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Sat down with iphone in back pocket and CRACKED THE SCREEN!
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haha.. THANKS. He was going to ream me for putting a picture up of him without a hat on.. I said i think his head is sexy - he's super self conscious.
Anyways.. I would agree. My husband is FAR from heavy.. and thats NOT a lot of pressure. he say and jumped right up.. I think it was because the shape of it puts pressure right on the weakest part of the phone.. the hole near the top.
Anyways.. I would agree. My husband is FAR from heavy.. and thats NOT a lot of pressure. he say and jumped right up.. I think it was because the shape of it puts pressure right on the weakest part of the phone.. the hole near the top.
OP, sorry to hear about and see firsthand the results of your husband sitting on his iPhone. This is an excellent reminder for me to NOT do that to my iPhone. Never placed my iPhone in my back pocket *crossing fingers* maybe you can see if Apple can at least take a look at it, (just make sure that you bring it in) and they might cut you some slack and get you a replacement real fast......
Some people drop their phones and they shatter.
Some people drop their phones and nothing happens.
Sometimes you can sit on your phone and nothing happens.
Sometimes you can sit on your phone and it will break.
Its just unlucky. Deal with it.
Some people drop their phones and nothing happens.
Sometimes you can sit on your phone and nothing happens.
Sometimes you can sit on your phone and it will break.
Its just unlucky. Deal with it.
We can repair that for you and replace only the digitizer if that is the only thing cracked. From your pictures it looks like the glass is cracked and your LCD is unharmed and undamaged.
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my iPhone ALWAYS goes in my BACK pocket. Every time. Keys in front left, cold cuts ( Ham, Turkey, and salami) in front right, iPhone in back left, and assorted cold cut cheeses (american, swiss, provolone) in rear right.
LMFAO
My disposition as follows:
front left: banana, chewing gum, lollipop, sausage roll, salt, pepper
front right: Chap Stick, lipstick, Kleenex, Purell, toothpick, floss, nail clipper, comb, mirror
rear left: iPhone, iPhone charger, headphones, coins, keys, Swiss Army knife, glasses
rear right: leather wallet
Look, that's a terrible accident (but unfortunately NOT the fault of the case maker...)
Look at the bright side: Get him a cheapo temporary phone, and when the new iPhones come out he'll have reason to NEED one. Or better yet--give him yours, and YOU get the newest version...
(see? blessing in disguise...)
Look at the bright side: Get him a cheapo temporary phone, and when the new iPhones come out he'll have reason to NEED one. Or better yet--give him yours, and YOU get the newest version...
(see? blessing in disguise...)
I can't think of a single time I ever put my phone in my back pocket. But I HAVE had it fall out into my car seat and eventually work its way underneath me but I've never had an issue with it.
Definitely some cringeworthy pictures. At least the phone is still usable.
Is that you on the right in the second picture?
Definitely some cringeworthy pictures. At least the phone is still usable.
Is that you on the right in the second picture?
My manager smashed up his iPhone 3G by sitting on it so it is possible, on the other hand the pressure point on your break seems to have come from the case.
Either way I think you're SOL and just gonna have to buy a new phone.
Either way I think you're SOL and just gonna have to buy a new phone.
It was an unfortunate event but I think you can't go after the case maker for this. Your husband sat on his phone. Its like someone standing on their phone. Sometimes it will break and other times it won't. Putting pressure on the front of a touch screen isn't the wisest of things. Sorry.. it sucks... Its just time to upgrade when the new one comes out in a couple months...
Look, OP, I'm sorry that this happened to your husband's phone. I would say it's your fault, though, because if you're keeping your phone in your back pocket, no matter how loose your pants are, there's always some way to sit down that will put pressure on the screen. You can call me "extra-careful" with my phone, but I just try to be smart about it. I keep it in my jacket pocket 95% of the time, because it's the loosest, most easily accessible place on my person, but when I'm doing any sort of running, jumping, biking, whatever, I find a tighter place to keep it, because I know that because of the nature of the jacket pocket (just like there's a nature to the back pocket), it will fly out. And it has. I've had this new iPhone for 23 days, dropped it twice. And guess what? The first time I dropped it, I got chips in the back, and some dent-like things around the buttons. The sim card even flew out. No permanent damage (except the cosmetic damage, of course), and I was pissed, but it was really just my own stupidity for not exercising basic caution and jumping around with a glass phone. Sorry, but I'm going to have to side with most of the people here. You were just unlucky this time.
Hey, not all guys wear their pants low...
But yea, I'm sorry to hear that. I think it was the case that applied pressure.
But yea, I'm sorry to hear that. I think it was the case that applied pressure.
wow, your husband sat on the iphone and it cracked
no ****
how can you blame the case for this?
utter ridiculous. use some common sense next time please
no ****
how can you blame the case for this?
utter ridiculous. use some common sense next time please
OK, so based on what happened to the phone, i guess your husband in the picture is SAL. LMAO. Only he would do such a stupid thing as sitting on his iPhone. LMAO
Ok I think everyone has had enough of all the band-wagoners blaming the husband for this... So please shut up.
Write a LETTER to the case manufacturer including the pictures. Make it a nice letter saying that you love their cases but you had an unfortunate experience with one. For more tips on writing a claim letter, visit here: http://www.writeexpress.com/claim.htm
Good luck, you'd be surprised how many iPhones I have had replaced by Apple for free over the past year and a half.
And again... all the band-wagoning 15 year olds can stop whining about this.
Write a LETTER to the case manufacturer including the pictures. Make it a nice letter saying that you love their cases but you had an unfortunate experience with one. For more tips on writing a claim letter, visit here: http://www.writeexpress.com/claim.htm
Good luck, you'd be surprised how many iPhones I have had replaced by Apple for free over the past year and a half.
And again... all the band-wagoning 15 year olds can stop whining about this.
OK, so based on what happened to the phone, i guess your husband in the picture is SAL. LMAO. Only he would do such a stupid thing as sitting on his iPhone. LMAO
What does SAL mean?
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yea lets scam apple/the case manufacturer because the user did not use common sense.....you know by sitting on the iphone
bandwagoning? seriously? how about accepting the consequences for ones actions
I guess I'm a 53 year old bandwagoner, then, stating my opinion that when you have a cell phone in your back pocket and then sit down, you're pretty much asking for bad things to happen.
I mean, for Pete's sake - how many people would put an iPhone, with its huge glass screen, in a back pocket? It boggles the mind...
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