Are iPhone 3Gs developing cracks?
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jul 30th 2008 3:34AM
posted Jul 30th 2008 3:34AM
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posted Jul 30th 2008 3:34AM
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Cr-Apple at its best! go iPhone 3G! I dont care if its made out of cheap material and is cracking. Steve Jobs said it was the better than the original iPhone, twice as fast (although the OS lags), and its half the price as the original (I'm gonna ignore the fact that I pay $10/month more than the original iPhone....which makes the total cost after 2 yr. contract $439). I dont care if $439 is not half of the original iphone, which was cheaper at $399.....Steve Jobs told me to buy the new iPhone 3G and I stood in line and bought it cuz im a big ole fluffy sheep!!!!!! Im a SHEEP!!! :)
and of course the subsidized price and the raising of the unlimited data package is apple's fault
SOOOOOO engadget... how about it ae... i know u want to...
CRAPGADGET!!! featuring IPHONE 2.0, WHY PAY LESS WHEN YOU CAN PAY MORE AND GET DOUBLE THE CRAPPY!!!!
If you're a sheep, then it's time for lamb chops.
My initial black one developed cracks in the lower portion below the etched label. I believe it was from simply pulling it from the cable as I had never dropped it and there was not a scratch on it. 99.9% of the time it was housed in a Agent 18 hard case! I was having horrible reception and when it lost signal it took forever to re-acquire. I took it in for those reasons and the Apple Genius never even mentioned the cracking. Just swapped it.
It's pretty much what you'd expect from dropping the thing. Not a bad trade off though from metal to plastic. Just remember to get a case for the thing unless you're one of 'those people' who are in denial about how clumsy they are with phones.
the phone is durable enough, I don't need a case to make the phone look ugly. It's like buying a Ferrari and putting a big piece of plastic or silicone around it so dirt won't get on it.
Chinese quality at it's best. That's right people the iPhone is made in China. As if...
seriously, what electronics isn't made in china these days? amazing how a free market works when other countries offer pennies on the dollar labor
Most Nokias are made in Finland.
Its funny, cuz the white xv6900 (Touch) on Verizon does the exact same thing. Must be same material -- if thats any sign, the iPhone cracking is gonna get worse.
Stop sitting on your iPhones!
Maybe Apple still has iPhones 1.0 available and this is a way to get people to still buy them.
I gots 1 thing to say....
http://op-for.com/simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg
I have the black one so it's hard to tell if it has cracks. But even if it did, I'd still rather have a cracked iPhone 3G than a non-cracked anything else. I have been waiting so long to get away from Palm and WinMo, I don't care if I have to hold it together with bubble gum and duct tape.
This sort of thing separates the fanboys from the fangirls.
bwahahahahahaha!!!!
Yeah, only 5 days and I got a crack. Actually mine is the bottom right picture.
http://www.ehphone.ca/2008/07/white-iphones-are-cracking/
SUCK. I just took off my case and saw the hairline cracks, too. what the.
Wow getting cracks on the phone is something really bad. Its not like 2.1 is gonna fix it. I wonder if people can return their cracked Iphones for a new one.
you must be new to Apple... they replace iPhones on the spot for known issues like that... you show it to them they swap it out... in/out in 5 minutes.
Or, I've left mine there and they've let it charge while I'm at dinner and came back and pick it up after. Very easy and accommodating.
I have a 2 year old Moto Q (original) that has been dropped more times than I can remember. Many times onto concrete.
It Does NOT Have Any Cracks! It is a plastic case.
It is too bad Apple Cheapened the 3G iPhone so much, I was really considerring one before I heard about all of the problems.
That's really unfortunate. I know that if I bought something that I was excited about that broke on it's own I would be a bit crushed...
That said, it's obviously the constant heating and cooling and the corrresponding expansion and shrinking of the plastic on the battery.
Ladies and gents, THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE REMOVABLE BATTERIES ON MOBILES
correction, "broke on its own"...
i love crack. to smoke that is.
but this crack i don't like.
my crackberry had it on the top left edge. started small then spanned from edge to edge. i could crack (theres that work again) the plastic if i really wanted to. but we're talking about 1/4 in plastic frame vs the apples big plastic body.
i'm sure you peeps have nothing to worry about unless the screen can fall off because of it.
weow weow, and all you apple fan boys waited a year for this? have fun with your cracked 2 megapixel apple core.
I'd laugh at this situation, and then I realize my $500+ N95-4 has a wobbly slider that could have been built by Fisher Price....and I start to cry.
Oh no, however will the iphone operate with a crack on the back?
I had a first gen iphone which i sold the day the new iphone 3g came out and i purchased the new one. However it only took a couple of days for me to see that there was a black shadown in one spot behind the screen which was similar to a black spot on an lcd screen when it is pressed to hard. I took it into vodafone and they happily gave me a new one.
I would reckon you are utilizing AT LEAST one product made in China in order to even make that post.
Get over it.
Yes, there are other countries in the world
other than the one you are living in.
People that have iPhones see the cracks, then shrug and go back to surfing the internet with the 3G network, getting apps on the applications store, and listening to their music on iTunes.
People without iPhones laugh at the people with iPhones, calling them fanboys/fangirls, while wishing that they had 3G internet, an applications store, and iTunes.
@ Seerss
I have had 3G internet for more than a year now, I have many, many places to get applications, and I don't have to deal with iTunes, which is amazing. I can plug my Blackberry into any computer and put any music/pictures/videos I want onto it. I don't have to deal with iTunes and the "Your iPhone is already synced with another library" error message. Just drag and drop. Simple.
I love my Blackberry, and it doesn't crack.
you are wrong dude. we laugh cos some of us are sensible enough to read reviews and research before getting a phone.i got an omnia i900. its an iphone killer