iPhone screen cracks after 24 hours
By Jonathan Schlaffer
It was only a matter of time before this happened. The iPhone has an all glass screen, as you may know, glass screens have a tendency to break or crack, more easily than other types of screens. Let this be a lesson to all of you with iPhones, treat them as gently as you would a newborn infant. This person managed to crack the screen on his iPhone after 24 hours of owning it.
He says the phone rang while it was plugged in and charging so he went to answer it, the cord pulled out of his hand, hit the corner of a table and then (presumably) whacked the iPhone while in flight. Needless to say this resulted in a very badly cracked iPhone screen.
What he doesn’t say is if the iPhone was still functioning perfectly after the display got smashed. It would be interesting to see if the touch screen response would still be accurate. PDA screens tend not to be so accurate after they have been cracked or smashed but that has something to do with the surface tension that may or may not be a factor with the iPhone’s glass screen.
In the end this was the owner’s fault and even after telling that to the folks at his local Apple Store, they still replaced the iPhone at no charge. We’ll be seeing refurbished iPhones crop up in the Apple Store very soon.
Be warned that not all Apple Stores are created equal so some stores may replace some stores may tell you to take a long walk off a short pier.
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PCWorld put their newly acquired iPhone through a variety of torture tests to arrive at the following conclusion:
The iPhone not only continued to work after each drop test, impressively it still looked good, too. The only obvious damage it suffered was a few gouges along its metal edge from the drops onto concrete. But its glass screen came through without a scratch, despite our best efforts to mar it in repeated tests of both types.
PC World’s conclusion: There’s no need to coddle this sexy little device.
A video of their exploits is available from the article, link:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133636-pg,1/article.html
August 28th, 2007
My iphone screen cracked when I dropped it from knee height. Apple told me this is super common and that even a book falling will crack the screen. Apple wants $250 to repair the screen.
It’s ridiculous that these things are totalled with every drop. Who goes 2 years without ever dropping there phone?
April 23rd, 2008
I dropped my boyfriends iphone and cracked it. We ordered the iphone tools, and a replacement screen (which didn’t have the LCD). When he took it apart on brittle wire cracked, destroying it forever. In addition to that, the LCD is attached to screen. If you really love your iphone, buy a new one or pay the $250 to have it fixed. Otherwise your stupid to try it on your own. My boyfriend is good at fixing everything…. this was a no-go!