I think Apple offering AppleCare+ is their way of almost admitting that your phone was going to break at some point. Personally, I think the use of difficult to replace glass in their products was a poor design choice. I've had four iPod touches. 4 out of 4 have broken. I've had four iPhones. Two of the four have cracked. It is a fact of life that glass breaks. It is also a fact of life that phones get dropped on a regular basis. Most items with glass have easy replacements that do not cost a large portion of the original purchase price to replace. Sure, a car window can crack, however, it does not 1/2 of the purchase price of the car to replace the window.
I have been quite happy with the performance and usefulness of my Apple products. Their durability, though, leaves much to be desired.
I think Apple offering AppleCare+ is their way of almost admitting that your phone was going to break at some point. Their durability, though, leaves much to be desired.
"I pushed my car off the roof of an eight story parking garage and it broke. I'm disappointed with the durability of my car. But, I guess it's my fault. When I saw at point of purchase that they offered a warranty for it, I should have known it would break."
I bounced my unprotected iPhone 4 HARD off of both metal and ceramic floors. Not a scratch.
As long as we're trading anecdotes, and recognizing that anecdotes aren't data, my iPhone 4 screen fell onto a wood floor and the screen shattered. But it has hit harder surfaces and survived. I think it has as much to do with the angle of impact as the material. Being a highly engineered glass, exactly what breaks it is unpredictable.
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Nothing in your post makes any sense.
Originally Posted by halhiker
I think Apple offering AppleCare+ is their way of almost admitting that your phone was going to break at some point. Their durability, though, leaves much to be desired.
"I pushed my car off the roof of an eight story parking garage and it broke. I'm disappointed with the durability of my car. But, I guess it's my fault. When I saw at point of purchase that they offered a warranty for it, I should have known it would break."
Take better care of your crap.
How do you know it only costs $70 for a new screen?
As long as we're trading anecdotes, and recognizing that anecdotes aren't data, my iPhone 4 screen fell onto a wood floor and the screen shattered. But it has hit harder surfaces and survived. I think it has as much to do with the angle of impact as the material. Being a highly engineered glass, exactly what breaks it is unpredictable.