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Other How Many Times Have you Dropped your Current Phone?
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Too many times to remember. I have a glass screen protector on and a spigen plastic case. It doesn’t have any marks on it. Most of the time it’s fallen on carpeted floors at home, although it’s survived a fall down our stairs at home (my toddler) and a few falls onto the floor of a train.
Zero so far but I’m really afraid I will drop it eventually. I don’t take risks like doing something else while handling the phone. I don’t ever multitask while having to phone in my hand, there is always time to put it inside my front pocket dedicated to it.
I have a Spigen Air Skin case which I would like to use for its slim appearance but I always end up putting on a more bulky one just in case something happens.
Also have an edge to edge screen protector on the phone and a back glass protector on the back then the case.
I have a Spigen Air Skin case which I would like to use for its slim appearance but I always end up putting on a more bulky one just in case something happens.
Also have an edge to edge screen protector on the phone and a back glass protector on the back then the case.
Zero. I find it very hard to drop. I’m always either holding it or have it in my pocket.
The max has not been dropped at all, yet. My 6s hit the concrete and steps of the subway a few times, thankfully without damage. My 5s also hit the concrete and rocks a few times thankfully without damage.
My iPad 2, however, fell kn the driveway and was in a case. Hit the pavement at exactly the right angle on the corner and shattered the screen. $279 dollars later...
My iPad 2, however, fell kn the driveway and was in a case. Hit the pavement at exactly the right angle on the corner and shattered the screen. $279 dollars later...
I've dropped mine a few times, even faceplanted but I have an OtterBox Defender so it is all good
I did that to an HTC Touch Pro I had once. Walking down the street and dropped it from chest height onto the sidewalk (concrete). Reached down to pick it up and ended up kicking it away from myself. It slid on it's face six feet before I recovered it.
Other than some slight abrasion on the metal frame around the screen it came through okay. Of course the Touch Pro had a plastic screen so there was that.
If I'm wearing sports shorts my 6S occasionally slips out of my pocket onto a wooden floor when I sit down, so not from any great height. Leather case is a bit scuffed but no marks on the phone. Not bad considering its (and the case's) age.
I dunno guys, maybe I'll jinx myself with this.. But since owning the original iPhone and upgrading about every 2 years, I've never dropped my phone on a hard surface once. I'm 6'3 and have larger hands, so maybe that has something to with it.. With that said, my phone is always protected with screen protector and a quality case.
A lot of people here knock phone cases, but IMO if they do nothing else, the edge of the cases that I've had make it easier to grip the phone more securely. If you're going "naked", you need to grip phone tighter to keep it from sliding out of your hand.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it...
That's my story and I'm sticking to it...
I’ve dropped my XR twice since getting it in January. Use a screen protector and Spigen case, no issues at all. I still remember when I worked in a warehouse having dropped my iPhone 4 on the concrete floor and being scared to pick it up. Didn’t have a case or screen protector but luckily only a scratch on the side.
I've dropped mine a few times, but from a very low distance so nothing happened to the phone. I have a buddy who never uses a case and has never had to replace anything. It's just a matter of how you use your phone. I do see a lot of people walking around with cracked screens though so it's definitely not uncommon.
Let me share some interesting stuff.
I replace around 5-10 iPhone displays per day and I started to notice certain things about this.
How many they come in, depends on the weather (rainy day? "cracked screen with water damage" day), after weekends or long weekends (like Monday is crazy), after national holidays and season (winter is worst, probably because of people using gloves, have to take them off etc then there it goes).
Also there are types of people who can manage to be on the call while holding the phone up against their face with their shoulder while doing something else that requires two hands. That's a ticket for a screen replacement.
Many people (for some ridiculous reason) are still holding their iPhone with one hand while driving with the other. They usually end up dropping it between the seats near the handbreak (or faceplant the phone on it).
So it all comes down to handling the phone WHILE handling other things.
Don't do those I mentioned.
Funny story:
Last Saturday a customer came in with a 6 Plus that's screen was spiderweb-cracked and with the phone being bent.
He wanted a glass screen protector and a high-end Speck case for this phone.
We were explaining him the stuff about the screen protector on a cracked screen but he kept insisting. "So that it won't crack further!!44!"
You can guess the screen protector was all bubbly because of the cracks
He walked out spending around $70 for a case and screen protector for a bent, cracked iPhone 6 Plus.
I replace around 5-10 iPhone displays per day and I started to notice certain things about this.
How many they come in, depends on the weather (rainy day? "cracked screen with water damage" day), after weekends or long weekends (like Monday is crazy), after national holidays and season (winter is worst, probably because of people using gloves, have to take them off etc then there it goes).
Also there are types of people who can manage to be on the call while holding the phone up against their face with their shoulder while doing something else that requires two hands. That's a ticket for a screen replacement.
Many people (for some ridiculous reason) are still holding their iPhone with one hand while driving with the other. They usually end up dropping it between the seats near the handbreak (or faceplant the phone on it).
So it all comes down to handling the phone WHILE handling other things.
Don't do those I mentioned.
Funny story:
Last Saturday a customer came in with a 6 Plus that's screen was spiderweb-cracked and with the phone being bent.
He wanted a glass screen protector and a high-end Speck case for this phone.
We were explaining him the stuff about the screen protector on a cracked screen but he kept insisting. "So that it won't crack further!!44!"
You can guess the screen protector was all bubbly because of the cracks
He walked out spending around $70 for a case and screen protector for a bent, cracked iPhone 6 Plus.
Let me share some interesting stuff.
I replace around 5-10 iPhone displays per day and I started to notice certain things about this.
How many they come in, depends on the weather (rainy day? "cracked screen with water damage" day), after weekends or long weekends (like Monday is crazy), after national holidays and season (winter is worst, probably because of people using gloves, have to take them off etc then there it goes).
Also there are types of people who can manage to be on the call while holding the phone up against their face with their shoulder while doing something else that requires two hands. That's a ticket for a screen replacement.
Many people (for some ridiculous reason) are still holding their iPhone with one hand while driving with the other. They usually end up dropping it between the seats near the handbreak (or faceplant the phone on it).
So it all comes down to handling the phone WHILE handling other things.
Don't do those I mentioned.
Funny story:
Last Saturday a customer came in with a 6 Plus that's screen was spiderweb-cracked and with the phone being bent.
He wanted a glass screen protector and a high-end Speck case for this phone.
We were explaining him the stuff about the screen protector on a cracked screen but he kept insisting. "So that it won't crack further!!44!"
You can guess the screen protector was all bubbly because of the cracks
He walked out spending around $70 for a case and screen protector for a bent, cracked iPhone 6 Plus.
Yeah, realized when you’ve got the phone in your hands and multiple things are in your arms or you’re trying to do more than one thing, that’s the perfect storm.
People have broken their phone from it falling inside their car though? Wow.
Two hard drops, one on the garage floor.. on my birthday of course. Glass screen protector broke. One was last week, landed on its back on asphalt. No damage...
Yeah but what’s even funnier they always try to come up with excuses like “I just dropped it on the seats only and this happened!!” or just dropping it on the bed etc. What do they think are we in kindergarten and we put them in the corner facing the wall for 10 minutes?
Yeah but what’s even funnier they always try to come up with excuses like “I just dropped it on the seats only and this happened!!” or just dropping it on the bed etc. What do they think are we in kindergarten and we put them in the corner facing the wall for 10 minutes?
Lol that's pretty funny, not sure why they would make something up for you guys. It's not like you are determining whether to replace the screen on warranty. I guess some people are just naturally embarassed about clumsiness.