So this abnormal "love affair" with an inanimate object was over because you dropped it and now don't want to face the consequences of damaging something you had control of...?
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my love affair with the iPhone 4S is over.
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So this abnormal "love affair" with an inanimate object was over because you dropped it and now don't want to face the consequences of damaging something you had control of...?
I'm really not sure why it is that you seem to be harping on this alleged issue of durability. I'm sure that Apple at one point or another, or perhaps even on several occasions, has touted the glass on the device to be more resilient and durable than regular glass but I will also say that I was never exposed to marketing that discussed that particular design feature.
Regardless, I didn't go in to it expecting it to survive a fall without a case. Period. It is glass and I understood this when I purchased the device. It isn't plastic. It isn't kevlar. It isn't some sort of composite material. It is glass.
I imagine you wouldn't expect a pane of glass to survive that equivalent drop? It's glass. When it gathers momentum and collides with something solid, hard, and still it shatters.
Stop trying to make all of us out to be brain washed, hyped up drones. I do my own research and I buy the devices that I think I would enjoy. My last two were a Blackberry and a Thunderbolt, respectively, and now I have a 4S.
Disagreeing with the asinine points you're trying to make doesn't make me brainwashed, mindless, misinformed, or a fanboy.
Here one thing that I am against, Europe should have the same things like in the USA. Like if in USA has applecare+ which covers broken glass, then in Europe there should be also.
Apple is a terrible company in my country, they do not recognise Gibraltar, so we do not even get Itune cards. We can not use the Spanish store card since its not compatible with UK store card. The only option to use Itune store is by credit card.
Its not just Apple, company like Sony was a pain with PS3. PS3 in europe was the only one without full hardware backward compatible. Europe got the PS3 late and we lost backward compatible way before USA. USA got the PS3 80GB with backward compatible, while Europe was without at the time.
Apple is a terrible company in my country, they do not recognise Gibraltar, so we do not even get Itune cards. We can not use the Spanish store card since its not compatible with UK store card. The only option to use Itune store is by credit card.
Its not just Apple, company like Sony was a pain with PS3. PS3 in europe was the only one without full hardware backward compatible. Europe got the PS3 late and we lost backward compatible way before USA. USA got the PS3 80GB with backward compatible, while Europe was without at the time.
Maybe he comes from a planet where each and every person is butterfingered and irresponsible...
Some of the posts here are incredibly stupid (so I'll add another one 
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Basically, a lot of responses are about user responsibility for dropping the phone, so your own fault, etc etc...
So by this basis, Phone manufacturers should no longer bother making phones that survive a short fall? I mean some are comparing phones to ********g cars and Bikes... What possible relevance does that have towards a Phone, do you normally drop your car from a height of 2-3 feet?
Get real people, simple fact is iPhone has bad build quality and toughness. The whole "uses better materials" excuse is BS. It's like saying (more stupid comparisons) Airplanes should be built out of Diamonds and chocolate because it's a better material than Aluminium and fiber. It's kinda missing the point...
Have you ever met a member of the opposite sex?
)Basically, a lot of responses are about user responsibility for dropping the phone, so your own fault, etc etc...
So by this basis, Phone manufacturers should no longer bother making phones that survive a short fall? I mean some are comparing phones to ********g cars and Bikes... What possible relevance does that have towards a Phone, do you normally drop your car from a height of 2-3 feet?
Get real people, simple fact is iPhone has bad build quality and toughness. The whole "uses better materials" excuse is BS. It's like saying (more stupid comparisons) Airplanes should be built out of Diamonds and chocolate because it's a better material than Aluminium and fiber. It's kinda missing the point...
Have you ever met a member of the opposite sex?
Here something I like to share with everyone. In my past experience in buying laptop from shops in my country, when looking for laptop they only say "this is the best laptop", when I asked what it had, like if it had HD screen he would not answer my question, only repeat that it was the best laptop.
I had to get annoying with the guy for him to answer my question, I had to repeat it 6 time, he tried leaving but I kept calling him. Then he answered my question and show me what it had.
The laptop was nothing amazing, it was just being over charged. I went to another shop same issue, until I found a shop that was good. I use a Acer laptop.
One of the shop told my dad that most people buy laptop without asking anything, they just buy without asking questions.
The point is, if you are interested in a product, do some research, ask question to be sure. Do not just buy into the whole "this is the best".
I had to get annoying with the guy for him to answer my question, I had to repeat it 6 time, he tried leaving but I kept calling him. Then he answered my question and show me what it had.
The laptop was nothing amazing, it was just being over charged. I went to another shop same issue, until I found a shop that was good. I use a Acer laptop.
One of the shop told my dad that most people buy laptop without asking anything, they just buy without asking questions.
The point is, if you are interested in a product, do some research, ask question to be sure. Do not just buy into the whole "this is the best".
Are you suggesting I only walk on grass and carpeted areas because I own an iPhone!
I respect your opinion and choice not to continue with the iPhone 4s for your own personell reasons.
Time to move on.
Time to move on.
I dropped my phone (new 4S) down the stairs yesterday and thought of/remembered this thread....
It kinda more like 'flew' over several stairs, then hit a few, bounced and stopped at the floor at the bottom.
I did the same thing with my 3GS the first day I had it while at the exact same spot.
I don't deserve to own expensive things.
This time I was putting on a sweater and had the phone in my hand as I put it through the sleeve, and it got stuck, but then suddenly flew out lol
I had that horrible feeling of dying a little inside, and couldn't wait to rip the case off to check and make sure it hadn't broke....since I'd heard the 4's, and 4S's glass breaks much easier than the 3GS's..
It survived and I just had a cheap pretty plastic snap on case on it. Not a scratch....I think I believe in God....
Except if there is one, he should probably confiscate my technology and give it to someone who deserves it.
Really tho, I have to wonder. I hear all the time that these phones break so incredibly easily, and I've done terribly things to mine and they are fine....could it be that different manufacturers of the glass panels alter your chances, or perhaps if some glass panels are fastened in there a bit 'tighter' (less give, more tension, less shock absorption or something...) they break easier? Seems like some people can look at their phone the wrong way and it shatters.
Anyway, I need to stop having my phone in hand while i use stairs. It's plain idiotic that I would let this happen a 2nd time.
It kinda more like 'flew' over several stairs, then hit a few, bounced and stopped at the floor at the bottom.
I did the same thing with my 3GS the first day I had it while at the exact same spot.
I don't deserve to own expensive things.
This time I was putting on a sweater and had the phone in my hand as I put it through the sleeve, and it got stuck, but then suddenly flew out lol
I had that horrible feeling of dying a little inside, and couldn't wait to rip the case off to check and make sure it hadn't broke....since I'd heard the 4's, and 4S's glass breaks much easier than the 3GS's..
It survived and I just had a cheap pretty plastic snap on case on it. Not a scratch....I think I believe in God....
Except if there is one, he should probably confiscate my technology and give it to someone who deserves it.
Really tho, I have to wonder. I hear all the time that these phones break so incredibly easily, and I've done terribly things to mine and they are fine....could it be that different manufacturers of the glass panels alter your chances, or perhaps if some glass panels are fastened in there a bit 'tighter' (less give, more tension, less shock absorption or something...) they break easier? Seems like some people can look at their phone the wrong way and it shatters.
Anyway, I need to stop having my phone in hand while i use stairs. It's plain idiotic that I would let this happen a 2nd time.
did you drop it on carpet? that and the case probably saved it. Its a shame you have to cover up a nice phone with a case though. Mobile devices are going to be dropped its inevitable