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A post in r/mobilerepair which is titled: “I woke up and it was just like this idk”.
Attached to it is a picture of half an iphone.
“Ever since the last software update…”
I barely touched it.
That’ll buff out
Put it in a rice bowl it will fix it.
Does the title imply that everyone will break their current smartphone to buy the new iPhone ?
No, but when my company says I’m up for a new work phone, it’s very cathartic when I’m having a bad day and it has an “accident”.
Mildly
Some do, but a lot of workplaces provide phones, and some people may “accidentally” break theirs to get a new one.
hearing about the release of a new phone instinctively makes people relax their grip, leading to phones perfectly sensibly flying out of their hands and into woodchippers. it’s normal.
Selling “Like New”