[Hidden-tech] Apple Glass Breaking

[Will Loving]

For what it¹s worth, Apple appears to have an unwritten policy of ³one free
replacement² when break your iPhone glass. I¹ve known a number of people who
got their broken phones replaced and have heard of many more. It¹s not
official, so you can¹t count on it, but if you go in looking sad and
expecting to pay to have it repaired, you may be pleasantly surprised. I
don¹t know if Steve was the one behind this but I wouldn¹t be surprise if he
was. Sort of like his personally answering emails sent to steve at apple.com. I
sent two to that address and received very fast follow-up and courteous
calls from the ³Executive Relations² staff. Some people received direct
messages back from Steve.


on 10/19/12 6:30 AM, Paul Stallman at paul at alias-solutions.com wrote:

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> That all said and I feel sorry for Apple truly I do.  To answer the original
> question. I've seen a lot more people with smashed I phones than Samsung
> phones. I know the original verizon DROID also had problems. Could be the new
> I phone design with the glass to the edge vs a rim. On the contrary I've never
> seen anyone with a cracked ipad screen.
> On Oct 18, 2012 9:34 AM, "Kevin McAllister" <kevin at inresonance.com> wrote:
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>> John:
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>> You might read "Steve Jobs". Good sections on the ground breaking material
>> science that went into the creation of the iPad/iPhone. In face, gorilla
>> glass was "fast tracked" at the CEO level at Corning specifically to meet the
>> needs of Apple and the iPhone/iPad.
>> 
>> The fact that Samsung/Google/Amazon/Barnes and Noble/RIM can now make cheaper
>> knockoffs of the look, function and materials of a completely new platform is
>> a tribute to the pioneering engineering, programming and visioning done for
>> them by Jobs and the Apple team. It is a bit amazing that those companies
>> release products with the same shape, same dimensions, same color, same
>> edges, same materials, same icons, same GUI look, same developer program,
>> same product store - and then somehow pretend they have come up with some
>> great new technological breakthrough.
>> (This is not to say that Apple is without labor problems, or other
>> flaws...just that the iPhone, iPad, iTunes, iPod were new platforms.)
>> 
>> Your question sounds like the PC/Windows FUD that came out weekly in the
>> eternal Mac/PC wars.
>> 
>> Please don't take this as an attack on you. Sometimes I am just amazed by the
>> tech press and what gets asked and discussed. 
>> 
>> feeling cranky today....
>> 
>> Kevin
>> 
>> On Oct 17, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Frank Aronson wrote:
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>>> I'm pretty sure that Apple is using Gorilla Glass.
>>> 
>>> On Oct 17, 2012 7:57 PM, "john coster" <john.medicineb at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> 
>>>> Has anyone heard about anything about Apple I-pads and I-phones being
>>>> manufactured with glass that is susceptible to breaking and is
>>>> significantly inferior to the "gorilla glass" used in some Androids?
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