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This is why people buy iPhone. Unless you drop it from a speeding car, it won't cause any issues for 4-5 years at least.
by system2 3y ago
This is why people buy iPhone. Unless you drop it from a speeding car, it won't cause any issues for 4-5 years at least.
- bunabhucan 3y agoTyping this on a galaxy s20 ...that fell off the roof of my car at about 40mph.
- kayyyy 3y agono phone manufacturer is infallible. my iPhone 4 battery went up in smoke after owning it for 1.5 years. my iPhone 6 plus developed touch disease after 2 years, the replacement developed touch disease after a week, and the second replacement began exhibiting mild symptoms after a couple months, the nand failed after another 2 years. (applecare replacements mind you.) plus I wasn't a huge fan of apple trying to sweep the issue under the rug until it gained nationwide attention.
- ace2358 3y agoCrazy, my day 1 iPhone 6 Plus is still working today with a smashed screen just fine! (Not primary phone anymore, still use for music)
- tdba 3y agoI dropped my iphone 14 in the ocean. It was in there 2 days until it washed up onshore. A fisherman picked it up and it was still on and it had service. It was in lost mode so he was able to call my emergency contact and I got it back. Aside from minor scratches on the screen it has no damage and works perfectly. That experience taught me that Apple takes reliability extremely seriously, even if they dont care about repairability. I dont know if they could have made a phone this bulletproof while also making it repairable. I do believe it is a good thing for people to be able to repair stuff they own, but there is a tradeoff.
- aqfamnzc 3y agoWow, did you drop it nearby, as in, on the beach? I always imagined that a denser object like that would stay put and even perhaps nudged outward by the ocean motion.
- tdba 3y agoLiterally right into the waves, it got sucked out immediately.
- onedognight 3y agoWe found an iPhone in the ocean in Mexico. Verizon put us in touch with the owner who said it had been there for a week. It worked fine. I agree, reliability can be a proxy for repairability.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago> I agree, reliability can be a proxy for repairability. I think you mean a trade off.
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- enlightenedfool 3y agoNope. I was android user for 13 years. Just bored of switching between multiple android phones and bought iPhone. Not that I particularly like it, but I appreciate some effort on Apple’s part for privacy and security.
- wubrr 3y ago> I appreciate some effort on Apple’s part for privacy and security. What effort? If you're truly interested in privacy and security you'd use something like grapheneos.
- weweersdfsd 3y agoMost Android phones get updates only for few years compared to iPhones. That alone is a good reason to choose iPhone over most (but not all) androids.
- wubrr 3y agoMeh, you can switch android phones 4 times for the price of one iphone.
- singleshot_ 3y agoI have an iPhone 11 Pro. The back is made out of glass which is easily breakable. For the life of me, I can’t figure out why, because behind the glass is an opaque piece of aluminum. The glass broke on the third day I had the phone when I tossed it from knee height on to a folded up sweatshirt that was sitting on a rug on a tile floor. Oh, actually, I guess I do know why an opaque part of a thousand dollar phone is made out of incredibly fragile glass, but I’ve made it two years without cutting myself too terribly badly and I’m not planning on replacing it while it still works. (Obviously, the front glass is broken too but that’s utterly unremarkable for an apple product).
- shepherdjerred 3y agoI also own an iPhone 11 Pro. It's in great condition and I plan to keep using it until it no longer receives major software updates.
- rootusrootus 3y agoYou tossed it onto a tile floor, and it broke. That's unfortunate, but not entirely a surprise no matter who manufactured the phone. Glass is glass.
- makeitdouble 3y ago> Glass is glass That's parent's point, don't use glass panels on the back of a phone. I put half of the blame on reviewers promoting the idea that glass is "premium" and letting phone makers get away with this design choice.
- girvo 3y agoAs much as I love iPhones, that's simply not true. Hardware fails, no matter who makes it.
- Gigachad 3y agoHardware can just fail, but just from what I've seen, Apple stuff seems to randomly fail the least. I've had so many other brands just randomly die without any damage. While the only time I've had this happen with Apple was a macbook SSD that died. I took it in to the store and they replaced it for free out of warranty.