Apple iPhone Glass Screen Cracked
July 2, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware
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Must be the first iPhone to be broken by a user. I thought the screen is suppose to withstand certain pressure and impact incase it drops, well I just simply couldn’t understand why would Jobs want a glass screen instead of a plastic, at least plastic is lighter and much more durable. Read more about it. Flickr.
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jbelkin
July 4th, 2007Apple replaced it for FREE. That’s service.
Dennio
July 5th, 2007Yeah, I wonder why they didn’t use a durable one like plastic.
threepointone
July 10th, 2007I bet you they wouldn’t have done that if it started happening to more people and if it weren’t like the first week of release. Could you imagine how much negative PR it would have given them if they hadn’t replaced it, particularly so early in its release?
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Matt
November 4th, 2007dropped my phone on the counter and the glass cracked. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!! Apple said they will repair it for $250.00 - Thats nearly the cost of a new phone.
Oyster
November 28th, 2007ME too! On a flight back from CA my Iphone ended up with a cracked glass screen during flight. Apple wants $250 for a new one. What happens next month and next month and next month and so on when I fly. I went to Apple store and talked to 2 people at Apple and same story. $250.00 for a new piece of glass. That is crazy! Almost the price of the whole phone. I have had many phone in the past and have dropped tossed frisbeed and never a problem like this. WOW! Maybe the Mr. Jobs should rethink the glass situation.
Jesse
December 2nd, 2007This is so f***** up! Earlier today I dropped my iPhone, and the glass cracked.. My dad does not know about this yet, and I dont know what to do.. :-( I dont want to have to pay $250 to replace the screen, if my dad finds out that he has to pay that he will be pissed!!
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Fawad
April 17th, 2008Maan i just want to shoot myself. Was putting the iphone in my upper pocket and it fell right on the concrete, face first. the glass is shattered pretty badly. the phone still works and I can still select all the icons. 250 plus tax is way way way too much. i would have considered 150, but apple is just ripping us off here.
i love the phone though. i mean if you take good care of it and put a case on it, and cover the screen, you’re good. i had a casing for it, but it was just for the back of the phone. made it less slippery. i should have protected the glass more.
fuuuudddggee
i guess its no use crying like a little girl now. i’ll just use it like this for a while till i get my govt. stimulus package check.
Ken Whiteman
June 21st, 2008I broke mine, too. :-<
I ended up getting a replacement face off ebay and replaced it myself. Delicate surgery, but it worked out well. I wrote up my experience here:
http://www.hitchsource.com/blog/2008/06/fixing-the-broken-glass-on-my-iphone/
GeckoFly
June 21st, 2008great tutorial ken, appreciate it.
Hicko
August 27th, 2008The Iphone is a piece of crap!
i wouldn’t even think about getting one for myself, my school teacher has one dropped it onto lino from 30cm off the ground and put a huge crack through the middle of it!
and the just today she dropped it again and the whole thing shattered! apple better make a new iphone that can actually withstand a fall. if i dropped my phone from that height it wouldn’t even get a scratch on it!
I’ve gone looking around chat rooms for the Iphone and they all have at least 3 people complaining about a cracked iphone screen.
Apple, JUST FIX IT!!!!