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SquareTrade Says iPhone X is 'Most Breakable iPhone Ever' as Glass Shatters in Series of Drop Tests
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Honestly, this is why I didn't rush out to buy one for myself. I was going to get one for my wife (long story) but was hesitant to get one for me. I just don't like cases, period. So I either have to concede and put a case on my expensive new phone or pay the premium insurance/extended warranty cost and then go through the hassle and cost of replacing it when I do drop it. ehhh....
Look, we get the message: don't drop your iPhone X, even if you're covered by AppleCare. That said, why can't Apple make it a *true* no-deductible policy? If I drop my iPhone X but bought AppleCare for $199, I get to pay only $229 for the repair on the front glass. BUT…if I gamble and decide not to take AppleCare for $199, I only have to pay $51 dollars more for that same repair? Come on Apple, you can do better than that. I know it.
I don't know about this. I've seen a bunch of drop tests now with pretty good results. Its certainly not the strongest glass ever on a smartphone, but its also not as fragile as square trade would lead us to believe. I'd wager this is just an attempt to scare people in to a service plan since that's what they do after all.
They should make an iPhone that bounces back to your hand when it falls.
Oh my, it breaks!
iPhone X might be compared to crystal glasses. You don’t buy them expecting to drop them nor do you consider them unbreakable. You handle them accordingly.
If you are a home or business owner, check to see if electronics are covered in your insurance policy. Otherwise SquareTrade seems to be best value over Apple Care.
iPhone X might be compared to crystal glasses. You don’t buy them expecting to drop them nor do you consider them unbreakable. You handle them accordingly.
If you are a home or business owner, check to see if electronics are covered in your insurance policy. Otherwise SquareTrade seems to be best value over Apple Care.
Dude. Quit hogging all the exclamation points. Other people might want to use them too.
As with everything, it relative. Squaretrade might not be a great example of smarter ones sell it. They have never made money. In fact, they lost a fair share of it every year.
Not according to Squaretrade's Breakability Score.
I said it before:
1) Everything over 4" is simply TOO BIG.
iPhone SE is the only reasonable iPhone remaining.
All the others - 6, 6s, 7, 8, X are just inacceptably big with same slippery form factor since 4 years.
2) Making the iPhone completely of glas is just as insane as making huge phablets like those crazy plus versions.
Once you let it fall its gone. Doesnt matter front or back. Especially for a landscape/travel photographer as me, its just impossible to take any snapshots with any of those slippery giant iPhones at all.
Waiting for the iPhone SE 2 in 2018.
Crazy ****in world.
1) Everything over 4" is simply TOO BIG.
iPhone SE is the only reasonable iPhone remaining.
All the others - 6, 6s, 7, 8, X are just inacceptably big with same slippery form factor since 4 years.
2) Making the iPhone completely of glas is just as insane as making huge phablets like those crazy plus versions.
Once you let it fall its gone. Doesnt matter front or back. Especially for a landscape/travel photographer as me, its just impossible to take any snapshots with any of those slippery giant iPhones at all.
Waiting for the iPhone SE 2 in 2018.
Crazy ****in world.
6 feet drops and shatters. Had too many of those in my day. This phone scares me at that price point!
AC+ has a 29-dollar deductible for damage the first 2 incidents. What's the 229 dollars?
My windshield doesn't break when I hit a curb. And we have 5 mph bumpers to absorb common hits. Dropping a phone is likewise not an uncommon event.
Making a phone out of glass is just plain putting prettiness over common sense. There's no need to try to excuse it as something it's not.
Instead, openly embrace the design stupidity!
In late breaking news:
Apple's iPhone X case (for a mere $40) saves the phone from breaking in most accidental drops!
(I... ummm... actually dropped my iPhone X on hardwood flooring yesterday, and it didn't break; no signs of ill effects at all -- other than my heart skipping several beats, of course. I think I now understand why Apple rushed that case out to me, ahead of my pre-ordered phone; it was specifically for these situations.)
Apple's iPhone X case (for a mere $40) saves the phone from breaking in most accidental drops!
(I... ummm... actually dropped my iPhone X on hardwood flooring yesterday, and it didn't break; no signs of ill effects at all -- other than my heart skipping several beats, of course. I think I now understand why Apple rushed that case out to me, ahead of my pre-ordered phone; it was specifically for these situations.)
That's easily answered: Someone who stands to gain a whole lot more money by convincing new iPhone X owners that they'd be better off buying his cell phone insurance plans.
If I do decide to get insurance, it sure as shootin' ain't gonna be from SquareTrade.