I went out tonight to a movie. I put my phone in my pocket when I left the house, took it out once to put it on vibrate at the start of the movie then took it out of my pocket again when I got home. The phone was the only thing in that pocket, so it's not like it was up against my keys or anything.
The phone was intact when I put it on vibrate so while it was in my pocket at some point during the movie or the ride home is when it got cracked.
It seems that the part of the glass that's cut out for the loud speaker got pushed in enough that the glass around it gave way and shattered. I don't remember bumping it on anything or it being jostled in any way, just a typical movie and drive home...
I have insurance on it through Tmobile but I may try and call LG directly first to see if they will do anything considering I didn't drop it or really abuse it in any way that I can think of...
So let this be a warning to you if you have one, be careful about that part of the phone. Maybe be careful to put it facing screen-side-out in your pocket so the back speaker cut out can't be bumped...
The glass around the speaker grill is entirely shattered with cracks spider webbing from it to all 4 corners of the screen. The cracks going to the top are hard to see in the pictures, but their there.
Anyone have any comments or suggestions about contacting LG, or anything else about it?
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Gorilla glass my ass
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Looks like a bit of flex that's caused it.
That's the first time I've seen a decent picture of the back by the way, and it looks amazing!
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That does not seem like Gorilla Glass anymore. Don't think I've ever heard of a phone just magically breaking without any kind of impact.
How the hell did that happen in a pocket? Hmm
I don't think that the backside of the phone is made from gorilla glass, only the screen. But you still should contact LG, because no way it should blow up like that.
Hope that they change it for you
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Nickel Dime Bay said:
How the hell did that happen in a pocket? Hmm
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I wish I had a good answer
I was babying this phone as much as possible, it was the only thing in that pocket and I made sure not to use it when over cement or anything in case it did fall.
But this happened while it was INSIDE my pocket, I even had to empty some of the glass shards out of my pocket when I noticed what had happened...
xCryonic said:
I don't think that the backside of the phone is made from gorilla glass, only the screen. But you still should contact LG, because no way it should blow up like that.
Hope that they change it for you
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Most of the reviews state that both the front and the back of the phone are Gorilla Glass.
ASavva said:
Looks like a bit of flex that's caused it.
That's the first time I've seen a decent picture of the back by the way, and it looks amazing!
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LG cheaped out. This can not be gorilla glass. I believe OP.
Cmon, u had to out some type of stress on it for it to crack like that. Skinny jeans? Back or front pocket?? Why isnt no one going to T-Mobile stores to buy a case for a all glass phone?
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phewizzo said:
Cmon, u had to out some type of stress on it for it to crack like that. Skinny jeans? Back or front pocket?? Why isnt no one going to T-Mobile stores to buy a case for a all glass phone?
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There are no cases. And I agree, I don't see how this could sporadically happen. You had to have had some crazy luck here.
Back pocket? Were you sitting on it?
OK am just not buying the km magic scratches happening on their own or a big crack happening without it being CX caused. These things do not happen on their own..
It looks just like it got sat on, what else could push the speaker through to crack it like that..
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phewizzo said:
Cmon, u had to out some type of stress on it for it to crack like that. Skinny jeans? Back or front pocket?? Why isnt no one going to T-Mobile stores to buy a case for a all glass phone?
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Haha, no skinny jeans, and it was in my front left pocket.
There was no stress at all that I can think of. When I took it out of my pocket at home to text someone the back felt rough and I thought something was on it, but when i turned it around to look I saw it all cracked. I was 100% surprised to see that considering how I had babied it all night and I didn't even use it the entire night.
There was no case because none are sold yet. When I bought it the store said they would be getting the cases (bumpers I guess) in stock next week, I was going to call them Monday to see if they had any yet, and I still will but I don't expect them to get any until mid week.
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Haha, no skinny jeans, and it was in my front left pocket.
There was no stress at all that I can think of. When I took it out of my pocket at home to text someone the back felt rough and I thought something was on it, but when i turned it around to look I saw it all cracked. I was 100% surprised to see that considering how I had babied it all night and I didn't even use it the entire night.
There was no case because none are sold yet. When I bought it the store said they would be getting the cases (bumpers I guess) in stock next week, I was going to call them Monday to see if they had any yet, and I still will but I don't expect them to get any until mid week.
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im hoping its just bad manufacturing. if all the nexus 4 phones are like that, im scared to do anything with it
luckily, im getting a TPU case in the mail soon
quit wearing those hipster jeans.
Richieboy67 said:
Back pocket? Were you sitting on it?
OK am just not buying the km magic scratches happening on their own or a big crack happening without it being CX caused. These things do not happen on their own..
It looks just like it got sat on, what else could push the speaker through to crack it like that..
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Front pocket, and no sitting on my side, just in a movie theater seat then my car seat.
I wish I could just "not buy" it too, but it happened....
Like I said in my first post, it looks like a typical crack you would get from tempered glass when the stress point is hit, and it looks like around that speaker cut out is a stress point. The thing is, it wasn't hit, bumped, dropped, or anything else like that.
If you were the insurance company or LG I would understand not trusting me, but why do I have to gain by not telling the truth here?
Chances are you can just exchange it under warranty, not insurance.
You must have had very tight pants on man..
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Front pocket, and no sitting on my side, just in a movie theater seat then my car seat.
I wish I could just "not buy" it too, but it happened....
Like I said in my first post, it looks like a typical crack you would get from tempered glass when the stress point is hit, and it looks like around that speaker cut out is a stress point. The thing is, it wasn't hit, bumped, dropped, or anything else like that.
If you were the insurance company or LG I would understand not trusting me, but why do I have to gain by not telling the truth here?
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maybe it got stressed when it was up against the seat, like the side or something. just a guess. or maybe someone else hit it by accident without you knowing in the theatre? or you yourself did unknowingly? it is dark in there...
I was gonna go naked and the the phone shine I'm 2nd guessing that now
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Nickel Dime Bay said:
How the hell did that happen in a pocket? Hmm
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I told everyone in my other post that the glass is BS because it got scratched by itself, just being in the pocket and on the table... But almost everyone laughed at my warning...
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I didn't expect it to do this well. Impressive
So this phone manages to take a drop onto a brick road and not break while others have happened to just break inside their POCKET. Hmmm
We're all in limbo and this dude just wants to break one
It did OK though, I'm hoping to have a case on it ASAP so dropping it shouldn't be as scary.
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So this phone manages to take a drop onto a brick road and not break while others have happened to just break inside their POCKET. Hmmm
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My thought exactly
Omg! There are so many wanting these and they have enough to test by dropping. That kills me. lol
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shadehh said:
I didn't expect it to do this well. Impressive
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But a more important question is at hand here.... Will it blend?
roughavoc said:
So this phone manages to take a drop onto a brick road and not break while others have happened to just break inside their POCKET. Hmmm
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If in your pocket when you sit down surely it must put pressure on it. I would never sit down with a passage glad phone in my pocket. You are just asking for it to break..
If it was a smaller phone it would maybe be pk in the pocket but this thing is big..
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But a more important question is at hand here.... Will it blend?
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Will it blend?
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Will it blend?
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I don't know yet, but I am certain if I see that video before I get my phone I may cry, and you don't want to see a grown man cry.
So many people on the BO list will be angry at a perfectly good phone getting used for this haha. Schadenfreude at it's finest.
I think he returned this dropped phone and the other guy got it buy didn't notice until after the movies. lol
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That's not bad at all for dual glass! The iPhone 4/4S shattered from 6ft.
How do we know the one he dropped was the same one he showed to the camera afterwards? It was off-screen after the drop.
Anyhoo. Glass back or not, I'm sure LG took into consideration droppage and I doubt the back is any more delicate than the front.
The only concern I have is that the phone seems very slippery and so I'm more likely to drop it.
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How do we know the one he dropped was the same one he showed to the camera afterwards? It was off-screen after the drop.
Anyhoo. Glass back or not, I'm sure LG took into consideration droppage and I doubt the back is any more delicate than the front.
The only concern I have is that the phone seems very slippery and so I'm more likely to drop it.
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I feel tempted not to post ever since i reached my 666th post. I liked that! Hahah, either way...
I would really recommend a cover for this phone, if you're like me, you'll be a victim of spontaneous human combustion if the back glass cracks.
I'm probably a month or more away from a phone, i already have a front screen protector and one for the back.
it was hard to watch a rare specie of smartphones being drop tested.
i am kind of relieved to know it would withstand a waist high fall.
I thought it was a goner on the first drop lol xD
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Anubis007 said:
it was hard to watch a rare specie of smartphones being drop tested.
i am kind of relieved to know it would withstand a waist high fall.
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MAY withstand. But then it could survive a higher drop and break on a much smaller drop. So many variables.
My son dropped his iPad countless times and never suffered a single scratch on the glass and just minor scratches on the back. He even once dropped it down the stairs and still it remained in one piece.
The one day it fell off his knee in the car and dropped 18 inches to the floor and the front completely shattered.
Knowing how the phone looks dissembled I wonder if there will be a way to take the glass off the back keeping all the wireless charging, antenna and replace with 3rd party glass.
I know with the 4s it was very simple to replace the glass back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rofgMueCOqo
Both of those use GG so it should be a good comparison.
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MAY withstand. But then it could survive a higher drop and break on a much smaller drop. So many variables.
My son dropped his iPad countless times and never suffered a single scratch on the glass and just minor scratches on the back. He even once dropped it down the stairs and still it remained in one piece.
The one day it fell off his knee in the car and dropped 18 inches to the floor and the front completely shattered.
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yes very true, this Nexus took the damage from its side on the first drop test. on the bright side, the impact didn't fracture the glass, something that i feared.
I don't like the fact that this phone has a glass back. What is the point? Style? It is just anotehr thing to shatter. Apple set a bad precedent and as fantastic as this phone is, I'd rather have it more durable.
enjoy!
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Wow, I cringed when he used the box cutter. I was sure it would leave a few scratches. Thats awesome. Im still getting protectors for the front and back though lol
Yea you're right to be careful, my S3 was supposedly scratch resistant, scratch tested with box cutters etc yet still got a huge load of scratches on the screen. Apparently sand/dust in your pockets is the cause (has to be, never dropped it or anything)
I don't know why these videos exist, they test objects that everyone knows will not scratch the screen,
Metal is softer than normal glass, let along toughened mobile phone glass.
Most people do not realize that. My mother for instance puts paper towels on her counter beneath wood cutting plates so the wood doesn't scratch the stone. lol
Plus, there are people here that are complaining about getting magical scratches and breakage.. It would be good for them to watch...
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Rusty! said:
I don't know why these videos exist, they test objects that everyone knows will not scratch the screen,
Metal is softer than normal glass, let along toughened mobile phone glass.
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True ... bus has we have soooo many people in here complaining that the phone scratches by himself ... without any object at all ... this test seems fair to me.
The conclusion is ... please fill your pockets with keys, coins and the nexus4 ... it will be safer than to walk with the phone alone in the pocket ...
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True ... bus has we have soooo many people in here complaining that the phone scratches by himself ... without any object at all ... this test seems fair to me.
The conclusion is ... please fill your pockets with keys, coins and the nexus4 ... it will be safer than to walk with the phone alone in the pocket ...
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Isn't it a little contradictory? These videos can't scratch either the back or the screen. But here, people are having scratches out of nowhere. This confuses a potential buyer (like me).
What should I do? Should I buy one?
They're not getting 'scratches out of nowhere' they just don't know how they did it.
Little tiny bits of grit will scratch any bit of glass.
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Isn't it a little contradictory? These videos can't scratch either the back or the screen. But here, people are having scratches out of nowhere. This confuses a potential buyer (like me).
What should I do? Should I buy one?
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Dust particles or sand make the most scratches from what I can tell. I think you should buy it, I will when I have the chance.
But I'll also get a satchel or something I can keep it in.
Yea people complaining about dust scratching their phone have a defective phone or just really bad luck somehow
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Yea people complaining about dust scratching their phone have a defective phone or just really bad luck somehow
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what? No its the opposite dude, dust can contain sand... sand is hard enough to scratch class.
metal is too soft, keys are too soft, they'll never scratch gorilla glass
Cool. Drop test?
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I frequently carry loose diamonds/rubies/emeralds in my pockets
I want a sandblast test.
its scarachable alright..
i was at a casino i had couple chips in my pocket.. that night i was a lil buzzed but i do remember everything.. my N4 got a scratch on the back from the chip.. the reason i know its from the chip was because the color was kinda embeded into the back cover.. not embeded literally but u get the meaning..
Androd - A true story. said:
i was at a casino i had couple chips in my pocket.. that night i was a lil buzzed but i do remember everything.. my N4 got a scratch on the back from the chip.. the reason i know its from the chip was because the color was kinda embeded into the back cover.. not embeded literally but u get the meaning..
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So how much did you lose man?
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So how much did you lose man?
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LOL.
On topic, this is actually confusing for a buyer lol, "random" scratches just seem unlikely to affect the phone..
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For anyone who is interested the link above is a drop test. Not English. German or Austrian I think.
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nic85 said:
enjoy!
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Stopped at 0:10 when the camera is CONSTANTLY out of focus.
and was peeing on the other side of the bathroom when i heard the sickening sound of glass sliding and watched in horror as the phone slid off the top of the paper towel holder and dropped about 6 feet to the tile floor landing flat on the front glass, bounced up and landed flat on the back. the sound it made hurt my soul..i actually turned away as it clattered as lots of dark and sad thoughts went through my head.
after i pulled my pants up and washed my hands..i walked slowly over to the phone dreading what i was going to find.
to my immense surprise..there's not even a scratch on either side. so take this as anecdotal evidence the phone glass is not all that fragile.
WISH MY DAMN CASE WOULD GET HERE ALREADY!!! I'm gonna tear this stupid phone up before it arrives.
Yeah, the glass on the back, while not as slippery as the front, is still ridiculously slippery. I have to be careful what I set mine on, or fwwwooop, off it goes in slow and accelerating motion. Even things like pillows that ought to have some friction.
Really looking forward to my case, too. I'm way too afraid to carry it around and use it.
Good to hear yours wasn't broken!
I bet you were pretty....
/puts on sunglasses
Pissed off.
YYYYYEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
No seriously keep it in your pocket or something Dingus. Why would you leave your Precious on a paper towel dispenser? This story made my sack shrivel just thinking about it.
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Another thread about something happening to this phone whilst going to the toilet? Great…
nyvram1 said:
and washed my hands..
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At least we know you were raised well.
there isn't a flagship device out there that doesn't have a "OMG glass breaks/scratches easily" thread. i have learned to ignore them.
I don't understand, why would you put a phone on a paper towel holder? Also, why is your paper towel holder 6 feet high?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....it seems the nexus 4 does not do well in toilets....boooys..note that down...
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there isn't a flagship device out there that doesn't have a "OMG glass breaks/scratches easily" thread. i have learned to ignore them.
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Looks like you've done well
shilent said:
I don't understand, why would you put a phone on a paper towel holder? Also, why is your paper towel holder 6 feet high?
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public bathroom.
habit. my hd2 had a rubber case around it and i always carried it in my hand..never put it in my pockets ever..always lay it down near me when i'm in restroom.
i know..stupid habit..but i got lucky. i stopped putting it in my pocket because the rubber/silicon cover always collected lint and if i was wearing tight jeans it would sometimes pull the cover off when pulling it out.
This is the most suspenseful thing I have ever read.
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No offense, but what is with everyone on XDA and complaining about the glass on this phone and then having some story like "I was jumping on a trampoline surrounded by rocks and lo and behold my phone just happened to slip out and explode!"
Dang, I guess I'm a bit more conservative with my phone because it's always in my pocket with a case and screen protector, setting it on things is a no go!
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AlexWekell said:
No offense, but what is with everyone on XDA and complaining about the glass on this phone and then having some story like "I was jumping on a trampoline surrounded by rocks and low and behold my phone just happened to slip out and explode!"
Dang, I guess I'm a bit more conservative with my phone because it's always in my pocket with a case and screen protector, setting it on things is a no go!
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No, there are many that claim the glass just broke while holding or even under its own weight.
That was funny though.. haha
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nyvram1 said:
the sound it made hurt my soul..
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I'd feel the same way too if that happened to me. Glad your N4 made it out without a scratch!
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Nice, I'm glad it was a happy ending. I had my N4 in a pouch on my lap when I was driving and it fell when I got out of the car. No damage.
Speaking of bathroom stories, my GN fell off my knee on to the tile and spider cracked the screen. So sad.
... And my NS has hit the ground around a hundred times and is still solid. Greatest device ever made. DAC.
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No offense, but what is with everyone on XDA and complaining about the glass on this phone and then having some story like "I was jumping on a trampoline surrounded by rocks and low and behold my phone just happened to slip out and explode!"
Dang, I guess I'm a bit more conservative with my phone because it's always in my pocket with a case and screen protector, setting it on things is a no go!
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I'm sorry, but this is killing me.
It's "lo." Lo and behold.
I thought it was gonna be a funny story about you trying to catch the phone while you were still peeing and you peeing all over the walls and the floor.
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and was peeing on the other side of the bathroom when i heard the sickening sound of glass sliding and watched in horror as the phone slid off the top of the paper towel holder and dropped about 6 feet to the tile floor landing flat on the front glass, bounced up and landed flat on the back. the sound it made hurt my soul..i actually turned away as it clattered as lots of dark and sad thoughts went through my head.
after i pulled my pants up and washed my hands..i walked slowly over to the phone dreading what i was going to find.
to my immense surprise..there's not even a scratch on either side. so take this as anecdotal evidence the phone glass is not all that fragile.
WISH MY DAMN CASE WOULD GET HERE ALREADY!!! I'm gonna tear this stupid phone up before it arrives.
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I'd like to buy the movie rights..
Anubis007 said:
there isn't a flagship device out there that doesn't have a "OMG glass breaks/scratches easily" thread. i have learned to ignore them.
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Way to ignore a thread by posting a reply in it
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nyvram1 said:
and was peeing on the other side of the bathroom when i heard the sickening sound of glass sliding and watched in horror as the phone slid off the top of the paper towel holder and dropped about 6 feet to the tile floor landing flat on the front glass, bounced up and landed flat on the back. the sound it made hurt my soul..i actually turned away as it clattered as lots of dark and sad thoughts went through my head.
after i pulled my pants up and washed my hands..i walked slowly over to the phone dreading what i was going to find.
to my immense surprise..there's not even a scratch on either side. so take this as anecdotal evidence the phone glass is not all that fragile.
WISH MY DAMN CASE WOULD GET HERE ALREADY!!! I'm gonna tear this stupid phone up before it arrives.
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we know you didnt really wash your hands!! mUAHAHHA
Call me impressed with the way they tortured this phone and the minor damage it occurred.
Watch Video HERE
Wow it's a beast phone samscum scum 4 would melt away
Makes you wonder how any of these phones will have broken screens. He threw it out of the RV with some force! Made me cringe! LOL!
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Makes you wonder how any of these phones will have broken screens. He threw it out of the RV with some force! Made me cringe! LOL!
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Ya I will be the lucky bastard to have the one that shatters from a 3 foot drop off the couch
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Holy Crap that is pretty darn amazing it still worked
Wow, thx for sharing. Cant believe the glass didnt break, a girl in my office dropped on the pavement about 4 feet and screen shatered...
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This is insane. Thanks for sharing
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Wow, thx for sharing. Cant believe the glass didnt break, a girl in my office dropped on the pavement about 4 feet and screen shatered...
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I don't think the girl's case is odd at all. If you look carefully at Cnet's phone after the drop test, you'll notice that the panel actually came off the phone because of the dent. The force of the drop was lost in the denting and separating. i.e. The cnet phone got lucky. Not saying the One isn't tough. (It is slippery, though )
Thing took it like a champ. Pretty sure an s4 wouldn't have survived, and would have melted to the grill after the screen was shattered and the plastic destroyed from the previous tests.
I don't think the One's screen *glass* is particularly special, just the latest flavor of gorilla glass, right? So it shouldn't fare any better or worse than an iphone or other GG covered screen. I saw a youtube drop-to-pavement test that showed a similar shattery aftermath for both those devices.
Is it just me or is this screen poor build I was at work this morning phone was in pocket lean into conveyer belt to get a box and pull phone out to check time and screen is all cracked smh not even gonna try n fix it yet! Sorry just needed to get that off my chest..
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And how is that "this phones" fault? If you lean on something metal, no matter the phone, the screen will crack. Next time put it in your pocket with the screen facing your leg. Not outwards
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mayhem1983 said:
Is it just me or is this screen poor build I was at work this morning phone was in pocket lean into conveyer belt to get a box and pull phone out to check time and screen is all cracked smh not even gonna try n fix it yet! Sorry just needed to get that off my chest..
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The screen uses Gorilla glass, the same as pretty much every phone released recently. If you broke it, then I'm sorry to say it, but you must have done something silly. Sorry to hear it though.
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And how is that "this phones" fault? If you lean on something metal, no matter the phone, the screen will crack. Next time put it in your pocket with the screen facing your leg. Not outwards
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Dude relax just saying phone glass quality sucks and phone is always in my pocket with screen facing leg so stop making assumptions.
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The screen uses Gorilla glass, the same as pretty much every phone released recently. If you broke it, then I'm sorry to say it, but you must have done something silly. Sorry to hear it though.
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No one did anything silly smh.. Heard other people with the same phone saying glass quality suck also screen shatter from a light fall and so on lol love how you guys take things to the heart around mod close thread lol
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No one did anything silly smh.. Heard other people with the same phone saying glass quality suck also screen shatter from a light fall and so on lol love how you guys take things to the heart around mod close thread lol
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Hardly. All I said was that it uses the same glass as pretty much every other recent phone. So if you have an issue with the quality, then that issue is with the gorilla glass, rather than the phone.
And of course some phones will shatter from small falls, that's fairly obvious.
Merry christmas!
It must be because English is not my native language but I don't understand this thread at all. "phone was in pocket lean into conveyer belt to get a box". What?
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It must be because English is not my native language but I don't understand this thread at all. "phone was in pocket lean into conveyer belt to get a box". What?
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I interpreted it as him attempting to say that he wanted to get hold of a box that was on a conveyor belt, so he lent across to reach it. It seems that when leaning over, he pushed too much of his weight on the phone, which would have been caught on the edge of the conveyor belt.
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I interpreted it as him attempting to say that he wanted to get hold of a box that was on a conveyor belt, so he lent across to reach it. It seems that when leaning over, he pushed too much of his weight on the phone, which would have been caught on the edge of the conveyor belt.
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Exactly.
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At this point in the game, pretty much every smartphone has a screen with essentially the exact same degree of durability. They're all using Gorilla glass or some equivalent. If your screen cracks, it's because of what happened to the phone. I guarantee you that any other phone would have broken in the exact same way under your circumstances.
It'll be interesting to see how sapphire screens hold up when those are mainstream in a few years.
Chalk me up as another that don't know how they cracked their screen. Mine has 1 small crack at the upper left corner and a medium one at the lower right corner, fortunately neither cross over the screen or where I'd touch. First time I've cracked a screen and don't know how it occurred thought it was just a long hair that got caught in the case at first.
I know the OP isn't the first here to have this problem. There was a few threads where people just put the phone in their pocket and pulled it out later and it was cracked. They couldn't remember anything specific that would have broken it. Also if I'm not mistaken doesn't gorilla glass just stand up better to scratches? From what I understood, it's not stronger than normal when it comes to cracks, just scratches. Which I can vouch for. Spent the whole day at work with my phone and keys in the same pocket. No scratches and even more lucky, no cracks!
Sorry to hear about your N5 though That's rough man, I would die a little on the inside.
IIFC gorilla glass is a bit more flexible when it comes to bending so it would resist cracking there a bit more than regular glass.