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I’ve only broken a few phones in my entire life, each time it was an accidental force majeure. For example, the other day I was flying from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Moscow, boarded the plane with a fully intact Galaxy S23 Ultra, and arrived in Moscow with a cracked screen. It’s not clear at what point my pocket screen got damaged, and how did it happen? Did someone hit me in my pants pocket with all their might? I might have noticed it. The hit on the fold of the screen is the most unpleasant place and it is clear that the phone did not fall; When dropped, it manages to roll flat.
Each such situation is an opportunity to talk about the reliability of the equipment, how they avoid falling, how their characteristics have changed over the years. For me such a phone malfunction is a rare situation, almost impossible. And this despite the fact that I carry various devices with me, use them brutally, and the same S23 Ultra flew on asphalt, on ceramic tiles at home and in the office, and flew from the table to hard floors. . And he survived those falls perfectly, unscathed. Malfunctions are always a matter of chance and a certain amount of bad luck that happens to you and your device. You can’t expect someone to make an armor piercing device that will survive any conditions, as it simply doesn’t exist. Moreover, the structure gradually wears away, its properties change, and the material fatigues. For example, I’m surprised that the day before the screen cracked, right where my device was full of candy, someone flipped a honeycomb on the table and didn’t clean it up completely, and I called Put it down and then wipe it off with a sticky cream. Most likely it was just a coincidence and nothing else, but maybe the cream wasn’t completely removed, causing a mis-distributed load on impact. Of course, this is speculation; The reality, I believe, is much more mysterious.
Before going further into the discussion, I need to explain my point of view on instruments. I don’t like cases because they increase the size of the phone; I usually have a couple of them in my pocket. I wore the same S23 Ultra without the case, the case got pretty bad in the first couple of months, which didn’t cause me any problems or irritation.
The lack of a case and protruding camera block had other consequences for me, until I bought a case for the Fold 5, wore them together, and as a result, the back of the Fold 5 was covered in metal scratches. . One phone damaged another and this is the most common story on the planet, phones themselves are built to be reliable, it is extremely difficult to damage them in real life.
The quality of content has increased significantly in recent years; In each presentation we hear that the manufacturer has used even more durable glass and tested the device for drops from different heights. It all started with a drop of half a meter on a concrete surface, today it is one and a half to two meters, that is, already the height of a person, falling from the ear. The devices are balanced so that they fall flat, so the impact force is distributed throughout the body. Not all companies pay close attention to this issue; It mostly depends on the engineering school. And there is no single measure to judge the reliability of a particular device or the materials used. Every sandpiper appreciates its swamp, which causes a certain amount of rejection.
For example, Huawei promotes its proprietary KunLun glass, touting its features and increasing reliability year after year. It’s not entirely clear how this glass compares to any generation of Corning Gorilla Glass; It is extremely difficult to know how reliability varies. Organize a full-scale test? There will still be an element of uncertainty.
In a presentation, I took the opportunity to discredit the Huawei Nova 11 Pro, the model has a curved screen and the same KunLun glass.
Dropped it from a height, by the ear. I dropped it every which way and about a dozen times. The protective film had come off, and the floor had durable ceramic tiles with a relief pattern (a very unpleasant surface). The new device survived these falls, unscathed. Just as my phone would have survived in them with a 99.9% chance, modern devices are reliable. But no one specifically does such drop tests to prove to themselves that their phone is reliable. And it is definitely not worth doing. With every fall, the chance of the phone breaking increases; No one has canceled the theory of probability.
Here’s a plate showing the properties of the glass from Corning (the sixth generation is the first Wickets).
We often forget about other device safety features, such as water resistance. We’ve somehow gotten used to the fact that expensive devices come with water protection by default, and we expect it to last almost forever. Also in Kamchatka, I took my phone with me to a geothermal pool to use a flashlight on it.
He was lying in my slippers, the rain pouring down on him. While rafting in the river, the phone fell on a box and that too got filled with water. And there was nothing for it, but after the screen is broken, it cannot be used as such, it will lead to the fact that it will probably sink. But even in the absence of visible damage, protection against water can last a long time; Temperature changes can affect, and the glue will come to one or the other part of the case. With each passing day, the possibility of protection from water becomes less and less; After a year of daily use of the phone, it’s worth considering that it might not be there. So, it’s definitely not worth taking the risk and diving in with your phone; Leave this protection for cases where the device is accidentally dropped into water.
And please follow the warnings on your phone screen, don’t charge it when it’s wet, it won’t last well.
Just as you don’t need to dry it with a hair dryer, on a radiator, etc., it will dry on its own, giving it time to recover from the water. Sometimes it can take more than ten hours, but it is worth the patience. Excessive efforts to speed up the drying process will do no good; You cannot heat the phone with hot air, because you will break its seal. By the way, after the sea water, you should wash it in fresh water, preferably not under a strong stream, but in a small basin, and wash off the salt.
Let’s come back to the safety features of modern phones and their reliability in case of drops. In winter, phones crash more often than in summer (I remember the ad about tinsmith day, same thing happens in services in winter). There aren’t many reasons for the seasonal increase in cracked screens and device backs; As a rule, these are baggy clothes, people drop their phone when taking it out of their pocket. Another point is sub-zero temperatures, at low temperatures the properties of the same glass change, making it more likely to break. It happened to me with Fold 3, when I was talking on the phone on the eve before New Year, and a careless driver on an empty street in the middle of Moscow decided to show himself what drifting is. Jumping out of the car, I dropped my phone and its outer screen broke.
As a result, I used the service that repaired my device, the mobile service from Samsung is very convenient in every way.
To protect your device, or increase its chances of survival, you can and should use a case. Any cover increases the chance of a fall; This reduces impact and distributes the load. And here we can say that this is an important point – you yourself know that you are dropping the device, so take the case itself, you should not use the device without it.
In theory the protective glass (as an optional film) increases the reliability of the screen. But they don’t always apply to simple and specific models; They vary greatly in quality. Original glass from the manufacturer is not always available, but it is best. We had a lot of content about glasses to help you understand them. Or maybe they’ll confuse you even more, depending on your luck.
I don’t like safety glasses, so I don’t put them on my devices; I prefer not to degrade the image quality on the screen, and my finger glides much better on the actual glass. But again, these are my thoughts on beauty, yours may be different.
My phone is broken, what should I do next?
If the case did not save you or the astrologers declared a bad luck week, you broke your device. First, assess the extent of the damage, such as how badly the glass is broken. I know hundreds of people who continue to use smartphones with broken screens, it’s painful, but the devices continue to work. It can be done; In the same S23 Ultra, the glass is not broken enough to affect daily functions. But I would prefer to change it to get protection from water again, which means I need to go to the official service (the cost of changing the display in Moscow is about 24 thousand rubles). An unofficial service will repair my screen for 12-15 thousand rubles, but with a 99% probability I will not get protection from water, and the quality of the repair will not be clear.
I hope to find time between my visits to fix the screen, you can use the device in this form, but there is no trust in its reliability, after that it will fall and you will have a Can be left without the device (but I want to take pictures with it and not worry about thoughts, I’m buying my peace of mind by fixing it).
Considering the number of malfunctions I’ve had especially over the last decade due to my ugly and careless behavior (I’m not afraid of phones at all, I use them 100 percent), I can say that devices have become reliable. And in some ways I’m personally spoiled, I’m sure they survive in many situations, no problem with them. And the rare disorder only confirms this observation.
On the same fold I use a case, it’s more convenient for me, it has a handle. But the case was chosen here for this, not for its protective functions.
My advice to you, don’t worry too much about your phone, it is reliable. But it’s definitely not worth risking it in vain. If the device is broken, try to replace or repair it; The more you use a cracked screen, the more likely you are to lose your phone completely. And the last thing I wanted to highlight is that people are increasingly turning to doctors who ask to remove glass shards from their fingers; Fragments that explode from broken screens have become the bane of our time. Can you imagine? Splinters from the screen that were damaged. Of course, it is not thousands but hundreds across the country which is already noticeable. Take care of yourself and your belongings.
