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Kwill

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From iFixYouri: Tests reveal that repeatedly dropping an iPhone 4 on concrete will actually crack the screen and render the device unusable. (Caution: Difficult to watch video.)
 

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Holy butterflies Batman!!!!! if you run in front of a speeding truck you will die!!!!

Really did they need to state something as obvious as this🙄🙄
 
I know why the screen stopped working - they took it apart and the connection came undone with the first drop.

As for the cracking, they dropped it about as many times as people drop an iPhone. I dropped my 3G maybe twice.
 
The only bad Thing is, if you drop your phone, both sides might crack, at least with the plastic on my 3G when I dropped it, the plastic mostly absorbed most of the impact and only left scratches.
 
would like to see it being dropped with a bumper on it

4 tries naked, maybe a bumper would make it like 10-15 tries?
 
In the past when i first got my iphone 3g and did not have the otterbox case on it, i dropped it numerous times getting out of my truck. id have it sitting on my lap and get out and there it went! straight on the concrete. if i had to guess a 5 foot fall easily and never an issue, break or scratch! With alot of these vairous reports going around about issues with the iphone 4, im starting to wonder if i need to just wait??!!😕
 
I don't get all the negative responses. People are always asking to see drop/scratch tests, but when someone actually posts one, they get mocked. 🙄

Anyway, this just means that I'll be getting a case. 🙂
 
would like to see test done within a span of a couple months to a year. considering no one would drop their phone 4-5 times in a row. I could be wrong though...


also, before I get jumped on...yes I know anything can be broken.
 
Take a quote from my site:
In the video they drop the new i4 3 times before the phone breaks. I wouldn’t start screaming “3 drops?!?!?!? THATS IT?!?!?!” these drops were on asphalt and were all 4ft and above. Thats pretty damn durable
I'd love to argue thats a durable ass phone.
 
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