Saw the maddest thing at a bar - smartphone destruction contest.

yes but the fact that it takes a lot of force to smash through the glass is irrelevant - it is already given that the glass has been smashed - the question is how to tell that it had been done deliberately instead of accidentally, and that it would be *that* obvious?

and any of us on here would tell in a millisecond how the damage came about
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isn't really the case....
 
KatanaDV20 said:
Didnt think of that aspect lol...

I guess they will inspect the phone though...and any of us on here would tell in a millisecond how the damage came about. I know smartphones are fragile but that Gorilla glass is tough and DOES need quite a bash to smash through it.....wonder how many of them managed to wangle a claim through.
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Who says the phones were damaged? Maybe they all just got "lost"
 
Ok ok you guys win theres no way of telling how the damage occured. Im sure all those dumbasses have brand new phones, they must have cooked up some good stories..!

Forensics? Different story! (dont ask me the science!) But heck I doubt the insurance people will resort to *that* over a cell!

@ RomanNose - that pic is spot on! And no just hi-end phones - I live in a uni town and the stus have better rides than me lol. Specially the girls in their new Minis, Hondas & Toyotas. A bit gutting when a stu pulls up in a Merc SUV and I get out of my Nissan hatchback ...bwaahaaa.

@ gropingmantis - now thats a serious lookin cell you got there. I have the Samsung Solid Immerse but yours looks tougher..
 
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estebanrey said:
My phone insurance covers deliberate damage, I assumed that was a standard feature of phone insurance policies.
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It is? Ive never had insurance for my phones so dont know how it works. Advantage of my phone is I could leave it on the hi st with a sign pointing to it and no one will touch it. Its butt-ugly & its not "smart".

But.....its batt goes for 10 days on a single charge :D
 
I looked at the T&C for various phone insurance and it's awful.

You'd need to be the kind of person that plays conkers with your phone to consider it.. I think that's why they're so tough on people claiming.
 
KatanaDV20 said:
that Gorilla glass is tough and DOES need quite a bash to smash through it.....wonder how many of them managed to wangle a claim through.
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Lol.

I dropped my Dell Streak from 1ft onto a laminate floor and the screen shattered completely. So it's not that tough. Gorilla Glass is anti-scratch, not anti-shatter.
 
Haggisman said:
Lol.

I dropped my Dell Streak from 1ft onto a laminate floor and the screen shattered completely. So it's not that tough. Gorilla Glass is anti-scratch, not anti-shatter.
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Can I just add that 'Gorilla Glass' isn't a trademark owned by a single company, it's a generic term and there are lots of different manufacturers who make what they claim to be 'Gorilla Glass'.

For example the glass on the Samsung Galaxy is a lot stronger than the glass on an iPhone 4GS yet both claim to be 'Gorilla Glass'.
 
estebanrey said:
Can I just add that 'Gorilla Glass' isn't a trademark owned by a single company, it's a generic term and there are lots of different manufacturers who make what they claim to be 'Gorilla Glass'.

For example the glass on the Samsung Galaxy is a lot stronger than the glass on an iPhone 4GS yet both claim to be 'Gorilla Glass'.
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What's an iPhone 4GS? :p

Gorilla Glass is a brand of toughened glass, it's used as a blanket term by people to refer to glass that has been strengthened in some way.

Apple do not use Gorilla, they use their own version of hardened glass. They have never claimed this.

You can still scratch Gorilla Glass, and it still shatters quite easily depending on how the phone lands. There is a lot of luck involved.
 
Robbo said:
Apple do not use Gorilla, they use their own version of hardened glass. They have never claimed this.
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There are actually quite a few claims that Apple have admitted they do use it, or at least use glass from Corning (the company who make Gorilla Glass). In fact, apparently Steve Jobs' book "The iPhone: Three Revolutionary Products in One" states that this is the case.
 
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Haggisman said:
There are actually quite a few claims that Apple have admitted they do use it, or at least use glass from Corning (the company who make Gorilla Glass)
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It seems you may be correct, but it's strange Corning don't list Apple on their list of clients.

It seems like the iPhone 4 had it, but the 4S may have a different type.

'Lens Technology' are a glass supplier for them though: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/18/white-iphone-4-delay-the-challenges-faced-by-apples-glass-supp/
 
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