Lmao. Why do people/companies do this? It takes away from any positive optics it may have created for the iPhone.
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Samsung Galaxy S22 Devices Prove More Breakable Than iPhone 13 in Drop Test
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These devices are not made to be thrown around. Use a protective case. I use Speck Presidio for years and never had a scratch on my phone.
Applecare+ will cover your device if you break it? People will just abuse this breaking their own devices and asking for a replacement.
Applecare+ will cover your device if you break it? People will just abuse this breaking their own devices and asking for a replacement.
So wait, you're telling me that an electronic device with glass surfaces will take damage when dropped? Learn something new every day.
Ok sarcasm off. Any phone will break if hit at a certain angle. My daughter dumped her phone face down (1 week old iPhone 13) exiting the car at about 3 ft in height, shattered the glass. Apple care on all her devices. I really don't care what Apple does for their marketing "Don't worry, it's an iPhone" campaign. All my phone are cased up with screen protector day 1. Ensures I get maximum resell value.
If we wanna talk about mobile phone durability, let's bring up the old Nokias. As a teen I dropped those things more than I can recall, other than a detached removable battery at times, it never broke or cracked.
Ok sarcasm off. Any phone will break if hit at a certain angle. My daughter dumped her phone face down (1 week old iPhone 13) exiting the car at about 3 ft in height, shattered the glass. Apple care on all her devices. I really don't care what Apple does for their marketing "Don't worry, it's an iPhone" campaign. All my phone are cased up with screen protector day 1. Ensures I get maximum resell value.
If we wanna talk about mobile phone durability, let's bring up the old Nokias. As a teen I dropped those things more than I can recall, other than a detached removable battery at times, it never broke or cracked.
I've dropped my iPhone 11 face down twice @ 30 MPH NOT A SCRATCH - $5.00 cheap Amazon case - several drops around the house - not a single AppleCare case in 2 1/2 years. I'm considering not buying AppleCare on my next iPhone - but as it stands this iPhone 11 is going to around for for a while.
Why would I there ar bøenty of well made European cases, no need to transport cases from the US
Allstate phone insurance cracks me up. This isn't like a car or a house where you can't afford the risk. I hope.
Because cases made in China which is most of them, are far less protective? As far as 'For those who cannot afford Apple' Samsung phones cost as much or actually more for their top range phones, so thats also irrelevant. Flexing Apple as a sign of wealth and status, as if that matters is not what this thread is about either.
yea I never understood the need to have glass on the back of phones, but then again I@m not an engineer or designer. I gues having glass on the screen side is unavoidable. So you end op with a devive that on at least one side is mostly, if not completely a pane of glass (all be it gorilla glass or another form of hardened glass). The unfortunate consequence of this is susceptibility to scattering=cracking when dropped. Easy and relatively speaking cheap solution : but youre frigiole phone in a bldy cace no matter manufacturer, yeas it won@t be ultra thin any more, bit it wil probably last untill you want a new one (or the battery becomes unusable).
Yeah, I remember Apple releasing the first low-cost iPhone, the 5c. Meant to be the cheaper/worse option, but it was actually a better design with the plastic back.
You can’t do wireless charging through metal so the only alternatives would be plastic or wood, neither of which are as durable as glass for scratch resistance etc.
