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iPhone 4 glass breaking 82% more than iPhone 3gs - four months in
SquareTrade ^ | October 12, 2010 | SquareTrade

Posted on 10/12/2010 5:46:59 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier

Synopsis: SquareTrade analyzed iPhone accidents for over 20,000 iPhone 4s covered by SquareTrade Care Plans and found a 82% increase in reported broken screens compared to the iPhone 3gs.

Highlights of the study include:

* iPhone 4 owners reported 82% more damaged screens in the first 4 months compared to iPhone 3gs owners.

* Overall, the reported accident rate for iPhone 4s was 68% higher than for the iPhone 3gs.

* An estimated 15.5% of iPhone 4 owners will have an accident within a year of buying their phone.

(Excerpt) Read more at squaretrade.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; glass; iphone; obvious
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
If it’s a “MAC” thread then you’re Steve Ballmer’s chambermaid!

... as opposed to his chamberpot?

21 posted on 10/12/2010 7:12:32 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry
HTC Touch Pro2. A real cell phone, with a real mobile OS, and one that does real work with a real keyboard...;)

Nice and clean, shaped like your hand, and the plastic rear is slightly rubberized so it doesn't slide out easily.

22 posted on 10/12/2010 7:13:56 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: BunnySlippers
Let me see if I can get this through that skull of yours:

THIS IS NOT A MAC THREAD

Now, if you want to keep stirring up crap, get out... It's MY thread, so you can just stuff it.

In the mean time, anything meaningful to add, other than personal attacks and insults?

23 posted on 10/12/2010 7:16:03 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

How is this NOT a Mac thread?

You are so silly.


24 posted on 10/12/2010 7:18:28 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
Maybe Microsoft can come out with a knurled rubber edge on their upcoming phone and win that feature war, too.

But the stylus ... where's the stylus?

25 posted on 10/12/2010 7:19:14 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: BunnySlippers; Admin Moderator; driftdiver

Go away, troll...


26 posted on 10/12/2010 7:24:19 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

How is this not a Mac thread?


27 posted on 10/12/2010 7:25:14 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: RegulatorCountry

More importantly, a phone that doesn’t need a rubber bumper added so you can use it as a phone, and one that doesn’t shatter into millions of pieces when you drop it!


28 posted on 10/12/2010 7:25:34 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

What’s the rate of breakage on that grippy, zippy little senior citizen model you’re touting? What sort of glass does it use?


29 posted on 10/12/2010 7:27:43 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

I don’t use a bumper. I dropped mine only 2 weeks in when I was listening to an audiobook.

I dropped it on stone [actually slate]. Not a scratch.

I would not want to do this again and can’t say it would be successful twice. But the glass on my unprotected phone is spotless .... so far.


30 posted on 10/12/2010 7:29:52 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

My Sprint EVO Rocks!!!


31 posted on 10/12/2010 7:37:26 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Where is our military?)
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To: RegulatorCountry
Huh - pretty low, I think... it's not a senior citizen model, either - just a really well-thought-out, functional phone. One that does everything I could want, and then some...

It's got a great glass screen with resistive touch, one with resolution only barely eclipsed by the iPhone 4 (which was a full year after the release of the Touch Pro2). And I GREATLY prefer resistive over capacitive - it just works with dirty fingers, gloves, pencils, whatever...;)

I just find it surprising that the new iPhone (touted with its Gorilla glass) has such a high breakage rate - nearly twice that of the previous version! Perhaps the idea of glass front AND back, and a hard aluminum side band was a bad idea. With nearly 5% broken so far, in just 4 months, that's a pretty significant breakage rate!


32 posted on 10/12/2010 7:56:09 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: BunnySlippers; PugetSoundSoldier

As PSS stated, he invited me into this thread.

You still haven’t apologized for accusing me of a federal crime.


33 posted on 10/13/2010 6:47:12 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver; Swordmaker; dayglored

Apple’s over 300 today!!! Yeah!


34 posted on 10/13/2010 6:54:48 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers; Swordmaker; dayglored; PugetSoundSoldier

Still no apology?


35 posted on 10/13/2010 6:56:22 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

You broke your second promise. That tells me everything I need to know about the veracity of your posts.


36 posted on 10/13/2010 7:03:12 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers; PugetSoundSoldier

“You broke your second promise. That tells me everything I need to know about the veracity of your posts.”

Its not a mac thead, it was started by Pugetsoundsoldier who invited me in.

You’ve been asked to stop being a troll on this thread. You’ve accused me of a federal crime and continue to lie about it. Typical behavior for your crowd so I shouldn’t be surprised.

Now stop harassing me.


37 posted on 10/13/2010 7:08:18 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

Form over function.


38 posted on 10/13/2010 7:14:45 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

I still love my TouchPro2 (Tilt2). But I had to load JackOS on it to remove the ATT bloatware.


39 posted on 10/13/2010 7:19:19 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: driftdiver

How is it NOT a Mac thread? It says iPhone in the title? What platform are you talking about?

I’ll humor you: Point out where I accused you of a “federal crime”.

301.39


40 posted on 10/13/2010 7:23:24 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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