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25 year-old's company makes millions on cracked iPhone screens [video]

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Re: 25 year-old's company makes millions on cracked iPhone screens [video]

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Post by pak »

pjbrunet wrote: post #48

What I want to know: Why can't these phones use plastic screens? Good acrylic is more clear than glass, lighter, safer, more durable. I wouldn't be shocked if iPhones were designed to shatter easily. I'm seriously thinking of switching back to my ancient Blackberry: plastic screen that doesn't crack, battery lasts a week, make calls by pressing one button, I can turn it off and on easily...

The capacitive technology that powers multitouch screens requires (or works much better with) glass, I believe. Also, LCD technology itself requires glass. The less and thinner the layers, the closer it feels like your finger gets to the image, and the better the UX is. There are iPhone cases that essentially do what you are suggesting with a plastic overlay.

Re: 25 year-old's company makes millions on cracked iPhone screens [video]

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Post by hnriot »

pjbrunet wrote: post #48

What I want to know: Why can't these phones use plastic screens? Good acrylic is more clear than glass, lighter, safer, more durable. I wouldn't be shocked if iPhones were designed to shatter easily. I'm seriously thinking of switching back to my ancient Blackberry: plastic screen that doesn't crack, battery lasts a week, make calls by pressing one button, I can turn it off and on easily...

Me too, my Bold was so much better. I miss that week of battery life, I'm forever charging this thing. Admittedly the iPhone does more, my bb browser sucked, but the camera was great, the damn thing could get run over by one of those stupid big pick up trucks and still work and the keyboard was a million times better than touch on the iPhone. I switched because I got sick of waiting for bb to bring out something new. Finally they have so maybe it's time.

I think glass seemed cooler so they went with it, maybe the front needs it for their current tech in screens, but making the back on the 4 out of glass was just bad design.

Re: 25 year-old's company makes millions on cracked iPhone screens [video]

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Post by kenrikm »

brianbreslin wrote: post #45

A friend of mine runs a repair shop in Miami. He told me that a few of his competitors were raided by the DOJ for doing unlicensed repairs using Oem parts from china. Apple apparently didn't want anyone other than official stores doing repairs. Guy whose shop was raided had thousands in parts confiscated.

You can't use parts with Apple's logo on them.

Re: 25 year-old's company makes millions on cracked iPhone screens [video]

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Post by kayoone »

Apple should just fix their phones. Its ridiculous how fast the screen cracks on an iPhone. I have so many friends (me included) who had a cracked iphone 4/4s/5 in the past few years while my brother drops his Galaxy S2 all the time and the screen is totally fine.

Re: 25 year-old's company makes millions on cracked iPhone screens [video]

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Post by kayoone »

ibz wrote: post #28

I was traveling in Laos last year and I fell while riding a scooter through the jungle and my iPhone cracked. As I reached Cambodia, I walked in a random phone repair shop in Phnom Penh and had my screen completely replaced in 10 minutes for about $40 (probably overcharged for being a tourist). Still using that same iPhone now, one year later. I would imagine phone repair shops everywhere can do this, or not? While w…

yeah thought the same. There are like 3-4 shops that do this in every city. When my girlfriend recently cracked her iPhone 4 screen i just went on ebay to get a new one for EUR 38 (Germany) and repaired it myself. Works totally fine now, i wouldnt do this on a brand new iphone 5 though ;)

Re: 25 year-old's company makes millions on cracked iPhone screens [video]

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Post by Peroni »

hemancuso wrote: post #24

Interestingly - in the past few weeks the Genius Bar in most locations (I can confirm boston/cambridge) has gotten a calibration machine letting them do a screen replacement in store for $150 (cheaper and done by apple). Refurb is $229. Tough to compete with that. http://gizmodo.com/the-apple-stores-new-mystery-machine-help...

Is $150 considered cheap in the US? I only ask as I had my iPhone4S screen repaired for just under £30 here in the UK by a local electronics shop and the quality was outstanding.

Re: 25 year-old's company makes millions on cracked iPhone screens [video]

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Post by tracker1 »

pjbrunet wrote: post #48

What I want to know: Why can't these phones use plastic screens? Good acrylic is more clear than glass, lighter, safer, more durable. I wouldn't be shocked if iPhones were designed to shatter easily. I'm seriously thinking of switching back to my ancient Blackberry: plastic screen that doesn't crack, battery lasts a week, make calls by pressing one button, I can turn it off and on easily...

Having had several android phones, I can definitely say the gorilla glass 2 on my nexus 4 works and feels a LOT better than any other phone I've used regularly. (I don't like the slick back so much, have a rubber case for that reason)... I've only dropped it once (in a parking lot) and lucky it didn't break.

I have seen plenty of plastic phones break too. I'd rather have something that works better in my hand.

Re: 25 year-old's company makes millions on cracked iPhone screens [video]

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Post by yardie »

brianbreslin wrote: post #45

A friend of mine runs a repair shop in Miami. He told me that a few of his competitors were raided by the DOJ for doing unlicensed repairs using Oem parts from china. Apple apparently didn't want anyone other than official stores doing repairs. Guy whose shop was raided had thousands in parts confiscated.

Sounds like they was raided for having stolen OEM parts or likely something else illegal. Apple isn't a government body, they don't have licenses. There are a few reasons a business can be raided, taxes (and Miami clubs were notorious for not paying them) is damn near the #1 reason.
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