FYourProblems
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I want an Otterbox.
It'll be like the iron condom for this phone. Those things take a beating.
I want an Otterbox.
Because there aren't any good ones available. It's actually quite irritating. I already have micro scratches on the back of my Nexus 4, even though some people believe the reviewers that say it's Gorilla Glass 2 on the back as well. From my experience, it could have been soft plastic because it scratches so easily.This beezy is going straight into an Otterbox when I get one. Speaking of, why is everyone lagging on cases for this phone?
Cracked? Try shattered. It was in my cargo pocket during a motorcycle accident on marble-sized gravel and I landed on it, smashing the back in three places and leaving cracks running up and down the whole back.
Really? I mean I hope it wasn't just a joy ride. I hope you absolutely had to be riding a motorcycle with your phone in your pocket. Please tell me you weren't just dicking around on a bike!
The last time I dropped my phone was my first cell phone back in 2000. I think that Nokia brick chipped the curb. The only time since then has been sliding off the couch a foot off the floor onto carpet. So I pretty much don't drop my phones. It really really surprises me how much talk there is of dropping and breaking phones. Definitely not judging anyone, but I just picture people doing the Wop all day, phone in hand.
That is extremely impressive! Well sir, props to you. I'm not saying no one ever drops a phone, but dropping is definitely more common than not. Though I'm with you partly: I've dropped the hell out of every phone I've owned, from my Nokia 5125 ('02) til my Droid X and have only legitimately broken 1 or 2.
Because there aren't any good ones available. It's actually quite irritating. I already have micro scratches on the back of my Nexus 4, even though some people believe the reviewers that say it's Gorilla Glass 2 on the back as well. From my experience, it could have been soft plastic because it scratches so easily.
It's definitely glass
But I don't think it's Gorilla Glass 2; when it was intact, the reflections in the front glass (e.g. of an overhead light bulb) looked different than those in the back glass..
So I think we've established that:
- Drive a car, not a bike
- Don't live in San Francisco or the Piza Tower with a N4 and make sure your surfaces are level.
- Keep the phone out of your pocket and I would suggest a leather holster or sleeve.
this phone does mighty well in SF. It was designed near by mostly by engineers who live here.
Cracked? Try shattered. It was in my cargo pocket during a motorcycle accident on marble-sized gravel and I landed on it, smashing the back in three places and leaving cracks running up and down the whole back. The front was unscathed, but sadly the camera no longer works. Luckily it's covered by my credit card's accidental damage protection, but now all my efforts to get an order in for launch day are for nothing cos I can't order a replacement. My cheapo TPU case came in the mail today, a little late but likely wouldn't have helped.
Note: I am not in any way suggesting that the phone should've survived being landed on by a big guy crashing a motorcycle, just fulfilling the request for pics.
http://i.imgur.com/0WuN9.jpg
It was a joke about hills. You must be an engineer
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The only phone I have ever shattered the screen on was in a Otterbox case and the phone was only dropped at waist height. Otterbox will not save your phone.
I beg to differ.
One Halloween night downtown, I dropped my iPhone 4 in an Otterbox 5 or 6 times, I can't remember, and the phone was in perfect condition.
Waist-high fall onto a smooth surface.