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iPhone 4 Screens Break 82% More Than 3GS

A surprising number of readers have submitted linkage to a story discussing a recently released study that proclaims that iPhone 4 glass breaks way more often than the 3GS's. Although the chart that I found more surprising was the one that said almost 9% of iPhone 3GS screens crack after a year.

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  1. Re:Taking Apple's side on this one... mostly by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Informative

    If it needs a case the design is flawed. My Droid goes naked. It has a raised metal edge that protects the screen.

  2. Re:Gimme a break! by icebike · · Score: 5, Informative

    And they get their information from?
    Is there a place to report breakage on their site?

    Square Trade loses money for every screen break.

    Nobody has better stats than Square Trade, because Apple takes one look at it and says user abuse, and does not bother counting it. Same for the carriers.

    Nobody is keeping statistics EXCEPT the third party insurance providers. This is largely true in medicine as well. Unless there is a contagious factor, the only nationwide stats you will find on injuries (broken arms) is from insurance carriers. Why you choose to denigrate that fact when Apple is involved but not for heart attacks is sort of, well, suspicious.

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