get a case or AppleCare.
 
recoil80 said:
I'm going to put it in a case so I should be fine with drops. I don't like screen protectors so I'd much rather have a glass that doesn't scratches than a one more resistant to drops.
By the way my carrier offers me the equivalent of AC+, the only downside is I can't take it to an AS but I have to send it to the carrier to have it fixed so it takes a few days, but at least I don't have to pay a lot of money if I completely break it.
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I just dropped my Xs for the first time. Luckily, it was only from a few inches high.

I'd just put it in a Peel case. This was me discovering that the case is more slippery than the phone itself.
 
baryon said:
I think that if a phone is this fragile, it should at least be super affordable to repair. I understand that the screen has to be made of glass, but the back is a different story. Oh, yes, it has NFC and wireless charging... which no one uses. So I still find it kind of unnecessary.

Am I the only one who liked the iPhone 5C's one-piece plastic back? It looked cool, didn't have strips, the camera didn't stick out, and it was durable. I know that Apple made plastic un-cool, but they really shouldn't have. The black/white plastic MacBook was also pretty neat looking. And plastic is more durable than glass.

It's kind of a shame that Apple is so hung up on this "must be the highest of the high-end" that they totally avoid doing things that could work really well.
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I’ve seen plenty of cracked iPhone 3G’s and 3Gs’s from back in the day so I wouldn’t say plastic used by Apple was indestructible. My daughters 2008 white MacBook is also cracked at the battery compartment.

As for Apple Pay and wireless charging. Plenty use them. I used to think wireless charging was silly until I used it.
 
Spizike9 said:
No, but most people are holding them at their ears. So an average height would probably be 5’10”ish. 6 feet is just as easier height to talk about.
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While of course it can happen I don’t see many people dropping the phone while talking into it. Most accidents seem to happen while picking it up or setting it down. I’ve never randomly let go of my phone while actively talking/listening
 
827538 said:
I’m 6’3”, holding a phone at ear height for a call is easily 6’. Are you a midget?
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If you’ve ever randomly dropped your phone while holding it to your ear talking/listening then you have serious coordination issues. I suggest avoiding walking and chewing gum at the same time.
 
ksec said:
That is the biggest concern for me. I buy an $1099 phone and I am expected to paid $549 when the back glasses broke? I mean the TCO ( Total cost of ownership ) has literally double or more from the iPhone 7 Plus era two years ago. You can buy an $199 Apple Care+ which pushes the phone to $1298, and for $256GB that is $1448.

I often wonder, at what sort of salary range are Apple targeting for iPhone Xs?
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Companies don’t care about poor people.
 
cmaier said:
It’s “little person” now.
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How’s the cell reception in the mountains, glaciers, forests, deserts and swamps?
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Seriously how do you use GPS, offline maps, take pics or use the hundreds of other functions of a SMART phone that don’t 100% require a cell signal to use?
 
Skoal said:
If you’ve ever randomly dropped your phone while holding it to your ear talking/listening then you have serious coordination issues. I suggest avoiding walking and chewing gum at the same time.
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3GS > 4S > 5S > 6S, never used a case and never cracked a screen. But it's entirely possible to drop a phone from 6'.
 
sbuntin said:
I just dropped my Xs for the first time. Luckily, it was only from a few inches high.

I'd just put it in a Peel case. This was me discovering that the case is more slippery than the phone itself.
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I think I'll go for the silicon case once again. It is quite thick, but I don't like the protruding camera so that solves the problem. Bottom line, the silicon case gives me a great grip, the iPhone is way to slippery to be carried without a case, I tried in the past but was always worried to drop the phone. Last time I run the phone "naked" was 5 years ago with the iPhone 5
 
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