Thermal runaway event was the result of a bad repair.
In November of last year, a report surfaced about an iPhone that started burning shortly after an Australian flight had landed. A cabin crew member had noticed smoke coming from near a passenger seat during the taxi to the gate after arrival at Sydney. The crew member instructed the passenger to throw the source of the smoke to the ... [ read the full article ]
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Why do iPhones glass shatter so easily (not in reference to the combustion obviously)? Is it because they don't use gorilla glass? I haven't seen many other phones just crack like they do. Don't drop an iPhone unless you can get in a prayer before it hits the ground.
I am also confused about the iPhone's glass shattering anyone able to answer that? I have owned 3 smartphones and I know a lot of other people that have them as well. So far the only screens I have seen shatter are the iPhones.
Paint me pink & call me morbid guys, but from looking at the one picture, that's the 'back' of the device... not the front. I.e., no glass. So , it's the plastic, glass-ish body that got busted up; not the front that seems to be confused here.
Originally posted by Morreale: My friends' iPhones pad the ground just once and they crack or shatter. I've got the same question as everyone else: why is it just iPhones?
No, Morreale, the question is, and will always be: Why are they still selling that well if anyone should be aware now of that fact, the antenna issues, the absence of a card slot, the shitty camera, the unreplaceable-unless-serviced battery, and so on?
And how, despite all those flaws, are they brave enough to justify the high price of their product calling it "intelligent design" that "just works"?
