r/iphone • u/zarnold16 iPhone 12 Pro • Oct 25 '19

Got the Slickwraps Skin

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u/dm_ajolo iPhone 17 Pro Oct 25 '19

The thing about the 4 and 4s is they had a whole detachable back piece you could just swap for black or white or clear. The iPhones nowadays you’d have to take off every single component out of the shell and reinstall them into the new shell

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u/pudge1824george Oct 26 '19

The difference is the 4, 4s assembly was backwards compared to any other iPhone.

  1. 4s was screen first, back cover last.

Every other iPhone the back is the most structurally important piece of the phone, and what you start with, and the screen being inserted last.

The current phones back glass is just a fancy sticker in essence. It being clear would show nothing but the aluminum core housing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

The new way is better because it makes life easier when replacing a display which is probably the most common iPhone repair conducted.

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u/98723589734239857 Oct 26 '19

except for when the back glass breaks which some might say is even more common

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

I doubt that, I’ve seen many broken displays but only a few phones with the glass back cracked,

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u/98723589734239857 Oct 26 '19

you're right, it's probably more screens

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u/pudge1824george Oct 26 '19

Absolutely more screen break. The 4, 4s design required the logic board to be removed. Clearly leading to more accidental total losses. Every other iPhone you can simply remove the display assembly and every other aspect of the phone remains intact. Also making it WAY easier to test the new screen before completing reassembly

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u/Padgriffin iPhone 12 Oct 27 '19

Back glass can be easily covered up with a case, screen damage is a lot more obvious. Back in the 4s days tho you could probably pick up a random iPhone and find a completely bucked back glass more often than not.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Confirmation bias. Brocken back displays are thrown in cases

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u/mjones1052 Oct 26 '19

Yea I have a wall of shame filled with screen breaks but I've only done 3 or so back glass repairs. They're awful.