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Flickr Find: Working iPhone, Destroyed Screen

by Erica Sadun Mar 31st 2008 at 3:00PM

When iPhones fall
Onto cement
Sparrows cry
And angels weep
The voice of Jobs
thunders
"Drop it not!"
Although the phone
Still appears to work,
(Albeit oddly reversed)
Oh no.



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shawn

Mine is not as badly broken but definitely screwed up. Had something hit it while it was in my pocket. Point of impact was at the ear piece. Still works.

March 31 2008 at 7:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jared Giibs

Um, my mom has dropped her iPhone twice. Each time she totally effed up the phone and each time we returned it to Apple, they replaced it. Have you all tried that? All my iPhone buddies who had similar issues returned it to the Apple store and got replacements for free.

March 31 2008 at 6:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
paul

Ouch... I feel your pain. My iPhone slipped out of my pocket, onto the street in the rain. By the time I realized, I turned around just in time to see it get picked up right after a car drove over it.

Worked fine, but the glass splinters hurt!

March 31 2008 at 6:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe

/*----- Alright Doubters [VIDEO] ------*/

here's a video of me using it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIyWh0OovCI

I couldn't figure out how to "un-mirror" photo booth for videos, sorry.

In the demo I updated my facebook status to "is making a video" it's too blurry to read.

March 31 2008 at 5:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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brian

One next week's episode of 'How NOT to Pimp your iPhone...'

Seriously, that's cool. I mean, obviously it sucks to have broken it; OTOH, the fact that it works at all is amazing, and in a way it's neat to have something that looks like that but still works. It's kind of like a hard-core mod. "Ah, you engraved a rose on your phone? Neat. Hey, check mine out..."

March 31 2008 at 5:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave

This actually raises a much more annoying issue that many griped about in the early days of the iPhone, but you don't hear about any more:

WHY CAN'T I GET DAMAGE/LOSS INSURANCE ON MY iPHONE?

I'm not talking about extended warranty from Apple Care. I'm talking about I pay $6/mo and if I drop the thing, I get a new one. We can argue whether it's worth the cost or not, but it's an option that every other cell phone or PDA/Smartphone I've owned had offered to me.

Why is the iPhone so special in this regard? Does AT&T assume it's more breakable than my Treo was? Or is there an assumption that iPhone owners are more likely to scam a new phone?

Dumb.

March 31 2008 at 4:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Sam

You can get insurance through your regular insurance company (renter's or homeowner's policy). For 20 something dollars a YEAR, I have full coverage for any and all risk, full replacement value, no deductible for my phone. MUCH better than the cell providers' insurance (which is real close to a scam)

March 31 2008 at 11:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ekivemark

I dropped my iphone on gravel in July, just 3 weeks after getting it on opening day. The glass cracked in the corner. I have put a screen protector over it and it still works perfectly despite 3 cracks running all the way across the screen.

I am waiting for that 3G iPhone....


March 31 2008 at 4:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Smite A. Hippie

eh, a touch of polish, rub it out, and she'll be good as new ;-)

March 31 2008 at 4:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe

I took the pic with Photo Booth, didn't think about it being mirrored. I put tape over the broken glass and it still works. Gonna do this later: http://www.intomobile.com/2007/09/18/dude-fixes-his-iphones-broken-glass-screen-by-himself-the-ghetto-broken-display-fix-method.html

then buy the 3G hopefully!

March 31 2008 at 4:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Dave

Ah, you've confirmed my post above about it being a photobooth issue.

FYI - Patrick Norton showed how to replace an iPod or iPhone's glass screen back when he was on DL.TV. Quite a while back. Probably an iPod, when I think about it, but it might be helpful if you search it out.

March 31 2008 at 4:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
frank

omg, did you drop it off a building, or something? how high up was it to do that sort of damage? i've dropped mine from about chest-high, but not onto cement or anything. O_o!

March 31 2008 at 7:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kristen O'Brien

Fix it yourself:

http://www.ifixit.com/iPhone-Parts/iPhone-Display-Assembly/IF105-012

March 31 2008 at 3:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Dave

@kristen:

At $249 for that "used" display from your link (check the fine print at the bottom), you'd be just as well if, imo, picking up a refurb unit! At least with an Apple/AT&T refurb you've got a professional fix and full testing on the thing before it's back on the shelves. Weren't refurbs going for just about that amount a week or two ago?

March 31 2008 at 4:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bob.francis

That is an awfully steep price considering Apple will do the repair for between $199 and $299 (depending on the model).

http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/service/faq/#warranty7

March 31 2008 at 7:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brandon Crawford

This is what happens if you Jailbreak/Activate/Unlock your phone folks!!! They don't tell you that in the Ziphone blog but it's true!!!

March 31 2008 at 3:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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