techcrunch.com— A new report from SquareTrade details the accident-prone nature of Apple’s line of smartphones, reporting that over 20% of iPhones have been damaged in the last 22 months. Cracked screens abound.
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i know a few dozen people with normal phones (with plastic screens) who have had their phones less time than i have had my 3G, most of them have broken or cracked their plastic screens. Glass is actually stronger.
Exactly. Saying that a device that sells in the millions has a 20% breakage rate over two years, really isn't that bad. I'd imagine its pretty good, actually. Its only like what? A 100k people out of a million every year at the most? Thats just assuming it sells a million devices a year, which it doesn't, it sells more. In other words, its a pretty reliable device. 10% out of millions of devices every year is nothing but average/normal at the very most.
I see. I'll ask one of my buddies at Apple about that. I'm sure there had to be a good reason not to use it. And I'm sure that cost wasn't an issue. Apple's been throwing money at paid customers for the last two years in various ways. I'll get back to you on that.
Yeah, it did actually. And I know it wasn't just that it avoided water, because there was plenty dripping out when I was desperately trying to clean it. It has a water sensor in the USB socket (the primary opening). I imagine it was very lucky and was able to turn itself off before serious damage occurred.It didn't survive 100% of course. The screen was dimmed and had a bunch of artifacts, and the speakers were f**ked up. But, besides that it seemed to work. Well enough, at least, to wait until the 3G for an upgrade.I am of course extremely lucky and don't want to sound like anything from Apple is unbreakable.
kingj3144Jun 23, 2009
i know a few dozen people with normal phones (with plastic screens) who have had their phones less time than i have had my 3G, most of them have broken or cracked their plastic screens. Glass is actually stronger.
beggersfunkJun 23, 2009
I had iPhone drop it few times on concrete and s**t,no cracked here.Another iPhone bashing article boring move along.
technopunditJun 23, 2009
But it plays GAMES!!! Look! See the little ball roll around?
zephikJun 24, 2009
Exactly. Saying that a device that sells in the millions has a 20% breakage rate over two years, really isn't that bad. I'd imagine its pretty good, actually. Its only like what? A 100k people out of a million every year at the most? Thats just assuming it sells a million devices a year, which it doesn't, it sells more. In other words, its a pretty reliable device. 10% out of millions of devices every year is nothing but average/normal at the very most.
mavrevmattJun 24, 2009
Thanks for that deep analysis that glass breaks TechCrunch. Really, I had no idea!And they wonder why no one takes them seriously.
af0787Jun 24, 2009
I see. I'll ask one of my buddies at Apple about that. I'm sure there had to be a good reason not to use it. And I'm sure that cost wasn't an issue. Apple's been throwing money at paid customers for the last two years in various ways. I'll get back to you on that.
jshmrsnJun 26, 2009
Yeah, it did actually. And I know it wasn't just that it avoided water, because there was plenty dripping out when I was desperately trying to clean it. It has a water sensor in the USB socket (the primary opening). I imagine it was very lucky and was able to turn itself off before serious damage occurred.It didn't survive 100% of course. The screen was dimmed and had a bunch of artifacts, and the speakers were f**ked up. But, besides that it seemed to work. Well enough, at least, to wait until the 3G for an upgrade.I am of course extremely lucky and don't want to sound like anything from Apple is unbreakable.