iPhone 4 Screen Scratches Easy?

Stronger means its less prone to shatter. Anecdotally, the corning glass they use for the iP4s seems to be more susceptible to tiny scratches.

Ultimately, it's a phone... a mobile one. You can inconvenience yourself to varying degrees to try to protect it - but it is a mobile device. It's going to get beat up over time, like it or not.

I really really agree with you. I camped out for the phone, dropped it once on kitchen floor and o had two minor cracks on the edges (back of phones) they were like O's cut in half touching the edge and one big scratch. I was like wow man???

Apple was kind enough to replace it 🙂

Haven't dropped my new one since but these things aren't as durable as they were set out to be . It's all hype.

New generation next summer and I can't update till 2012 -.- cool.

Couldn't hurt, right? Squeaky wheels tend to get the grease 🙂

I wonder...does the warranty cover scratches? I don't think it does. Unless the scratch was there right out of the box. Unless you find other defective hardware, i'm sure that will warrant a exchange, but a scratch on the screen done by you may not be covered.

They don't cover cosmetic damage. Sitting at the Genius Bar, I've seen people come in with an iPhone dented bad enough that the volume buttons are stuck, or the headphone jack is curved and can't accept the plug anymore... one person couldn't plug in his headphones because a little bit of earwax had gotten inside. In all those cases, the response was the same: you have to buy a replacement phone.

Basically, if they think it's your fault, they'll slap you with the bill.

(That being said, I stepped on my old MacBook and cracked the screen, and they replaced that for free. Go figure)

By the way, if the earwax thing ever happens to you: hair dryer. 🙂

SS

The back seems more prone to scratches than the front. That may be that the back gets more abuse. I scratched the back when I dragged it lightly across surface that apparently had some grit on it.

The front seems more prone to cracks from a drop than scratches but that depends on use. I fumble it from hip level to concrete and put a small crack on the top edge.

Tips on an exchange in you are within 14 days: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2540608&tstart=0

Jdusoccer12 wrote:
I just want them to cover their end of the bargain. I paid for a device to be more scratch resistant than ever not to scratch 20 times more than my iPhone 3G.

Oh yeah I hear ya.

Honestly, Apple is pretty good about things pertaining to customer relations. Try getting Dell to fix something and you'll see what I mean 🙂

Jdusoccer12 wrote:
Oh I know about Dell they are the reason I got a Mac. My mom was on the phone with dell trying to get something fixed at the same time I was trying to get my iPod fixed. 10 min call new iPod here next day, and the Dell still doesn't work.

Yeah I will try and call them tomorrow and just explain everything they seem to be better to you if you tell them everything.

I have a corporate-issued MacBook as well but the problem is once you have an iPad, Macs seem arcane, heavy and loud. I catch myself trying to push the Mac's screen often before I remember, duh I am not using the iPad.

Once we get iOS 4 on the iPad... I can't see needing the Mac anymore.

As for Dell, there are some great Win7-based PCs out there now, but Dell is in big big trouble and it shows in their build quality and support.

SS

I got a replacement no problem on my 3G when the case was showing dents that matched up to grooves on the inside of my incase slider case. The seems on the inside of the slide case dented my phone. I also got a replacement when my phone started to crack around the earphone jack.

I have had the iPhone 4 for awhile but with a screen protector. No device will be perfect so that's why I bought a screen protector.. You should always have warranty and protection for your electronic devises.

Also it's glass so yeah

I agree that this is a mobile device and, in the course of use, it will (may) become scratched, etc.

However, If I am a company making said mobile device, don't I try to make it sturdier than say a desktop telephone? Don't I design and engineer it so it withstands the mobile environment? At the very minimum, I make it sturdier than the previous generation. Not less so. Yes?

The iPhone 4 seems to be a step backward in this area. It looks great. Awesome. But in the mobile environment, it seems damage more easily than the 3GS.

Just a thought.

the scratches that most of you are experiencing, i can only bet are the result of scratches on the *Oleophobic coating* on the glass and not the glass itself.