Author: Pu

Just a couple of months after purchasing a new iPhone, I accidentally dropped it. I was taking a walk and my hands were frozen because of the cold. I dropped the phone while I was holding it because I had no sensitivity in my hands. At first the fall didn’t appear to have caused severe damage, but then I was shocked to notice blue vertical lines slowly forming all over the shiny screen’s surface. After the first instants, the screen was covered in a fancy stripy pattern; a few minutes later it was totally unresponsive. The only protections on the iPhone at the time of the fall were a thin plastic case and a film screen protector. It wouldn’t have been so bad with the older 3G/3GS models: I dropped my older iPhone a number of times and it kept on working just fine until it had an accident involving a pool of water and a car. The 4S however broke as soon as it touched the ground on that single instance and to replace the screen I spent ISK 25,000 ($207) with tears in my eyes. Not that this proves anything, but probably I was not the only one so stupid and careless to drop the device in a moment of distraction: on the desk of the local repair service at least 6 or 7 other iPhones with broken screens were stacked up on the very same day. Iceland is a small country and 7 broken iPhones per day is quite a lot, especially given the country’s population. Perhaps iPhones could be a little sturdier, so that even awkward people like me could safely handle them.