I saw my first shattered iPhone 4 over the weekend. It wasn’t a pretty sight. Someone sitting on the steps at Union Square in Manhattan told us a horror story about getting out a cab and losing control of his precious new handset. He pull the iPhone out of his pocket, and it was a sad sight indeed, completely shattered–on both sides.
According to a report from third-party warranty provider SquareTrade, the latest version of Apple’s handset is a good deal more likely to shatter than its predecessor. In the first four months since the handset’s release, the company has reported an 82-percent increase in the number of damaged screens vs. the 3Gs.
The overall accident rate for the device was up, as well–68 percent. According to the company’s numbers, some 15.5 percent of iPhone owners will have an accident within the first year.
“The aluminosilicate glass seem to crack at least as often as the old glass,” according to SquareTrade. The problem here really seems to be the fact that both sides of the device are made out of glass now, meaning that there’s a very real chance that the thing will crack, no matter which side you drop it on.
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