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It appears from the chart your chances of dropping your phone and having the screen crack are higher in the South than the North. Could it be that Houston summer heat makes your hands sweaty and that means you're more likely to drop your phone? Yet another advantage of living in a frigid climate.
So how much money can someone make buying cracked phones, fixing them, and reselling? I guess it only takes one person doing this to normalize the price of a cracked phone.
There are already places fixing phones more cheaply than the iCracked prices listed in the article: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/mob/2854654904.html Not sure about quality, though.
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I don't deny that cracked screens appear to a problem, but surely you agree that going through 15 iPhones makes your case a bit of an outlier?
Considering most of those phones all broke and cracked on the very first drop, I'd say not really. I have dropped my 15th unit, my current iPhone 4 one time so far on the sidewalk of SF -- it landed on its corner and has a dent and a scratch. I feel lucky that I have only dropped it once in 8 months. The things are fragile. There is no denying that. With the iPhone 4 introduced with now 100% MORE glass to break! (the…
I have two kids, 10 and 7. Can't tell you how many times that phone has been dropped since. A lot. I took it mountain biking one too many times, took one too many jumps, shattered the front glass. Apple immediately replaced it for free despite being a month out of warranty, but it was still a 3 hour ordeal since the store I went to didn't have my model in stock, so I had to go to another store. Considering my take home is around $75 an hour, Unless you're rich and have a lot of time to deal with the hassle (a rare combination), I think your vanity is getting in the way of good sense, thus I question your judgement.
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I don't deny that cracked screens appear to a problem, but surely you agree that going through 15 iPhones makes your case a bit of an outlier?
Considering most of those phones all broke and cracked on the very first drop, I'd say not really. I have dropped my 15th unit, my current iPhone 4 one time so far on the sidewalk of SF -- it landed on its corner and has a dent and a scratch. I feel lucky that I have only dropped it once in 8 months. The things are fragile. There is no denying that. With the iPhone 4 introduced with now 100% MORE glass to break! (the…
Damn. So this is not about software cracking.
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I don't deny that cracked screens appear to a problem, but surely you agree that going through 15 iPhones makes your case a bit of an outlier?
Considering most of those phones all broke and cracked on the very first drop, I'd say not really. I have dropped my 15th unit, my current iPhone 4 one time so far on the sidewalk of SF -- it landed on its corner and has a dent and a scratch. I feel lucky that I have only dropped it once in 8 months. The things are fragile. There is no denying that. With the iPhone 4 introduced with now 100% MORE glass to break! (the…
My iPhone 4 fell out of a pocket as I was getting out of my car and cracked the back glass, which was a cool $70 out of my pocket. I got a replacement back and it's fine again, but I made goddam sure not to drop it again.
Isn't it funny how people scoff at ruggedized phones for being "ugly" but then go and slap all kinds of chintzy cases and screen protectors to their fragile phones, making them much uglier than the rugged variant and just barely more resistant to damage than without all that crap? Mind I have never broken a phone, and I take good care of all the units I have had, only replacing them due to obsolescence.
I am on my 15th iPhone since it originally launched. I dont like cases and screen protectors. (they make it hard to pull from my pocket) I HATE how fragile they are -- I have replaced many a screen and cracked glass on these things. But one of the many design flaws that irk me about the iphone is no lanyard attachment hole on the freaking thing. It should have come with a lanyard and a hole to attach it to. Had apple…
Please tell me you haven't been buying phones because they broke? If so, I think this a great testament to brand loyalty that Apple are masters at.
I don't think I've had 15 phones in my life, and I have had at least one phone at any point in time for the last 13 odd years.
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There are already places fixing phones more cheaply than the iCracked prices listed in the article: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/mob/2854654904.html Not sure about quality, though.
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Just mentioning that the Apple Store is always good first place to go to. I got mine replaced for free when I cracked my iPhone 4.
I went with my friend to the Apple store last year with her cracked iPhone 4 and watched in awe as they transferred her data to a new one and gave it to her on the spot, free of charge. I got the same treatment a few years ago when the power switch on my Touch stopped working. Interesting thing is they didn't ask to see a warranty either time, they must have them in their system for each machine.
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I'd love to know how many (if any) people saw the title and thought cracked screen and how many people voted the story knowing it was about cracked screens...
If I'm on hacker news and I see the word cracking, I immediately think piracy/etc. Cracktros. Not broken glass. :P