The good news is that Apple’s upgraded glass for the iPhone X is pretty tough where drops are concerned. The bad news is that the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+’s thicker glass and aluminum may be a bit tougher. SquareTrade today conducted its traditional breakability tests on the Galaxy S9 devices to test Samsung’s claims. […]
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How durable is your new iPhone SE? The best answer might be “fair to middling”. Recently, extended warranty provider SquareTrade subjected the iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus to a series of excessive bend, drop, tumble, and water tests, and the results show that its compact design does not necessarily make it more […]
Remember all the grief Apple and iPhone 6 owners went through last fall when they found that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus could be bent, thereby resulting in “Bendgate”? The same is apparently true for Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone and the HTC One M9. A recent video issued by third-party warranty firm SquareTrade […]
Ok, now this is interesting. An article over on MarketWatch points out that Apple’s repair costs to fix an iPhone 5 with a broken screen have jumped to US$229 – more than the US$200 price of the device with a two-year contract, and more than a third of the US$650 cost of the phone without […]
Well, at least now you know where not to take your iPhone. Per a study published last October by third-party warranty company SquareTrade and The Mac Observer, most damage (51 percent) to an iPhone reportedly occurs in an owner’s home. Of the areas in the home, kitchens are the most likely location for an iPhone […]