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Slide-on cases may cause iPhone 4 back panel to crack
Posted:
October 14, 2010
By: ccsoya
7 comments
The iPhone 4 is the only phone in the world that features a full glass back panel, and although that makes for a pleasing user experience to the sight and touch, a full glass back panel also has a major flaw — it is very fragile.
The front and back panels of the iPhone 4 are made from a chemically toughened aluminosilicate glass which in numerous advertisements, Apple has claim is extremely difficult to scratch. It now appears that this claim doesn’t stand up in the real world.
So naturally, you’d want to protect your all-glass iPhone 4 with a case. And as with these things, there are a plethora of designs to choose from, but it seems that one type of casing might actually do more harm than good to your iPhone 4.
Quoting a report from GDGT:
Apple has apparently found that non-bumper style cases — specifically those that slide onto the iPhone 4, which are occasionally prone to particulate matter getting caught between the rear of the phone and the case — can cause unexpected scratching that could quickly develop into full-on cracking or even much larger fracturing of the entire rear pane of glass. To put it another way: Apple is afraid you might buy a standard slide-on iPhone case, put it on your phone, and then discover the next time you take it off that the entire back of your device has been shattered by no fault of your own.
The same report also claims that Apple has stopped sales of nearly all third-party iPhone 4 cases from its stores in the US (on Apple’s online store, sales of these third-party cases where blocked temporarily but have now resumed). Internally, the writer has been made to believe that the iPhone team has grown to be very concerned by this issue with slide-on cases, and has created a lab and large new test program specifically to investigate this further.
So to all you iPhone 4 owners out there, if you’re using a slide-on case, you be be looking to replace that case with one that’s more like Apple’s bumper case.
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7 Comments for Slide-on cases may cause iPhone 4 back panel to crack
soyacincau
Basically it's something like this: http://bit.ly/c8KyI0
danliew
Soya, what about those silicone kind of case which wraps the side and the back of the phone? I'm using one and hope it won't fail me.
soyacincau
We can't say for sure. But get the softest silicone you can fine. Also keep it in a sock. The most damaging part is the dust and grit that gets caught in between the casing and the glass. In time, the grit can grind down the glass and cause cracks to appear. These micro cracks will then grow to become bigger cracks in the long run.
Hope this helps.
nico
meaning it is because of dust and dirt? nothing to do with heats? im using the slide on casing..seriously scared if my iphone cracks..
bob
is it just a rumor or plain fact?
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