Otterbox fail.. phone shattered (pics)

[AlphaVictor87]

Anyone else notice how the home button is perfectly intact and not even damaged in the slightest?? LOL

Oh! And BS.

well thats probably how it would happen as the home button isn't glass.

Also i had a similar situation with my phone. I was walking up to a friends house, rather cold weather so my hands were cold and i took my phone out of my pocket sporting an incase slider case. It slipped out of my grip i happened to almost catch it, but just ended up hitting it even higher in the air. At this point it was about shoulder height (4 1/2 feet or so). Landed hard on the concrete driveway.

Not a single scratch to the phone. Got some nice dings on the case though

 

[AustinIllini]

A 4 foot drop did that?

Nope.

Hey, now! Maybe he was visiting here:

 

[Pomeless]

Ahem!

After carefully scrutinizing and examining the evidence extant to him this prodigious feline is nearly certain that you are likely mistaken on one or more points of fact that pertain to the actual events surrounding the demise of your cohort's technological device.

He also said that you might be a big fat liar.

But I believe you. Cool story bro.

 

[Netherscourge]

Maybe he tripped, dropped the phone and then fell down on top of the phone himself.

 

[cyks]

If you don't care why did you make a thread then ?

Not just this one, but he started the exact same thread on numerous other sites as well.

 

[lamboman]

4 feet? Come on, don't be silly now.

 

[Tinmania]

Not just this one, but he started the exact same thread on numerous other sites as well.

Were the reactions about the same as here?




Mike

 

[Consultant]

Not just this one, but he started the exact same thread on numerous other sites as well.

Yup. Here's his thread on iMore:
http://forums.imore.com/iphone-4-forum/233317-otterbox-fail-phone-shattered-w-pics.html

One scam site iphone-5-6-7-8-9-10.com even has 2 virtually identical articles. (I'm guessing the scam site just copies forum threads from other sites)

 

[Satnam1989]

i dont understand why OP making a scene here, he posts pics of the phone but none of the case. Seriously I can make ***** up too, but if u want people to believe ur story then show some proof. Its funny u watched ur "friend" fall/trip and drop his phone "4ft", then u took pics of the phone to post but not once did it hit you that "oh maybe i should include the case in the pics too"......great story u made up there, without proof no one's going to guide you or help you in anyway.

btw if u took pics immediately after how come the case is no where near the phone in the pics? did it fly a few feet extra? or did it get off of the phone and watch it fall too? lol

don't mean to sound rude man but everyone asking for pics of the case and since u are so quick to describe "the case is pretty bad too" and "I can get the pics of the case too" so why u wasting everyones time?

 

[SR45]

He goes to this forum, and other forums to post the same rant, but not once does his so called friend do the same, just him. Me thinks he does not have a friend that dropped the phone at all, but its his phone that broke, and did not want anyone of use to know it was his phone. This is such an absurd/fake drop from 4 feet post if I ever read on. Still no pictures of the case.

 

[bri1212]

I saw my friend trip. Normal fall. I would have expected a few scratches if the device was caseless, but it was in an OTTERBOX DEFENDER, the whole nine yards. Legit, less than a four foot drop..

Whats the otterbox look like?

 

[fr4c]

Not sure what the intent of the thread is, but you sure got members of this forum riled up. It is physically impossible for the phone to bend in the middle from being dropped 4 feet. A shattered screen I can understand, but to physically bend the steel band? I'm trying to bend my iPhone 4S for the sake of scientific argument while in a Otterbox Commuter, and unless I unleash the wrath of Hulk on it while doing a piledriver from atop the stairs I still doubt I've be able to bend/damage it like that.

So theres a few possibilities here:

Exhibit A: God unleashed his fury on said friends phone that even Myth Busters wouldn't be able to prove.

Exhibit B: Phone had previous damage (bent frame) which weakened the structural integrity of the screen causing it to shatter from blunt force (4ft drop).

Exhibit C: TROLOOLOLOLOL

 

[BFizzzle]

I honestly don't care what others think. I know what I saw. If you drop a piece of glass from four feet it will shatter, even if encased in something. I guess it just hit a sweet spot when it fell and the whole thing shattered.

you dont care what others think?? yet you post it on the forum.... HHHmmmmmmm

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Whats the otterbox look like?

it was invisible

 

[RMC Tech]

Protects, But Doesn't Guarantee

I've seen this time and time again! Force will smash these things regardless. The otter will protect, in some cases, and it's extra cushioning/protection, but it isn't a 100% shield from damage.

 

[Tinmania]

I've seen this time and time again! Force will smash these things regardless. The otter will protect, in some cases, and it's extra cushioning/protection, but it isn't a 100% shield from damage.

Not 100% protected from any damage? Really? Well thank you very much, Captain Obvious.

The will-it-blend thread is down the hall, on the left.




Michael

 

[Kenjhee]

I'm going to play devil's advocate. I think it's possible for the damage to have occurred as reported. Here's why...

The frame on an iPhone 4 is thin. Very thin. Really just a band of metal around the perimeter of the phone. There is an internal rigidty plate, but it is not integral to the actual frame. It would not take much force to bend it.

The front and back glass plates actually contribute most of the device's structural integrity. Assuming that an impact to a cased phone could break one of the glass panels (and I believe that's possible, also), you'd instantly lose almost half of the unit's rigidty. Furthermore, the remaining attached glass shards would act as damping masses. Although that sounds good, it is not from the frame's point of view. It would make the bending forces much worse. Think of the way you'd carry twin buckets on the ends of a bamboo pole like the way they did in olden times. Very bendy.

As far as the cracking of the glass itself, it is quite viable under certain conditions, namely a multiple-impact situation. To crack a device protected in a hard case, you'd either need a single impact of considerable magnitude, OR two impacts in rapid succession. It's difficult to explain in detail, but basically the second impact meets the device as it's on the return waveform from the initial strike. Think of the two buckets on the bamboo pole again, and giving a karate chop right in the center where maximum flex is occurring. This multi-impact scenario is consistent with the clattering-type drop the OP described.

Also, OP described the impact on the tile as "flat". The direction of trauma would be correct for this type of damage, i.e. at a right angle to the breakage plane. A just-on-one-edge face-plant would create a nice bending strain.

I work with vibrational harmonics, and though I don't claim to be the greatest world-class expert on such things, I do have a feel for frequency physics. Just my .02.

 

[fr4c]

I'm going to play devil's advocate. I think it's possible for the damage to have occurred as reported. Here's why...

The frame on an iPhone 4 is thin. Very thin. Really just a band of metal around the perimeter of the phone. There is an internal rigidty plate, but it is not integral to the actual frame. It would not take much force to bend it.

The front and back glass plates actually contribute most of the device's structural integrity. Assuming that an impact to a cased phone could break one of the glass panels (and I believe that's possible, also), you'd instantly lose almost half of the unit's rigidty. Furthermore, the remaining attached glass shards would act as damping masses. Although that sounds good, it is not from the frame's point of view. It would make the bending forces much worse. Think of the way you'd carry twin buckets on the ends of a bamboo pole like the way they did in olden times. Very bendy.

As far as the cracking of the glass itself, it is quite viable under certain conditions, namely a multiple-impact situation. To crack a device protected in a hard case, you'd either need a single impact of considerable magnitude, OR two impacts in rapid succession. It's difficult to explain in detail, but basically the second impact meets the device as it's on the return waveform from the initial strike. Think of the two buckets on the bamboo pole again, and giving a karate chop right in the center where maximum flex is occurring. This multi-impact scenario is consistent with the clattering-type drop the OP described.

Also, OP described the impact on the tile as "flat". The direction of trauma would be correct for this type of damage, i.e. at a right angle to the breakage plane. A just-on-one-edge face-plant would create a nice bending strain.

I work with vibrational harmonics, and though I don't claim to be the greatest world-class expert on such things, I do have a feel for frequency physics. Just my .02.

If the resulting force/and or gravity of the user's environment is able to cause a stainless steel band to bend while encased inside a polycarbonate shell from a 4ft drop, then you have much more to worry about than posting it on the Internet.

 

[Applejuiced]

 

[anonymous12]

Once my mom asked for my iPhone and I literally threw the iPhone across the room (with ottorbox case of course) and my mom instead of catching it moves out of the way and the phone lands. Interestingly, no damage.

 

[Kenjhee]

If the resulting force/and or gravity of the user's environment is able to cause a stainless steel band to bend while encased inside a polycarbonate shell from a 4ft drop, then you have much more to worry about than posting it on the Internet.

How so? It's a very thin frame.

 

[zigzagg321]

How so? It's a very thin frame.

Image

It becomes quite structural when assembled, so your post with that picture of just the frame is aimed to skew.

 

[Broph]

It becomes quite structural when assembled, so your post with that picture of just the frame is aimed to skew.

+1

It's very strange how the whole phone is bent, but the back is still perfectly fine (regardless if he's trolling or not) - the picture itself is legit.... Relatively flexible glass.

 

[terraphantm]

I'm going to play devil's advocate. I think it's possible for the damage to have occurred as reported. Here's why...

The frame on an iPhone 4 is thin. Very thin. Really just a band of metal around the perimeter of the phone. There is an internal rigidty plate, but it is not integral to the actual frame. It would not take much force to bend it.

The front and back glass plates actually contribute most of the device's structural integrity. Assuming that an impact to a cased phone could break one of the glass panels (and I believe that's possible, also), you'd instantly lose almost half of the unit's rigidty. Furthermore, the remaining attached glass shards would act as damping masses. Although that sounds good, it is not from the frame's point of view. It would make the bending forces much worse. Think of the way you'd carry twin buckets on the ends of a bamboo pole like the way they did in olden times. Very bendy.

As far as the cracking of the glass itself, it is quite viable under certain conditions, namely a multiple-impact situation. To crack a device protected in a hard case, you'd either need a single impact of considerable magnitude, OR two impacts in rapid succession. It's difficult to explain in detail, but basically the second impact meets the device as it's on the return waveform from the initial strike. Think of the two buckets on the bamboo pole again, and giving a karate chop right in the center where maximum flex is occurring. This multi-impact scenario is consistent with the clattering-type drop the OP described.

Also, OP described the impact on the tile as "flat". The direction of trauma would be correct for this type of damage, i.e. at a right angle to the breakage plane. A just-on-one-edge face-plant would create a nice bending strain.

I work with vibrational harmonics, and though I don't claim to be the greatest world-class expert on such things, I do have a feel for frequency physics. Just my .02.

In an unprotected phone, I could believe it. But any case, especially the otterbox defender, should provide enough shock absorption that the force acting on the phone is decreased by several orders of magnitude.

 

[aph3x]

The otterbox did its job - frankly better than the OP probably thinks.

The rear of the phone is still intact even though the phone is bent. The phone has been bent for a while. Everything inside the phone and the glass, metal is all bendable to a certain point. The front glass was most likely under so much tension from being bent that when the person finally dropped it - the phone buckled and cracked.

I certainly believe the phone appeared fine before the drop but it was also bent - the Otterbox hid that fact until this event happened.

 

[terraphantm]

The otterbox did its job - frankly better than the OP probably thinks.

The rear of the phone is still intact even though the phone is bent. The phone has been bent for a while. Everything inside the phone and the glass, metal is all bendable to a certain point. The front glass was most likely under so much tension from being bent that when the person finally dropped it - the phone buckled and cracked.

I certainly believe the phone appeared fine before the drop but it was also bent - the Otterbox hid that fact until this event happened.

If the phone was indeed bent before the fact, then yes it's plausible.

Thinking outside the box.... is it possible that the battery swelled up in such a manner that it caused the whole phone to bend over time? I know my friend had a bluetooth headset where the battery swelled up to the extent that the case actually popped open