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New iPhone SE Nearly as Tough as iPhone 13 in Drop Test Thanks to Improved Glass
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You seem to be under the mistaken impression that they're doing this for your direct benefit. They're quite useful for the insurance company, in figuring out how much it's likely to cost them, over tens of thousands of policies, to insure a given model of phone.
That’s about chest high for me. My SO knocked it out of my hand when she hit my arm to get me to look at a puppy going by in a car. I kicked it as it fell and it bounced a couple of times on the sidewalk and slid to a stop face down. I only had to replace the case.
One of my dogs jumped up when I leaned over to pet him and he knocked the phone out of my hand at about knee height. It hit the wooden floor and the glass shattered on the front and the back.
You win some, you lose some.
Some days I wish I could just have like a plastic back to my phone. While I use my phone case-less it's crazy to build a phone with premium materials and then expect everyone to put it in a giant plastic case to never see or feel the glass again.
Case or not, it's really almost only direct drops face or back down on concrete and pavement that shatters most smartphone panels.
Wood or plastic-based type floors, like the ones found in most homes, would usually not do a lot of damage to the panels even if you drop from several feet.
Despite knowing how easily it would break, I actually only use a case because of how slippery glass is.
I would drop my iPhone one time every other day if it didn't have a case, that's how slippery the glass panels are for me.
I dropped my iPhone SE 2020 more than five times in the short time I had it. Absolutely the most slippery device I've ever held. Good thing it only dropped on wood floors, not a single scratch.
I don't care about scratches and scuffs. But if one of the panels cracked I wouldn't want to hold it anymore before getting it fixed.
You're obviously not into uncasing videos then. People record themselves uncasing their iPhones to clean them because dust can get stuck in the crevices and get through the little openings. It's a twist on unboxing videos.
To make it even more exciting, some box up their iPhones to unbox it all over again.
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The two times in my life that I actually cracked an iPhone screen was because the phone slipped and I tried to catch it - instead I hit it and caused the phone to flip higher into the air like a missile, well over six feet into the air.
PS I am terrible at juggling.
Know what’s even tougher than the toughest glass? Plastic. Or metal. Why the heck is the back made of glass?
It lets signals through better, and I think having both sides made of roughly the same material lowers the chances of breakage a bit - they both respond to shock in the same way.
Alternatively, you could make a phone with both the front and back made out of metal. Might be a little harder to use though.
Or svelte corner bumpers with raised edges to protect the faces. isn’t there at least one design genius on staff who could design such a revolutionary concept? Take my idea for free.It’s 2022. You’d think we have transparent aluminum by now.
Transparent aluminum actually has been around for quite some time. Welcome to days of future past.It’s 2022. You’d think we have transparent aluminum by now.
Aluminium oxynitride - Wikipedia
I'd be happy to not use a case if it weren't for this fact. Now, if some of you are on so much control over what you do that you never accidentally drop your phone – congratulations!
Forget the above – I misread the post I quoted.
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I think you got my argument the wrong way roundBecause it reduces the probability of breaking when you drop it? ?♂️
I'd be happy to not use a case if it weren't for this fact. Now, if some of you are on so much control over what you do that you never accidentally drop your phone – congratulations!
Ohh… Then I owe you an apology.I think you got my argument the wrong way round
Sorry.
Aha, wouldn't. I see my mistake. ?
Plastic lets signal through just fine, and the signal on the metal bodied iPhones was also fine (with one notable exception, when you held it wrong).
I guess this kind of test makes sense for an insurance company. I am sure that any phone’s fragility impacts the cost of covering it. For me I get Apple Care and a Case, and I am actually rethinking the Apple Care for next time. Though my fear of ”Watch, the one time I don’t get Apple Care …” usually wins out lol.
Tougher and more durable glass is welcome. Repair costs are very high for broken display and also for the back glass.
Oh man, you never had an iPhone 6 then, that was made out of metallic soap. When I upgraded to the 8, the glass was a huge improvement on grip ability over the metal (not saying it was great, but relatively a huge improvement)
Once my old Nokia 6310i slipped from my pocket when I was about to exit my car. It fel about 1.5 foot to the ground, on kind of soft grass. On the outside (with case) nothing. Inside... the inner glas of the display broken. From all the drops, the shortest did break it. Unbelievable.
My current 1st gen SE has dropped many times, but thanks to a big edged case it still is in good condition. For my next iPhone I get something similar. Still think that Apple should stick to metal or plastic for the hull - glass looks nice but breaks too easy. Titanium too btw... my first Titanium Powerbook had some cracks after a couple of years (heavy duty use)
And plastic gets easily scratched. And metal means one side of the phone won't shatter, but it can make the other side more likely to shatter, because they're the two sides are dissimilar. People keep acting like Apple went to the glass back just so they could rake in that sweet sweet repair cash. I find that kind of laughable.