At least three Apple fans in China have posted pictures and footage showing their smashed iPhone X after allegedly dropping their brand new gadgets.
At least three Apple fans in China have posted pictures and footage showing their smashed iPhone X after allegedly dropping their brand new gadgets.
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The much-anticipated handset, priced from £999 in the UK and £1,119 in China, only went on sale today worldwide.
iPhone X uses the same glass material as iPhone 8, which is said to be hardest and most durable ever for a smartphone, but a popular tech reviewer pointed out after a drop test that ‘glass is glass and it’s gonna break if it’s dropped’.
A woman in China said she wanted to resell her iPhone X as the phone had slipped through her fingers and was cracked. She posted pictures of her handset (left and right) on social media Photo:Weibo
Footage emerged today on Weibo, a Twitter-like Chinese social media site, showing a silver dual camera-equipped iPhone X with a complete cracked screen and back.
A man can be heard joking about the smashed phone: ‘Does it look better now? It’s more unique, haha.’
People line up outside the Apple store to get their hands on the new iPhone X in Beijing today Photo:Dailymail
According to Chinese technology information site IT 168, the iPhone X was dropped last night, just hours before the phone was to go on sale officially.
The clip was believed to have been filmed at a retail shop in China where workers were preparing for the launch.
It remains unclear how the brand new phone had got smashed, but it’s been claimed that the phone’s other functions worked properly.
A tech blogger posted pictures of his damaged iPhone X. Cracks can be seen coming from the bottom left corner. At least three people in China claimed to have smashed their iPhone X Photo:Asiawire
According to Apple Store’s official price list for repairing service, it costs £286.44 to repair an iPhone X’s OLED screen and £556.44 for ‘other damage’.
The combine cost to fix the cracked body of an iPhone X would cost £842.88, which is almost the price of a brand new iPhone X.
Workers open the door to welcome Apple fans at the Sanlitun Apple Store, Beijing, today Photo:Dailymail
The glass material used on an iPhone X is the same as that of an iPhone 8. It has been described as ‘super strong’ by Philip W. Schiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing of Apple.
Mr Schiller also said during the phone’s presentation in September: ‘This glass is the most durable ever seen in a smartphone.’
A Chinese customer tries out an iPhone X smartphone at the Apple Store in Beijing Photo:Dailymail
However after a drop test, gadget reviewer and popular YouTube blogger JerryRigEverything said: ‘I think it’s pretty safe to say that whatever Apple says about their most durable glass ever, glass is glass and it’s gonna break if it’s dropped.’
Source: Dailymail
