Harder to crack iPhone 4S' screen than iPhone 6+'s screen?

[Ant]

Hello.

Due to my disabilities, I kept accidently dropping my case covered old
iPhones (4S with plastic cover and 6+ with rubber case). Yesterday, I
dropped my iPhone 6+ (from early 2015) from my pants' pocket while
moving around onto the wooden hard floor made a minor crack. My aunt's
iPhone 6's screen had a bigger ugly crack a few years ago. I dropped my
4S, from early 2012, way more and it still has no cracks. :/

Are the newer iPhone models easily breakable compared to the older
iPhone models or something?

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. :)
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In article <z5KdnXpoLrRdavbD...@earthlink.com>, Ant

<a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> Are the newer iPhone models easily breakable compared to the older
> iPhone models or something?

no

get an otterbox or similar.

[Your Name]

On 2020-03-13 21:14:40 +0000, Ant said:
>
> Hello.
>
> Due to my disabilities, I kept accidently dropping my case covered old
> iPhones (4S with plastic cover and 6+ with rubber case). Yesterday, I
> dropped my iPhone 6+ (from early 2015) from my pants' pocket while
> moving around onto the wooden hard floor made a minor crack. My aunt's
> iPhone 6's screen had a bigger ugly crack a few years ago. I dropped my
> 4S, from early 2012, way more and it still has no cracks. :/
>
> Are the newer iPhone models easily breakable compared to the older
> iPhone models or something?
>
> Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. :)

Three causes:

- Older phones have thicker bezels, while new phones are trying
to get as thin bezels as possible (or even no bezels at all),
so there's less protection.

- The newer phones are bigger, especialy the + models, so there
is simply more screen that can potentially get broken.

- Older phones have metal backed frames, while newer phones have
often have glass backs, which again means less overal protection.
(Also a pointless change since most people put a cover on
their phone anyway.)

On the other side of that is the fact that newer phones have a stronger
version of the Gorilla Glass, so have a bit more protection from that
perspective.

[Lewis]

In message <z5KdnXpoLrRdavbD...@earthlink.com> Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> Hello.

> Are the newer iPhone models easily breakable compared to the older
> iPhone models or something?

I dropped my iPhone XR in a parking lot onto asphalt. It has a very
small scuff in the upper right corner that is nearly invisible. No
cracks.

The 6 Plus (or maybe 6S Plus) is the only phone where I ever cracked the
screen, and I cracked that one twice. First one was a free repair
because they could find no evidence of impact on the phone or glass.

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[Ant]

Lewis <g.k...@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <z5KdnXpoLrRdavbD...@earthlink.com> Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> > Hello.

> > Are the newer iPhone models easily breakable compared to the older
> > iPhone models or something?

> I dropped my iPhone XR in a parking lot onto asphalt. It has a very
> small scuff in the upper right corner that is nearly invisible. No
> cracks.

> The 6 Plus (or maybe 6S Plus) is the only phone where I ever cracked the
> screen, and I cracked that one twice. First one was a free repair
> because they could find no evidence of impact on the phone or glass.

How did your 6+ get cracked? Drops?
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