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Shattered / Cracked iPhone 4 on the first day.
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Looks like we're both lucky, man. I, too, shattered my phone, and BB is replacing it for free.
And it's insured, too. So another option was to have Geek Squad send it out for repair but there was shortage of the screens, so a BB mobile lady came and offered to swap it for free when they get their next shipments.
And it's insured, too. So another option was to have Geek Squad send it out for repair but there was shortage of the screens, so a BB mobile lady came and offered to swap it for free when they get their next shipments.
Kid drops plastic cup on floor, 29 cents, no damage.
Kid drops cell phone made of components described as 20x stiffer and 30x harder than plastic on the same floor, $200, damage to said components, more money spent for repair/time/effort.
People that keep trying to rationalize why this is somehow excusable and nothing important or worth discussing even in spite of Apple's claims that imply the phone should be durable enough to handle such drops: priceless.
Defective by design...
Yeah, true, but there are cheaper ways to teach them that lesson than with an iPhone!
I don't think anyone expects it to be designed like a 'toughbox' tailor made for withstanding torture, but come on, a 3 foot drop is something any cellphone should be able to survive. I've dropped my iPhone 3G several times and nothing ever happened to either the plastic back or the glass front. My previous phones (Nokia, Sony Ericsson etc) could take it as well. Sometimes the battery (and/or battery door, depending on design) would be detached as a result of a drop and for a few milliseconds you think you broke the phone, but then you just reassemble it and everything's fine. A glass-metal-glass sandwich is a great idea for a museum piece, but not for a handheld pocket device that will get tossed around endlessly.
Originally people thought the back would be ceramic (zirconia) because Apple patented the use of zirconia on mobile devices back in 2006. When it was announced that it was actually glass, I did the facepalm. C'mon Jony, come back to Earth. Remember when you replaced the woefully scratch-prone chrome back and clear plastic front on the iPods with anodized aluminum? Could you please think of something like that again for the iPhone 5? (Not aluminum, obviously, due to radio transparency issues, but maybe plastic again?) Or did Steve instruct you to go for maximum fragility so that Apple would be able to sell a whole bunch of extra iPhones to insurance companies?
man.. So many broken phones so soon.. People need to be more careful.. Its a phone, not a childs toy.. Take care of it..
Three Things That Make A Good "Phone"
1. Portability
2. Durability *
3. Function *
If your phone has all 3, you have a good phone
1. Portability
2. Durability *
3. Function *
If your phone has all 3, you have a good phone
So you would give access to a kid after you got the bumper? How about just forbidding her to touch it all together? If she breaks it again you have no one to blame but yourself.
All of my kids are 4 and under and all of them have handled my iPhone 4, iPad, etc.. Granted I wouldn't blame them if it got broken, still I don't believe in forbidding them for using it with me around. It's just an item that as with everything else will get old. I'd rather teach proper handling and how to ask to see it, rather then banning and have curiosity take over
Sure you do, how about some pictures big shooter
I liked George Carlin's view of some parents and their kids
Speaking of views...Here's one...how many would you like?
