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Slippery or not? The great iPhone slipperiness debate
Is the iPhone slippery? Will it drop out of your hands during use, crashing to the floor below and destroying your expensive purchase? That's the question raised over on Digg, which linked up this story about slippery iPhones. The story quotes Alexandrous Roussos, who wrote "the material used on the device's case makes it feel even more slippery than the iPod and will probably require the purchase of a protective skin or case so as to avoid unintentionally dropping it".
Immediately the blogosphere split into two factions, debating whether the iPhone was in fact slippery or not. MyiPhone's Chris Barr writes that according to Brian Lam, an actual iPhone holder and toucher, the iPhone is not slippery at all. Wired reports that the iPhone might slip out of your hand.
Me? If I get an iPhone, I'm buying a case for it--just like I bought one for my iPod and my cell phone.
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Ahmad said 6:26PM on 4-30-2007
I wouldn't think it's anymore 'slippery' than the iPod is
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John Fredrickson said 6:27PM on 4-30-2007
Any debate regarding the iPhone at this point is just hilarious. Let's all just find people to cite on both sides of the argument and act like one citation is more definitive than another. Silliness.
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urban said 6:38PM on 4-30-2007
"Me? If I get an iPhone, I'm buying a case for it--just like I bought one for my iPod and my cell phone."
What do you mean "if"? That is an unacceptable statement. The correct answer is:
Me? WHEN I get an iPhone, I'm buying a case for it--just like I bought one for my iPod and my old, crappy, non-Apple cell phone.
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marcosmalo said 6:47PM on 4-30-2007
I'm a frothing at the mouth Mac Zealot, but this debate is completely retarded. Do people really have this much time on their hands? Have they solved all the rest of the worlds problems, so that we may at last focus on the hypothetical problem of a slippery iPhone?
If it wasn't so ridiculous it would be disgusting. I'm all for tech fetishes, but this goes to far.
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jesusbomb said 6:59PM on 4-30-2007
Ummn, I think I'll wait until I can hold one before deciding how slippery it is.
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franko said 7:03PM on 4-30-2007
well, DUH -- of *course* i'm going to get a case for it, regardless of whether it's "slippery" or not. that's just being a conscious consumer. even my current crappy phone has a case, and i absolutely bought one for my ipod when i got it. people will try ANYthing to tear down the iphone, and they've never even held one in their hands yet. dorks.
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trieu said 7:04PM on 4-30-2007
This is the wrong question. Whether or not the iPhone is slippery, people are going to drop it, because that's what happens to cellphones. The real question is, how durable is the iPhone? What happens if you do drop it?
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steve said 7:13PM on 4-30-2007
I'm glad to see that the ability to run Windows on Macs has appropriately stunted intellectual thought on this blog.
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sleepwalkers said 7:19PM on 4-30-2007
Seriously? This is what Apple fans and detractors are arguing about?
Come on. This is just stupid.
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SubGenius said 9:08PM on 4-30-2007
I was just going to use a old margarine box.
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Brian Allen said 9:10PM on 4-30-2007
Slippery or not can be determined by the individual, because some poeple have high moisture on their hands. Drier hands tend have items slip out of them; while, moist hands not tend to not have this problem.
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J. Ive said 8:20AM on 5-01-2007
Personally, I recommend enclosing it in a perspex case, placing it on a pedestal, and then gazing upon it adoringly.
After doing this, buy yourself another one for everyday use.
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Alex said 10:14AM on 5-01-2007
C'mon Apple is that bad at designing consumer products that it would pick a material so slick that it would fly out of your hands? This makes no sense at all. Why is this a story? If you believe this junk, I have some real cheap swampland in Florida that I am sure you'd be interested in.
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Catt said 1:16PM on 5-01-2007
Have no clue how slippery it is since I haven't held one in my hands. I suppose this depends on the user. Some people have slippery palms while others do not. If I get an iPhone I'll definately get a protective case for it since I'm in the habit of dropping things once in a great while and as you point out it is rather an expensive item to just destroy in one slip of the hand.
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lee said 2:19PM on 5-01-2007
Just wanted to say that Gap has in stores their new line of leather iPod accessories and one is definitely an iPhone holder.It has a full length clear vinyl front with a belt clip. There is a specific iPod one with only vinyl over the screen to allow for wheel access.
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Leonard Nimrod said 3:54PM on 5-01-2007
"Me? If I get an iPhone, I'm buying a case for it--just like I bought one for my iPod and my cell phone."
A great investment. I even bought a $60 TechShell poly-carbonate shell for my MacBook . Worth every penny.
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