Is the Iphone 4 Fragile?

I dropped my iPhone 4 a lot of times on my bed and its still in perfect shape

 

I've thrown mine against a brick wall with no case on and it doesn't have one scratch on it...

 

It's pretty durable, some people on here seem to think they should be able to abuse it and get upset when they damage it.

 

I took my case off to clean my iPhone and whata you know it slipped out of my hands and dropped 6 ft. Landed on the top corner and smacked the ground, no damage.

 

Just gotta be careful and employ some common sense. ANY smartphone might break if subjected to a number of drops.

 

Good question...

I was wondering about this too! After paying $300 for any electronic device I like to drop it at least once a day, just to see what happens.

 

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Blended mine once...I can't make margaritas anymore...

 

In all honesty its pretty fragile when compared to other phones. Yes you can drop and have no damage, but the % chance of having an unusable/cracked phone is much higher then in plastic phones like my old samsung. Just one of the few sacrifices you have to make for having an awesome phone though.

 

I've had mine since it came out - it braved Universal and Islands of Adventure on it's first weekend and have not had a problem with it sense. No case other than the hip case I used for my 3G. It's gone in my pocket and gets used tons in the car with Pandora and not a signal scratch on it yet. It has slipped off of a dresser and nightstand or two onto carpeted floor with no problems but I figure as long as you take reasonable care of it it's just as durable as anything else.

 

My back glass shattered when I dropped my phone from less than two feet. So yeah it's pretty fragile imo.

I think it depends how it lands tho and on what surface cuz plenty of other people have dropped theirs and nothing has happened.

 

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Sufficient force, concentrated in one small area, is a glass panel's worst nightmare. This is why vehicle escape tools work so effectively against glass windows.

The flaw in the iPhone-4 isn't in the glass itself, but that the glass panels extend almost to the phone's outer edges, and it doesn't have a buffering material (like plastic) to protect those edges and spread out the forces.

So if you drop your phone on a hard surface (concrete, tile, etc.) and it doesn't land perfectly flat or vertical, the glass panel's edge will be taking all that force and may certainly shatter the panel itself.

Get a case, a plastic phone, or take your chances.

I personally think the iPhone 4 is the best phone on the market, so I opted for a case.

 

Just make sure you don't drop it this way drop it that way.


Dropped calls are free

 

Are we supposed to believe this?

 

I don't see it that way. It's just different. Anytime glass is involved, it requires handling the phone a bit differently, than you would if made from plastic. Properly handled and cared for the iPhone 4 is reasonably durable.

 

In my experience, it is less fragile that the previous iPhone design. The back doesn't scratch or crack. I've dropped mine a few times and it's fine. I think some people are overly hard on their phones, but expect them to take a beating and that's where you hear these stories from.

 

i`ll be completely honest.

its easy to mark and scratch, but hard to break.


i chucked mine to my brother in law at a gathering and it got dropped, dented the corner a lil and landed face down after hitting the corner. didnt shatter.

so yea not bad.

 

only dropped mine naked once. if it wasnt for labor day i would have had it by then but anyways, it hit cement pretty hard and didnt shatter :/

 

I dropped mine on the pavement and the glass was fine. There was a scuff/scratch on the metal band.

 

The glass is "hard" in that it won't scratch easily and can't be easily deformed with pressure. It is, however, somewhat brittle. It is kind of like a diamond, which is the harder than steal but which can be chipped by a chisel or smashed to dust by a hammer fairly easily. So yes, the iPhone is in fact somewhat fragile. You should carry it in at least a Bumper or expect to have to replace the glass of the front or back once or twice a year. As long as the phone itself doesn't break, replacing the glass should only run you about $100, so that isn't too bad.
Note that if it falls and the metal outer rim hits first that will absorb most of the impact. But if it falls and the glass strikes something hard first (and worse, something a little pointy) it will chip or shatter.

 

I've dropped it on a hardwood floor and on concrete and both times it was unscathed. I'd say it's not that fragile.

 

Supposedly, the glass is similar to the glass on the Dell Streak, Gorilla Glass. Here's a Youtube video of someone harshing on the Streak with a pen. The glass gives, instead of cracking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Ce8Ckqu0w