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[Merged] iPhone 4 Glass Body, Durability, and Drop Test Results

I appreciate your input.. no need for this to turn into a physics discussion.

Have you tried scratching the glass with something granular like sand yet? Thanks for your help!
 
blackjackmark said:
I have State Farm. Zero deductible, covers for ANY reason, $36/ year for a 3GS 16 gig. Dropped my phone and shattered the glass, called my agent, they had a claims tech call me within the hour, and I had a check for $600 in my hands literally two days later.
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I also have state farm insurance for my 3gs but i was dissapointed to find out today from my agent that they are no longer insuring iphones and they wont insure the iphone 4. This really sucks because i need insurance that covers damage and loss or theft. I never want to be in a position where i have to pay $700 for a new phone because of an accident.
 
So like I thought... the iPhone 4 will still need a good case if you want a good chance of surviving drops. I'm sure that good iPhone 4 cases will have raised edges around the front face.

I don't know why people make such a big deal about having to use a case. Yeah, it makes the phone bigger, but the phones are just too fragile. Its not like people expect their laptops to continue to work if they drop them from 4' onto a hard surface. And most people will clumsily drop their phone every once in a while, they are constantly handling it in and out of pockets, while walking, etc.
 
iFixYouri said:
We can do a scratch test today and post the results later today.

As for case design, we'd recommend something that comes up and over the glass...something that adds a 'lip' of some sort to front of the phone.
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So then you would recommend the Bumper case that apple offered?
 
could the new apple case perhaps offer better protection? Does the apple case for iphone have raised edges to protect front face collisions?
 
9to5 mac makes a good point:

-Additionally those are just spare iPhone 4 parts, and are definitely not fitted how Apple intended them to be. There are probably tons of mechanisms and chemicals that hold that thing together so shattering like that doesn't happen.
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3.5ft and it didn't break till the third drop!? I dropped my 3G from 1.5 inches off the ground and had a huge crack in the screen. I'm pretty careful with my stuff especially my iphone, so I'm not too worried bout this.
 
I agree, but I'm still worried enough to put a screen protector for the front and back (the hard power-support kind). I really hope they have the plastic kind for the back and not the wavy Zagg kind :).
 
are u guys slow? It just broke on the 3rd try it doesn't mean it won't break on the first try. The glass isn't as strong as Jobs is making it out to be. You better be looking for a nice case to protect all that glass.
 
You guys need to educate yourself more on these issues before you go buying Apple's marketing bluster. The new alumina glass is the same as has been shipping for a year on other mobile devices, I believe that there are something like 100 products already on the market that use Corning's Gorilla Glass.

Don't get ahead of yourselves. The iPhone is still a relatively delicate computer for your pocket and the components aren't built nearly as heavily as in all the dumbphones that you can drop over and over again without a problem.
 
I'm not going to buy much into this test.

It's a unit that THEY put together with spare parts.

Who knows if the parts they used were the final production parts. And, when assembled by machine in the factory, I'm guessing it is going to be a little stronger.

I'm not saying the test is inaccurate, I'm just saying I think it is fair to wait for drop tests of real production units.

Also, who drops their phone while it is completely flat/horizontal to the ground?
 
dmx said:
I'm not going to buy much into this test.

It's a unit that THEY put together with spare parts.

Who knows if the parts they used were the final production parts. And, when assembled by machine in the factory, I'm guessing it is going to be a little stronger.

I'm not saying the test is inaccurate, I'm just saying I think it is fair to wait for drop tests of real production units.

Also, who drops their phone while it is completely flat/horizontal to the ground?
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the point is no matter how strong glass is, its glass so get a apple bumper case for it or some kind of protection.

Look at the design of this phone and use common sense here.

a 30 dollar case sounds better then dropping your brand new iphone 4 a few months after and not being able to buy a new one at subsidized cost for a year and your warranty is expired.
 
Audi09 said:
like on the other thread shows the screen cracked from a 3.5 foot drop? o but the gorilla glass! :rolleyes: its "magical"
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Yeah, took 3 drops at just over 1 m to make it crack the front side.

I'll admit I have dropped my 3GS more than that without it cracking.
 
This is not the real, full finished product so there are limitations in creating an drop-test like this. If Apple has tested the final product to be stronger than the 3GS's plastic, I believe it'll hold much better than this.
 
revs said:
I was under the impression their cases only went around the edge, and didnt really cover/protect the back/front.

My theory is that the cases was an easy way for them to have 'multiple colours' without really making multiple colour iPhones.
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There are quite a few iPhone and iPod cases out like that right now. If these bumpers are anything like them, they will stop the front and back of the iphone from coming into contact with whatever flat surface you place it on. It's called a bumper and it protects the edges (which is where the phone will take the impact) so I'm pretty sure the primary function is for protection.
 
Surely they must have drop tested the phone before deciding to go ahead with a glass phone...........hope they did lol :p

Dont want to drop this and have cracked back and front.
 
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