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  • kane
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Aug 2001
    • 20684
    #1

    broke my new phone

    About 10 days ago I got my first ever smartphone. Today I accidentally dropped it and it landed on the corner shattering the display.

    I have insurance, but the insurance isn't active for 30 days so I have to wait about 3 weeks to get a new one. It still works, but it looks like hell.

    you would think they would make these things a little tougher.

    The funny part is that I ordered a hard case and screen protector, but they haven't gotten here yet. I managed to break it so quickly that nothing I bought to protect it has arrived or gone into action.
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    • deltav
      Confirmed User
      • May 2010
      • 1243
      #2
      You probably just got unlucky. I had no case for my last smartphone, it lasted 2 years and through probably 20 or more hard drops (some of them more like accidentally throwing it on concrete) with just assorted scratches to the plastic part.

      Then last month I dropped it maybe 1-2 feet onto a hard surface and the screen shattered. Just a matter of the angle it hits.
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        • CT-Content
          So Fucking Intelligent
          • Aug 2012
          • 434
          #3
          Damn, thanks for sharing your awkward clumsiness.
          Last edited by CT-Content; 07-24-2013, 05:35 PM.

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            • SlammedMedia
              Confirmed User
              • Apr 2008
              • 1573
              #4
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                • Axeman
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 5201
                  #5
                  Damn Kane! Sorry to hear that. I keep my phone naked, but have been lucky over the years.

                  Glad you got the insurance, even if it doesn't kick in for another few weeks.
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                    • mineistaken
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                      • Apr 2007
                      • 29656
                      #6
                      One of the many reasons I prefer simple phones, they do not break like that plus you do not have to be careful that much.

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                        • theking
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                          • Sep 2002
                          • 21053
                          #7
                          Tuff break.
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                            • onwebcam
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                              • Oct 2005
                              • 27689
                              #8
                              otter box and rubber cover will take care of that next time
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                                • rowan
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Mar 2002
                                  • 17393
                                  #9
                                  My wife has a model that's supposedly a little more rugged. Just as well as it's been dropped several times. It's already missing the plastic on one of its corners, and the screen has a nice scratch down the middle, but it still works.

                                  I don't hold much hope for my Galaxy Note II if I ever drop it screen-first...

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                                    • Spunky
                                      I need a beer
                                      • Jun 2002
                                      • 133978
                                      #10
                                      That's the trouble with those damn things,too fragile

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                                        • ErectMedia
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                                          • Aug 2004
                                          • 7100
                                          #11
                                          It was the apple demons mad that you didn't buy an iPhone

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                                            • Rochard
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                                              • Dec 2001
                                              • 75733
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by onwebcam
                                              otter box and rubber cover will take care of that next time
                                              Don't believe the hype. My kid's iPhone got a cracked screen while using one.
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                                                • SilentKnight
                                                  Megan Fox's fluffer
                                                  • Oct 2005
                                                  • 24812
                                                  #13
                                                  The wife and I picked up a pair of GalaxyS4's and she added an otterbox to hers...I keep mine nekkid. I don't like the bulky-ness of the otterbox, though. Too big to put in the pouch I bought for mine. Luckily I'm not really clumsy with the phone (so far) - never dropped my old Motorola Milestone in 4 yrs.

                                                  Not to say it can't happen, of course.

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                                                    • Dankasaur
                                                      So Fucking Fossilized
                                                      • Sep 2011
                                                      • 1432
                                                      #14
                                                      Dropped my iPhone 5 not long after getting it drunk one night, landed just right, a little scuff on the corner plastic other than that she's good. Had it since launch and she still looks great. No cover or nothing.

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                                                        • kane
                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                          • Aug 2001
                                                          • 20684
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by ErectMedia
                                                          It was the apple demons mad that you didn't buy an iPhone
                                                          LOL a friend of mine who is a major Apple fanboy said something similar. There must be a conspiracy afoot.

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                                                            • Jakez
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Jan 2004
                                                              • 5656
                                                              #16
                                                              iPhones crack easier than anything.. and when they crack you WILL see it every time you light up the screen. My galaxy s2 I had for years dropped it many times no cracks and then finally I got 1 crack going diagonal across the whole screen and I didn't even know it was there for a day or so.
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                                                                • pamon
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                                                                  • Dec 2007
                                                                  • 3113
                                                                  #17
                                                                  back to the burner phones. lol
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                                                                    • kane
                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                      • Aug 2001
                                                                      • 20684
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by Jakez
                                                                      iPhones crack easier than anything.. and when they crack you WILL see it every time you light up the screen. My galaxy s2 I had for years dropped it many times no cracks and then finally I got 1 crack going diagonal across the whole screen and I didn't even know it was there for a day or so.
                                                                      Mine fell about 2 feet and landed on a hardwood floor. The screen is shattered, it looks like a spiderweb. The phone still works and putting a stick on screen protector over it will likely help it from falling apart any further, but I was shocked at how bad it broke from such a short fall.

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                                                                        • woj
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                                                                          • Jul 2002
                                                                          • 47880
                                                                          #19
                                                                          they are made out of glass, so no surprise that they break easily...
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                                                                            • DamianJ
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                                                                              • Jul 2006
                                                                              • 15808
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by woj
                                                                              they are made out of glass, so no surprise that they break easily...
                                                                              qft.

                                                                              I don't get how people complain that when they drop something made of glass it breaks...

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                                                                                • MaDalton
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                                                                                  • Feb 2004
                                                                                  • 39861
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by MrBottomTooth
                                                                                  The galaxy phones seem to be notoriously weak. Compared with my old motorola atrix. I accidentally threw that sucker across the room like a retarded kid with a wii remote and not so much as a scratch. I shattered my first s3 with less than a 3 foot drop. First thing I did after getting it fixed was to buy an otterbox.
                                                                                  dropped my S3 on concrete - tiny scratch on one corner
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                                                                                    • LBBV
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Aug 2002
                                                                                      • 936
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      My boy was so tough on phones that we got him the Casio Commando (and bought insurance - thankfully). He broke the "unbreakable" screen the first week, then lost the replacement in a lake a month or so later, then broke the third one about 3 months after that.

                                                                                      He's older now and we got him an Iphone and put it in a Life Case - he broke the "unbreakable" case in about 2 months. The odd part is that his iphone hasn't had a case for about 6 months now and he's not dropped it once. Maybe it's because he knows that it's unprotected now and is being more careful....

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