I mean, out of all my phone's I've had, the back takes the most drops, hits, stress. It looks nice...but how SMART is it to put glass on it? No matter how durable, every glass has it's breaking point....Are they stupid?
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Why did Apple go with Glass for a BACK?
- Thread starter KameronBriggs
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
because plastic was just as bad
i think its 50/50 when the phone drops if it lands front or back so the back doesn't take the most drops
They wanted to make this the biggest change since the original iphone 
I can't believe all the reviewers are saying this iphone design is completely different from all other iphones. It's exactly the same size screen, it's nearly the same dimensions, and has the same exact buttons. It's slightly more rectangular than round, big deal, not a big design change.
I can't believe all the reviewers are saying this iphone design is completely different from all other iphones. It's exactly the same size screen, it's nearly the same dimensions, and has the same exact buttons. It's slightly more rectangular than round, big deal, not a big design change.
I agree with the OP. I love the way the back looks no doubt but, I hate cases had my 3GS naked for a year and I'm fairly careful with my phone but also don't want to fully baby it. Took my IP4 into the gym today and had to put a towel down where I put my 3GS naked for the past year on the treadmill. Not one scratch on my 3GS looks like it did a year ago but that glass back is gonna scratch i can tell.
but apple did not use it for that. The did poor RF design and put it were the hands can directly touch the metal and screw it all up.
Answer the OP quetion. Apple did it because it looks pretty. They choose form over function every time.
LOL! There is more to he iphone then just looks.
They wanted to make this the biggest change since the original iphone
It's quite different. But your right in a way. Same front end same buttons (the volume rocker is the same as before. They just took that one button and placed individual buttons on it's own track. (take the volume rocker from an older iPhone off. You'll see its the exact same as the iphone 4)
Now I lol'd at this! Never thought of it that way but yes, it would be perfect for that!
Acidents do happen but your just shooting your self in the foot if you don't buy the case. Protection should come before sex.
I've never once seen someone who broke their phone on accident. It's because we're stupid, and unless they build a phone with something unbreakable... that's the way it is.
I've broken iPhones twice... not accidents, I didn't mean it, but I was an idiot at the time. iPhone design wasn't the problem, it was that I dropped it on a surface (the ground) that didn't have any give.
Remember that apple patent that could detect gadget abuse? Maybe they couldn't find a way to do this, so instead they made the back of the iPhone more fragile, lol. 
