iPhone 5: Coming June 2012
Discussion
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http://youtu.be/6M5q5TRuAsY
AdamC1983 said:
Well if u didnt have a case on it what do u expect to happen if u drop it!
st happens when you drop the buggers.http://youtu.be/6M5q5TRuAsY
I have dropped my Desire a number of times over the years and it's never smashed the glass, luckily. In fact I have never seen an Android with a cracked and crazed front but many of my mates and workmates have smashed iPhones that they still use, including my daughters iPod.
Are they made out of different glass?
Are they made out of different glass?
croyde said:
I have dropped my Desire a number of times over the years and it's never smashed the glass, luckily. In fact I have never seen an Android with a cracked and crazed front but many of my mates and workmates have smashed iPhones that they still use, including my daughters iPod.
Are they made out of different glass?
I think the glass is roughly the same (Apple is very secret about the materials used), though laboratory test have shown that it's very hard but quite brittle (harder makes it harder to scratch, brittle makes it easier to shatter).Are they made out of different glass?
I don't think that it's a composition thing, it's more a design thing in the iPhone, if you drop it on it's side it's very easy to have the glass make direct contact with the floor, not many glass panels would survive such a drop. Most other phones, also the older iphones, have a plastic or metal edge that serves as a "bumper".
The iPhone 5 solves this for a part as it has stretched the aluminium edge so that it covers the glass a bit better. I won't be surprised that it'll beat the iPhone 4(S) easily in any drop test because of that, even if the glass is larger and therefore more "fragile".
I think the battery life is very good on mine, certainly a huge improvement on the HTC Desire I had before it.
On Saturday I was messing with the phone quite a lot through the day, browsing Instagram, adding friends on there, taking pics, downloading apps, browsing the net, right up to around 11pm when I went to sleep. It was showing battery remaining to be around 35% I think.
On Saturday I was messing with the phone quite a lot through the day, browsing Instagram, adding friends on there, taking pics, downloading apps, browsing the net, right up to around 11pm when I went to sleep. It was showing battery remaining to be around 35% I think.
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If it helps, mine has been dropped a few times in the last 2 weeks (we have a toddler!) and it's showing a few dents and scratches to the edge of the casing, but the screen is fine.
(Yes, I have ordered a case now!)
As I said, the 5 is much better in that aspect, drop tests also confirm that (however they're hardly "representative"). The aluminium protects the glass better than the steel ever did.(Yes, I have ordered a case now!)
It also makes it a much more comfortable phone to hold. However "sleek" the 4(S) looked, I thought that functionality-wise, it was one of the worst designs in the last years. Uncomfortably (for me) sharp to hold, easy to shatter (front and back!), and way to heavy for it's size. All of that's solved with the 5, now on to the software!
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If it helps, mine has been dropped a few times in the last 2 weeks (we have a toddler!) and it's showing a few dents and scratches to the edge of the casing, but the screen is fine.
(Yes, I have ordered a case now!)
Wrap it heavily in bubble wrap and sticky tape. (Yes, I have ordered a case now!)
It'll prevent it getting to the phone.
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If it helps, mine has been dropped a few times in the last 2 weeks (we have a toddler!) and it's showing a few dents and scratches to the edge of the casing, but the screen is fine.
(Yes, I have ordered a case now!)
This may sound like a daft question, but I don't have any rugrats...(Yes, I have ordered a case now!)
What is a toddler doing with your iPhone in the first place?
http://uk.beyzacases.com/pd-iphone-5-zero-series-c...
I'm about to pre-order for my 5 Black.
Help with colour choice?
I've had both black and brown for my 5 so was thinking tan but is it a bit horrible? I can't work out if it's nice or ste.
Probably go for brown if not tan.
Maybe tan would end up grubby?
I'm about to pre-order for my 5 Black.
Help with colour choice?
I've had both black and brown for my 5 so was thinking tan but is it a bit horrible? I can't work out if it's nice or ste.
Probably go for brown if not tan.
Maybe tan would end up grubby?
My 5's battery life is complete ste.
I've downloaded battery doctor, which is also ste.
It says to save x amount of battery turn off bluetooth, bluetooth is turned off already.
I took it off charge at 8am yesterday, i read about 5 emails through-out the day & used Facebook on my lunchbreak (30mins) (but not for all 30mins of it).
I also made a 30min phone conversation.
The phone was dead by 7pm.
My IP4's battery wasn't great come the end of it's life but it was a darn sight better than that.
I've downloaded battery doctor, which is also ste.
It says to save x amount of battery turn off bluetooth, bluetooth is turned off already.
I took it off charge at 8am yesterday, i read about 5 emails through-out the day & used Facebook on my lunchbreak (30mins) (but not for all 30mins of it).
I also made a 30min phone conversation.
The phone was dead by 7pm.
My IP4's battery wasn't great come the end of it's life but it was a darn sight better than that.
lawrence567 said:
My 5's battery life is complete ste.
I've downloaded battery doctor, which is also ste.
It says to save x amount of battery turn off bluetooth, bluetooth is turned off already.
I took it off charge at 8am yesterday, i read about 5 emails through-out the day & used Facebook on my lunchbreak (30mins) (but not for all 30mins of it).
I also made a 30min phone conversation.
The phone was dead by 7pm.
My IP4's battery wasn't great come the end of it's life but it was a darn sight better than that.
Mine is much better than my 4. I just checked mine and since 6.00am when I took it off charge I've had 3 hrs use and about ten hours standby. The usage was emails, maps, phone calls (even a quick FaceTime to try) and texts amongst others like web browsing. I've downloaded battery doctor, which is also ste.
It says to save x amount of battery turn off bluetooth, bluetooth is turned off already.
I took it off charge at 8am yesterday, i read about 5 emails through-out the day & used Facebook on my lunchbreak (30mins) (but not for all 30mins of it).
I also made a 30min phone conversation.
The phone was dead by 7pm.
My IP4's battery wasn't great come the end of it's life but it was a darn sight better than that.
I have half brighness, no auto mode.
Currently on 53% which is better than I used to get.
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