Comments on: Apple iPhone may be incredibly fragile! http://www.intomobile.com/2007/06/25/apple-iphone-may-be-incredibly-fragile.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:35:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jorge http://www.intomobile.com/2007/06/25/apple-iphone-may-be-incredibly-fragile.html/comment-page-1/#comment-186387 Jorge Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:51:26 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/06/25/apple-iphone-may-be-incredibly-fragile.html#comment-186387 It all depends on how lucky you are when you drop it. Mine fell two feet from my nightstand to a wooden floor and the screen cracked instantly. As for handset insurance, neither Apple nor AT&T even offer it. The best bet is to buy your phone with an AMEX card or Visa Signature card so you get purchase protection. That, or make sure you add the damn thing to your homeowners insurance policy (and be prepared to eat the deductible anyway). Check eBay and you'll find literally dozens of cracked iPhones. Fortunately, some wingnuts in Europe are paying up to $350 for broken iPhones; I sold mine to a guy in France for that much. Beats hell out of paying Apple $250 for a refurbished replacement. It all depends on how lucky you are when you drop it. Mine fell two feet from my nightstand to a wooden floor and the screen cracked instantly.

As for handset insurance, neither Apple nor AT&T even offer it. The best bet is to buy your phone with an AMEX card or Visa Signature card so you get purchase protection. That, or make sure you add the damn thing to your homeowners insurance policy (and be prepared to eat the deductible anyway).

Check eBay and you’ll find literally dozens of cracked iPhones. Fortunately, some wingnuts in Europe are paying up to $350 for broken iPhones; I sold mine to a guy in France for that much. Beats hell out of paying Apple $250 for a refurbished replacement.

]]> By: Paul http://www.intomobile.com/2007/06/25/apple-iphone-may-be-incredibly-fragile.html/comment-page-1/#comment-172959 Paul Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:01:06 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/06/25/apple-iphone-may-be-incredibly-fragile.html#comment-172959 It's all BS. My brother owns an iPhone, and I personally saw him drop it out of his UPS uniform from roughly 5 feet, then he accidentally kicked it another 4 feet on concrete. Although it slid on its back, the iPhone worked PERFECTLY fine and the aperture was left unscratched (Even though the back was scratched up to hell). It’s all BS. My brother owns an iPhone, and I personally saw him drop it out of his UPS uniform from roughly 5 feet, then he accidentally kicked it another 4 feet on concrete. Although it slid on its back, the iPhone worked PERFECTLY fine and the aperture was left unscratched (Even though the back was scratched up to hell).

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