iPhone: Clumsy Users or Flimsy Design?

IPHONE: CLUMSY USERS OR FLIMSY DESIGN? ACCORDING TO RECENT REPORTS, APPLE'S IPHONE IS THE #I SMARTPHONE MOST PRONE TO DAMAGE! iPhone 000 of all the Apple phones ever collected 76%0 by phone-recycling company, EcoATM, displayed: More than 3/4 of discarded iPhones are broken in some fashion, making Apple the smartphone brand with the MOST broken devices. PHYSICAL DAMAGE ELECTRICAL DAMAGE Venturebeat 23% of surveyed iPhone owners said their Screen was DAMAGEDin some way. IPHONE SMASH Damaged iPhones have cost Americans 30% of iPhone owners have experienced $5.9 billion since 2007 accidental damage in the past 12 months 17% of iPhone owners have 6% of iPhone users have taped up their damaged an iPhone more than once phone at least once 50% I 69% 10X ACCIDENTAL iPhone DAMAGE of iPhone accidents are caused by the OWNER LOSS + THEFT ½ of iPhone users under age 35 have had ACCIDENTS with their iPhone TOP 5 DAMAGE-PRONE ZONES bedroom: 8% bath: 16% living room: 18% kitchen: 21% driveway: 10% IAAAARAOOO TOP 5 REASONS WHY IPHONE SCREENS ARE LEFT UNFIXED 32% 24% 21% 19% 4% BROKEN, STILL USABLE POSTPONING UNINSURED CANNOT AFFORD OTHER TOP 5 IPHONE ACCIDENT SCENARIOS FELL OUT OF HAND: 30% IMMERSED IN LIQUID: 18% FELL OUT OF LAP: 13% KNOCKED OFF TABLE: 11% LIQUID SPILLED ON IT: 9% 5% 9% of iPhone owners have left their device in the washer percent have admitted to dropping their phone in the toilet Phone, Pod &Pad mpair while you wait If you live in Los Angeles and are having iPhone issues, consider iBroken.com for all your iPhone, iPad and iPod repairs! Visit any number of their local retail stores, or for those dire emergencies, have their Mobile iPhone Repair Truck come straight to you! iBroken.com sources: http://blog.squaretrade.com/2012/09/americans-have-spent-59-billion-on-damaged-iphones.html http://www.macgasm.net/2013/02/07/quarter-people-with-iphones-have-broken-screens/ http://www.orlandosentinel.com/technology/blog/os-broken-iphone-6-billion-20120918,0,7972474.post http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/25/apple-iphone-broken/ http://www.mobileinsurance.co.uk/Information/Blog/1004-/Quarter-of-iPhone-Owners-Using-Handset- with-Broken-Screen iBroken.com http://www.webpronews.com/too-many-people-are-dropping-their-iphones-into-toilets-2012-10