iPhone 4G?

[X]

Seems to me Glass would be stronger than plastic, wouldn't it?  Or am I off my rocker again ;)

Although really, how is anyone surprised at this problem?  It's glass, it cracks, breaks etc.  Try throwing yourself at your own window and then tell me glass is completely indestructible.  ;)

Oh and point me in the direction of an Android Phone that can't break and I'll give you a million dollars.  Hah!  :P

King

Yeah you're pretty much wrong able glass being stronger than plastic. If you throw a glass at a wall, or drop it, it breaks. That's not a case with plastics. In fact, most "bullet proof" glass is actually layers of plastic or glass sandwiching a plastic core.

No one is saying that you can't break a droid phone, but merely pointing out that when you build something out of a substance with a lower break threshold, they sort of break.

Drop a normal phone and there is a change for breakage expecially if you drop it on the glass.

Drop a iphone 4 an it will, unless it hits a corner, always land on glass.

[Rico]

Yeah!  X - is here.  I'll tag you in man!  ;)

[X]

I wonder if Apple is going to bother with the glass back in the 5th Gen.  It's paused the White iPhone 4 production, it forced a new antenna design which some claim to be flawed (but I have had no personal experience to say otherwise) and now this latest "issue".  The pros are certainly starting to outweigh the cons on this one.

King

Pros outweighing the cons? I don't get what you mean? You mentioned two very real design flaws that are causing issues. What pros are there to a glass back and a the current antenna design? You also said that people "claim" that this is an issue. It's more than just a claim, it's a documented fact. People claim things like the moon landing was faked or bigfoot is real. Maybe you picked the wrong word because the flaws aren't some mass illusion generated by a bunch of iPhone haters that bought the phone just to complain.

Having a phone that can't stand up to the dropping that most phones experience, well ... because they are phone is a serious consumer flaw. Not so much for apple because they get to turn a profit by getting you to buy another, but for everyone else that works for a living and can't afford to constantly treat the iPhone like delicate temperamental that needs to be held in a certain way to function without buying accessories.

[Blackride]

Ahh the Apple Forums......

[Blackride]

For what it's worth I think the Droid is technically superior. I am a BB user so I don't have a stake in either one of them. I just thought the screens and the mutlithreading on the Droid was nice.

I also prefer the Droid's SDK more.....

[KingIsaacLinksr]

I wonder if Apple is going to bother with the glass back in the 5th Gen.  It's paused the White iPhone 4 production, it forced a new antenna design which some claim to be flawed (but I have had no personal experience to say otherwise) and now this latest "issue".  The pros are certainly starting to outweigh the cons on this one.

King

Pros outweighing the cons? I don't get what you mean? You mentioned two very real design flaws that are causing issues. What pros are there to a glass back and a the current antenna design? You also said that people "claim" that this is an issue. It's more than just a claim, it's a documented fact. People claim things like the moon landing was faked or bigfoot is real. Maybe you picked the wrong word because the flaws aren't some mass illusion generated by a bunch of iPhone haters that bought the phone just to complain.

Having a phone that can't stand up to the dropping that most phones experience, well ... because they are phone is a serious consumer flaw. Not so much for apple because they get to turn a profit by getting you to buy another, but for everyone else that works for a living and can't afford to constantly treat the iPhone like delicate temperamental that needs to be held in a certain way to function without buying accessories.

X_X, that is what I get for posting at the last minute before I drive off for work, I mean CONS outweighing the PROS.  I also didn't mean to put issue in quotes either.  I understand that it's an actual issue and not a hoax.  From what I understand the glass is supposed to withstand most drops, but yes, it is glass after all and impacts sooner or later will break it.  

King

[TreksInTeaching]

I am looking for the next i phone come next June.  From the rumor mill this one is suppose to sport a new design format.  Unfortunately it is not looking like it will be 4G since AT&T is taking their sweet time on 4G services.  Must say I am looking forward to finally get rid of my 3g!

[Rico]

Be very careful with those iPhone 4's.  More stories coming out saying they are much more prone to breakage than previous iPhone versions.  Here's one of the recent stories:

This may not be news to you if you have one, but iPhone (News - Alert)  4 handsets break a lot more often than previous iPhone handsets, according to SquareTrade, a company that provides warranties. The company based its conclusions on a study of the responses of 20,000 people with warranties on their iPhones. Reported accidents for the iPhone 4 are up 68 percent compared with its immediate predecessor, the iPhone 3GS.

So where's the Achille's heel on the iPhone 4? It's the screen, according to SquareTrade. Broken screens constitute 82 percent of the accident claims on the iPhone 4, a figure that is up 82 percent from broken screen claims for the iPhone 3GS. Overall, the reported accident rate for iPhone 4s was 68 percent higher than that of the 3GS. Extrapolating the data, this means that an estimated 15.5 percent of iPhone 4 owners will have an accident within the first year of buying their new phone.

"Interpreting the results more broadly, the iPhone 4 appears to be significantly more likely to break than previous versions, as we speculated back in our June iPhone report. Not only has the scratchable surface area doubled, the new aluminosilicate Gorilla glass used in the iPhone 4 doesn't seem any less likely to break than previous models," said SquareTrade.

According to SquareTrade, the broken glass problems were not confined to only the front screen. Noted the company, "While our data doesn't identify which broken screens resulted from dirt trapped behind a slide case, at least a quarter of the broken glass claims involved the back screen. With 82 percent more cracked screens reported, the evidence suggests that the iPhone 4 is more vulnerable to physical damage than its predecessor."

source:
http://iphone.tmcnet.com/topics/iphone/articles/108400-got-an-iphone-4-its-68-percent-more.htm

[Rico]

Another similar report here:

http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/10/stats_iphone_4_glass_case_accidents_almost_double_of_the_3gs.html

[Dangelus]

Somebody retweeted a tweet by the fake Steve Jobs which made me chuckle:

"If your iPhone 4 breaks when it hits the ground then you're dropping it wrong."

:)

[Rico]

Somebody retweeted a tweet by the fake Steve Jobs which made me chuckle:

"If your iPhone 4 breaks when it hits the ground then you're dropping it wrong."

:)

Oh, I love that!  LOL!!!  :)

[Bryancd]

I love internet hysteria. :) Reminds of the antenna problem, remember that one? Me neither. ;)

[Rico]

I love internet hysteria. :) Reminds of the antenna problem, remember that one? Me neither. ;)

Not hysteria, facts.  And Apple certainly remembers the antenna issue.  In fact, they are still working on it.

[QuadShot]

But you know...Joyce has a terrible time with phones. She drops them ALL the time and she in fact, already dropped her iPhone4 twice. Once from a height of about 4 feet or so and it was absolutely fine.

[Rico]

But you know...Joyce has a terrible time with phones. She drops them ALL the time and she in fact, already dropped her iPhone4 twice. Once from a height of about 4 feet or so and it was absolutely fine.

Sounds very lucky.  What type of surface did she drop it on?  Four feet to concrete just seems like it would be nasty to glass.  ;)