Most likely ran over by a car. I've seen a few shattered screens from dropping, and none of them looked half as bad as your picture.
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is this the damage you get from dropping an iphone ?
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No way that is one phone drop. I've worked on many dropped iPhones with damage, and have yet to see one like that from one drop. I'd say it was either thrown multiple times or run over.
If it were my daughter she would be getting a low end free phone as a replacement, until she could save up the replacement cost of the iPhone.
If it were my daughter she would be getting a low end free phone as a replacement, until she could save up the replacement cost of the iPhone.
Great way to be a father...Your daughter comes to you, tells you her story, then you come ask strangers. If I were her, and you did that to me as well as give me a dumb phone, I'd never tell you anything again. What if she is telling the truth? If there was insurance on it, try to file a claim. She should pay for the deductible and that's it, unless you get more facts that is.
She's your daughter and you should trust her until you get more facts. ( like a friend or sibling telling you otherwise)
She's your daughter and you should trust her until you get more facts. ( like a friend or sibling telling you otherwise)
Wrong! She's your daughter, it's your job to keep a little reality in her life
! As I told my son when I caught him with a little dope and removed his bedroom door: "Love and trust are not the same; trust is earned every day, love is unconditional". 
Wrong! She's your daughter, it's your job to keep a little reality in her life
You caught your son with dope... he couldn't exactly deny that he had dope now could he? This is different. He didn't catch her smashing the phone against the wall. He caught her with a smashed phone, which still could have broken from a simple drop. As I mentioned, I have seen similar damage (to the back of the phone) from just a drop.
Either way, far be it from me to tell anyone how to raise their kids. That wasn't the point of the thread, I don't think.
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Could, and did! I don't think you've raised any kids
If you catch someone in the act of something, whether they deny it or not, they were caught in the act. This person clearly was NOT caught in the act. That was my point. Guess you missed it while rolling your eyes.
You are also conveniently dismissing that this sort of damage CAN happen without purposely doing it...
no 1 . her story is very short it that it was a simple drop, one of many I assume.
no.2 There is no actual insurance on the phone, but if it was stolen we could possibly claim on house contents insurance.
no.3 part of the reason to post on here was to get various facts on iphone screen breaks !
no.4 If she is telling the truth then she is far too clumsy to have an Iphone payed for by us !
As for your comment of Great way to be a father, I'll be any type of father I want to be
, and would like her to respect things like expensive Iphones !
no 1 . her story is very short it that it was a simple drop, one of many I assume.
no.2 There is no actual insurance on the phone, but if it was stolen we could possibly claim on house contents insurance.
no.3 part of the reason to post on here was to get various facts on iphone screen breaks !
no.4 If she is telling the truth then she is far too clumsy to have an Iphone payed for by us !
As for your comment of Great way to be a father, I'll be any type of father I want to be
1. Didn't you say the back was already damaged from a fall prevously? As such, multiple drops were already established, no?
2. That's fine, but basically irrelevant as a response to the poster
3. And you got that, right?
4. That's fine. And if she isn't, she still won't have an iphone. So it sounds like you were decided on the outcome before coming here. If it was purposeful, she doesn't deserve it. If it was an accident, she doesn't deserve it. Great.
You can certainly be any type of father you want. I am sure the question about your parenting had nothing to do with you not wanting to fork out the cash to replace the phone or not. It had everything to do with "I think my daughter is lying, let me go ask a bunch of random strangers in an iPhone enthusiast thread for their opinions on the matter", mentality.
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If you catch someone in the act of something, whether they deny it or not, they were caught in the act. This person clearly was NOT caught in the act. That was my point. Guess you missed it while rolling your eyes.
You are also conveniently dismissing that this sort of damage CAN happen without purposely doing it...
....... and again I'd say I don't think you've raised any kids.
Actually my wife found the dope in his pocket while doing laundry resulting in multiple stories. As a parent who raised 3 kids to adulthood, the one thing I learned was to TRUST my gut feeling; it was always correct ..... or at least never proved wrong.
no 1 . her story is very short it that it was a simple drop, one of many I assume.
no.2 There is no actual insurance on the phone, but if it was stolen we could possibly claim on house contents insurance.
no.3 part of the reason to post on here was to get various facts on iphone screen breaks !
no.4 If she is telling the truth then she is far too clumsy to have an Iphone payed for by us !
As for your comment of Great way to be a father, I'll be any type of father I want to be
Yeap, you can be any type father you want. I suspect fatherhood will only get worse for you, though.
All in all, it was uninsured so there is no option aside from buying a new one. If she wants a new one, I'd have her earn money for it. But I also would believe her until you have more facts, which I suspect you won't.
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....... and again I'd say I don't think you've raised any kids.
Actually my wife found the dope in his pocket while doing laundry resulting in multiple stories. As a parent who raised 3 kids to adulthood, the one thing I learned was to TRUST my gut feeling; it was always correct ..... or at least never proved wrong.
It was in his possession. That's a completely different scenario than a daughter telling her father she dropped a phone that is built like an infant baby.
Maybe we should be telling apple instead? They built the phone, they should build them more durable. Ever thought of that? The number one complaint I hear about the iPhone is that it breaks so easily.
....... and again I'd say I don't think you've raised any kids.
Actually my wife found the dope in his pocket while doing laundry resulting in multiple stories. As a parent who raised 3 kids to adulthood, the one thing I learned was to TRUST my gut feeling; it was always correct ..... or at least never proved wrong.
I haven't raised kids, but I don't think that's relevant. Your kid had dope in his pocket. He shouldn't have dope in his pocket under any circumstances. You did the right thing. The OP's kid had a busted phone. If he wanted to trust his gut, he wouldn't have come here. I am simply adding my input here, more about the damage I see and have seen. It can happen from a simple drop. If he doesn't want to trust his kid over that, great. As I mentioned, that is a decision that didn't seem it needed input from here. But input was requested, and so I gave it.
Wow. That's really badly damaged. Even my iPod touch is less damaged than that. I was tossing my iPod touch with my friend in a classroom (I know, bad idea). Then I flip tossed the iPod touch too low, which then hit the desk pole right by the top edge of the screen. But your daughter's iPhone has way more damage, so I'm 100% sure this is intentionally damaged. She must've smashed the **** out of that phone to get it looking like that.
Maybe she's actually begging for a blackberry
obviously the smiley icon after my comment about being any father I want to be was missed !
As I know my daughter and you obviously don't, shall take your parenting comments and totally ignore them.
Once again thanks for all the helpful comments and to the others .
As I know my daughter and you obviously don't, shall take your parenting comments and totally ignore them.
Once again thanks for all the helpful comments and
to the others .
I've dropped my iPhone 4 more than once and it hasn't broken that much. However, when I dropped my iPod Touch down some concrete steps, it's front looked like that.
Took the iPod back to Apple and they replaced it for free! (It was still under the 1 yr limited warranty tho)
Pretty good??
Just get her a lifeproof case if you get her a new iPhone (or she buys a new one).
Took the iPod back to Apple and they replaced it for free! (It was still under the 1 yr limited warranty tho)
Pretty good??
Just get her a lifeproof case if you get her a new iPhone (or she buys a new one).
If the iPhone was dropped down some concrete steps in a Parking lot, maybe 3 stories up, right on its face, on a spike, it could end up like this.
But that's just very coincidental
But that's just very coincidental
By the way, "iPhone 4 drop test" search in google produced this video. Two drops is what it took. I onl see a quick shot of the front, but it looks spider-webbed basically throughout.
Looks like it fell off the roof of a car and then ran over to me...kids lie about the smallest things...not only am I a parent of 2 but I was a kid that lied about the smallest things...
Drops tend to have damage at the impact point most.
Meaning, that phone has 360 degree damage, so I doubt its a drop only.
Meaning, that phone has 360 degree damage, so I doubt its a drop only.
Hardly so, but even if, care to guess how many here on this forum are in that age group? I find it sad the OP trusts strangers over his own daughter despite the fact that the iPhone is the most fragile of all the phones out there.