# I Just Dropped My Phone **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-my-phone/921569 "2020-09-26T07:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-my-phone/921569/21 "2020-09-29T02:33:54Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > Anyway, I didn’t crack the screen. It works fine AFAIK. > [@Jim\_B](#): > > As I said, the screen didn’t crack and it seems to work fine, at least for the most part. So, good news, you don’t have to worry! Let alone start a thread about it… have you never dropped a phone before? I’ve dropped mine a couple dozen times. No harm no foul so far. They really seem to make iPhones sturdy… sturdy enough that I haven’t learned my lesson yet. I did put some grip tape (from a skateboard) on the back, wrapping around the sides where my fingers grab it. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-my-phone/921569/22 "2020-09-29T04:08:19Z")
> [@digs](#): > > have you never dropped a phone before? I have only _once_ ever dropped my phone, and it was onto a carpeted surface. I don’t understand how people use these things that they can drop them _dozens_ of times? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-my-phone/921569/23 "2020-09-29T19:46:47Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I don’t understand how people use these things that they can drop them _dozens_ of times? Not sure I get you. Are you saying why use them if you’re going to drop them? I mean, I use screwdrivers that I drop a couple of times a day. But hey, congrats on only dropping your phone once! … ETA: Oh, maybe you meant _in what manner_ are you using them… Well, I’m pulling mine out while on a bike path, working around the house, running… If I missed a sentence of my audiobook and need to back up 30 seconds, I never want to wait until I’m over carpeting. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-my-phone/921569/24 "2020-09-30T00:43:04Z")
Sorry, I realize that post came across as a bit more accusatory than I meant it. I am just surprised that people seem so blase about dropping a glass-covered tiny computer worth $1000 dozens of times. I am super careful with it precisely so I _don’t_ drop it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-my-phone/921569/25 "2020-09-30T01:34:48Z")
I’m super careful, too, but it happens. Rarely. I’d blame it on old fingers, but my daughters drop theirs much more often. I think I have a grippier cover than they do. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-my-phone/921569/26 "2020-09-30T03:16:17Z")
Handy hint: I listen to audiobooks non-stop, and realized that half of my phone drops were because my headphone cord had caught on something (we have french doors with doorknobs that reach out to grab them). Bought some cheap wireless earbuds _. . . bingo!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-my-phone/921569.md?page=1)