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iPhone 4 was my first iPhone and indeed it is the best looking. However, from the fear of breaking it it was also my only iPhone that I have kept in the case al
by yoz-y 10y ago
iPhone 4 was my first iPhone and indeed it is the best looking. However, from the fear of breaking it it was also my only iPhone that I have kept in the case all of the time.
- throwanem 10y agoThey were surprisingly sturdy. I dropped my 4S plenty of times over almost a half decade, and the only thing that ever even chipped the glass was a bounce off the plastic faceplate of my 30-year-old Technics amplifier.
- seunosewa 10y agoI had the same experience you had. Some reasons for this: the glass was thicker, more shatter-proof but less scratch resistant, and smaller in area (large sheets of glass at the same thickness break more easily) compared to the latest phones.
- throwanem 10y agoWhat really annoys me is the switch from steel to aluminum, because the latter metal's sole palpable virtue in this context is its lightness. I've already had to take a file to my SE to smooth out a lip created by a drop from waist height onto bathroom tile, and I've only had the bloody thing for ten months! My 4S would've laughed off a drop like that - and did, two or three times. The greater scratch resistance of the new glass is nice, but I'd be willing to pay the cost in added weight for a more resilient body and frame. Alas, Apple does what Apple does, and has unaccountably failed to consult me.
- arethuza 10y agoAfter a few iPhones my iPhone 7 is actually the first one i got a case for - I found it more difficult to hold and it always felt like I was at more risk of dropping it.