GlassGate ~ More Cracks appear

GlassGate ~ More Cracks appear in iPhone 4
GlassGate ~ More Cracks appear in iPhone 4

Tonight, Microsoft will launch its biggest challenge to the iconic smartphone yet, rolling out the Windows 7 Operating System..

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Shocking LIES!
Every time you are critical of Apple, Jesus cries.
Why you be hatin' son?
Just the Man trying to keep Apple down!
"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.

Let's see, did I miss any?

So what is next? iPhone 3G gate? Mac Mini Gate?

dtravis7 said:

So what is next? iPhone 3G gate? Mac Mini Gate?

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I heard the Vatican is secretly shuffling iPhones around between parishes to keep things quiet! They are working with George Soros, the UN and Colonel Sanders.

What can Apple do? I doubt there will be a white iPhone anytime soon. Apple needs to go back to the drawing board. I mean- look at the new iPod touch 4G. It's flat, thin and has no problems (that I know of yet).

Chris H. said:

What can Apple do? I doubt there will be a white iPhone anytime soon. Apple needs to go back to the drawing board. I mean- look at the new iPod touch 4G. It's flat, thin and has no problems (that I know of yet).

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...they're completely different...!

idrinorbarsaku said:

...they're completely different...!

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That was the whole point. When have they ever been completely different? I mean the styling was the same up until the fourth generation.

Chris H. said:

That was the whole point. When have they ever been completely different? I mean the styling was the same up until the fourth generation.

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The back of the iPod Touch was metal and the back of the iPhone has been plastic.
I'm assuming this has something to do with the different radios needed for a phone to work - the metal probably interferes with something.

Good point. Wasn't the back of the original iPhone metal?

You are correct XJ! The first iPhone did have a metal back. Here are two quick URL's.

The Antenna though was in the lower section. If you look at the small pic I posted, that part was plastic but the rest of the back Alluninium

How to Open & Disassemble a 1st Generation iPhone | eHow.com
2G iPhone parts | iPhone Repair Service | 2nd Gen | Lcd | Broken

dtravis7 said:

You are correct XJ! The first iPhone did have a metal back. Here are two quick URL's.

The Antenna though was in the lower section. If you look at the small pic I posted, that part was plastic but the rest of the back Alluninium

How to Open & Disassemble a 1st Generation iPhone | eHow.com
2G iPhone parts | iPhone Repair Service | 2nd Gen | Lcd | Broken

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My opinion, The first iPhone was the best built iPhone to date.

Thanks for the photos dtravis. I recall wondering why the original iPhone had part metal and part plastic on the back. It occurred to me as a bit odd at the time as it seemed like the multiple pieces/cut/fitting would be more costly to produce, whereas a single backing might look cleaner and be less expensive. I'm starting to get a better idea as to why that may have been a good design call on Apple's part.

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

An interesting blurb on the topic...

SquareTrade: iPhone 4 glass breaks more than 3GS | Phones | iOS Central | Macworld

There's a lot of debate about the context of this data. Are there more breakages because there is twice as much glass? Are people being more careless because the glass is touted by Apple as being so much stronger than plastic? With the design of the Bumper cases, is that leading to more opportunity for damage due to more exposed area (the back) vs other cases? Are fewer people using cases to begin with because they simply like the way it looks without a case?

Personally I feel all these are factors, in addition to the design. With the glass going straight to the edges, not having a case leaves it more vulnerable to damage no matter what angle you drop it from. My wife has a Slider on her iPhone 4, so the edges and back are protected and "probably" is no more prone to damage than an iPhone 3Gs without a case and almost certainly no more so than with one. At least if Apple's claim of durability of the glass is true.

And that leads to another point… if that glass is as durable as Apple claims, then they'd certainly be seeing a LOT more cases of breakages if it weren't. I suspect the glass really is as strong as Apple claims, but with so much more exposed area, it's more vulnerable than if it had been wrapped up on the edges.

lifeisabeach said:

There's a lot of debate about the context of this data.

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Here is a Update from re: data

Warranty firm says Apple iPhone 4 'clearly' more prone to damage than iPhone 3G

"A FIRM that sells warranties for gadgets said Apple's latest generation smartphone is nearly twice as likely as its predecessor to crack in a accident."

"The newest iPhone has glass on the front and the back, doubling the "scratchable surface," the firm noted."

Twice as much glass, twice as likely . . . shocker.

I've heard if you have two phones... that's doubles the the chance of glass damage as well.



Why is it that Apple products seem to attract 'non-stories' in the news.

FIRM that sells warranties for gadgets said Apple's latest generation smartphone is nearly twice as likely as its predecessor to crack in a accident.

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I don't get it. Why would a company that sells warranties for gadgets want everyone to believe that the iPhone 4 is more prone to breaking than its predecessor?

Oh, wait. Never mind. I think I just answered my own question.

I'm going to side with those that say that this story is complete bullocks. Based on my own experience with every model of the iPhone since the 3G, I highly doubt that the glass back on the iPhone 4 is more susceptible to scratching or breaking. In fact, I will even say that it is more durable than plastic backs of the the 3G and the 3GS.

I used an iPhone 3G for nearly two years before replacing it with the iPhone 4. I didn't protect it in a case, and the back side eventually began to show some serious signs of wear and tear. This included several scuff marks and hairline cracks. For the most part, these blemishes were purely cosmetic. They didn't affect my ability to use the phone. However, shortly before buying the iPhone 4, I did notice that a more severe crack had started to form at the iPod connector at the bottom and was slowly working its way straight up the back. With enough time, I'm sure this crack would have made its way to the top of the phone, splitting the back side cleanly in half.

Meanwhile, the touch screen side survived without nary a scratch.

Last year, I bought my wife an iPhone 3GS for her birthday. Soon after, she purchased a case to protect it. She tends to toss it in her purse, which is chock-full of all kinds of crap: keys, change, notepads, and a million other things that could potentially damage her gift. The case she bought also came with a plastic film she could place over the touch screen to prevent it from scratching. At first she wanted to use it but removed it after I told her that the screen on my phone had proven to be extremely scratch resistant.

Less than a year later, the case she had purchased looked like someone had run over it with a car. It was scuffed up, chips of it had been broken off, and the clip that held the top and bottom halves together was starting to fail. I'm not exactly sure what sort of brutality her phone has endured in that purse, but ain't pretty.

Despite all this, the screen on her phone is still scratch-free.

This brings me to the iPhone 4, which I have been using it since the day it launched. Again, I'm going case-free. So far, the phone's in great shape, even after dropping it a few times on some hard surfaces (purely by accident of course). I do notice some minor scratches on the back that I can only see if I shine a bright light on it. That's it. No dents. No chips. No cracks. I'm sure if I hit it with something hard enough, or dropped it from a high enough distance, the glass would shatter. But, you can say the same thing about any other product built by man.

If anything, I'm impressed by how solid the iPhone 4 feels in my hand. It's like a solid brick; it doesn't feel like it's one step away from breaking in two. Given the fact that this supposed problem is hardly being reported by any real world users, I think it's time to call this what it really is -- a bogus report by gdgt.com to drum up hits -- and move on.

J.Fo said:

I think it's time to call this what it really is -- a bogus report by gdgt.com to drum up hits -- and move on.

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Well said and I agree 100%. It's not perfect but it's a lot better then 3G and 3Gs.

Let's see, Square sells the warranties and sends out data with an ominous, if overblown, outlook.

Kind of reminds me of the A/V firms who send out the dire announcements of new Mac viruses.