We can't have nice things! (wife dents iPhone 5s)

[Medion]

I've been meaning to take these photos for awhile. My wife and I buy our phones unlocked. We ordered her 64GB Gold iPhone 5s ($849) the day that they were available. But, we slept in so it took about 3 weeks to get it. Anyway, I kept telling her to get a case, and she didn't listen. View the photos below. Now...she uses a case (the peeling stuff is ghost armor, which she applied herself, and cut due to her camera lense requirement).

EDIT: See metal dent in top-right corner of phone, opposite the camera corner.

And FYI, plastic doesn't do this. It flexes, and might crack, but it doesn't do THIS. Had this been a Galaxy S, it would have be a $5 replaceable back cover.

 

[SiempreTuna]

Bummer

My missus had her iP5S in her back pocket when she went to the little girls' room.. you can guess the result. Fortunately, it's a work phone so when she took it to her tech people to see if it could be fixed, they just gave her a new one.

Yesterday, I dropped my Nexus 4 for about the 50,000th time .. and this time the glass rear proved why phones really shouldn't have glass rears. Looks like the repair is only going to cost

 

[lunatic59]

I've been meaning to take these photos for awhile. My wife and I buy our phones unlocked. We ordered her 64GB Gold iPhone 5s ($849) the day that they were available. But, we slept in so it took about 3 weeks to get it. Anyway, I kept telling her to get a case, and she didn't listen. View the photos below. Now...she uses a case (the peeling stuff is ghost armor, which she applied herself, and cut due to her camera lense requirement).

EDIT: See metal dent in top-right corner of phone, opposite the camera corner.

And FYI, plastic doesn't do this. It flexes, and might crack, but it doesn't do THIS. Had this been a Galaxy S, it would have be a $5 replaceable back cover.

At least you had the good sense to duck when she threw it at you.

As long as the phone still works, it's a battle scar. It's like getting that first parking lot ding in a new car ... it takes the worry away.

 

[zuben el genub]

That's such a nice neat ding, I'd like to know what did it. Anytime I ding anything it looks like a Rorschach blot. You said case was metal.

I've dropped my phone, but I do have a case on it. I've also sat on my PDA. I forgot it was in back pocket. (Still works)

 

[Granite1]

I dropped my One M8 two days after I got it. Was still waiting for the case to be delivered. Didn't really do any serious damage. Put a few marks in the metal on the corner, and a really small ding on the back panel near the flash lens. This phone is really slippery whilst naked. Oh well, builds character.