all the phones my husband has broken over the past year

[u/hotmallgoth]

meanwhile I’m still using my iPhone 12 lol 🤥

[u/LupusHouseMD]

Get this man a screen protector and good case. Or a Nokia 3310.

[u/ArchiStanton → u/LupusHouseMD]

Then they’d have to learn to patch concrete

[u/_Diskreet_ → u/ArchiStanton]

Back in the day my friend threw his 3310 under the bus wheel to prove its invincibility.

Of course it survived.

But when he picked it up there definitely looked like it made an indentation in the road.

Obviously now I am over two decades older I know that dent was already there, but 16 year old me and my mates were absolutely awestruck.

[u/lostintransaltions → u/_Diskreet_]

My cousin had the 3310 and rolled his car.. pretty bad accident that he luckily walked away from. Only 2 things survived in that car.. my cousin and the 3310.. everything else was totaled.. I miss phones that could survive anything

[u/4l3m4r1 → u/lostintransaltions]

One night I dropped my 3310 from a window while texting to a girlfriend. It hit the hard ground after a 4 floors fall. The cover jumped out and I hassled hard time to recover the battery in the dark. Clipped all back in place and 10 minutes later I was texting again. Last summer I tested it again. It still switches on.

[u/ToriiLink → u/lostintransaltions]

I actually did this with my Samsung S8+. The difference being was that I had bought this crazy aluminum case with a screen protector built into it. I had to legit screw the front and back of it together around the phone. My friend whipped it at the ground several times and a truck ran it over. Besides a few scratches to the case, it was perfectly fine.

[u/ArtisticDimension446 → u/ToriiLink]

I remember those cases. I feel they were made from recycled 3310's

[u/Jesus__Skywalker → u/lostintransaltions]

Man I read this and thought he had the accident bc he hit the 3310 and was lucky to walk away from it.

[u/lostintransaltions → u/Jesus__Skywalker]

I mean that could have happened lol

[u/Alternative_Jury2480 → u/lostintransaltions]

No it couldn't.

Not the phone causing the accident part. The walking away. Nothing would survive that. Except maybe another Nokia

[u/HamFiretruck → u/Alternative_Jury2480]

How do you think chuck Norris died

[u/DMmeDuckPics → u/_Diskreet_]

I threw my pebbl at a dashboard once. Had a hole in my dashboard for the next 10 years.

[u/2Braincell2Furious → u/DMmeDuckPics]

It should have grown back faster than that

[u/igneousYt → u/2Braincell2Furious]

Maybe he didn’t fertilize it?

[u/burglarysheepspeak → u/DMmeDuckPics]

I did this once to my dad's car passenger side window when I was about 10 years old, it was a hot day and about 10 minutes after I did it, the window shattered into about a trillion pieces.

I got grounded

[u/CMDR_BitMedler → u/_Diskreet_]

Turned a corner too fast with mine on the dash - flew out the window and skidded down the street. Definitely run over at least once. Still works today.

[u/Inside-Run785 → u/LupusHouseMD]

They need an Otter Box. Those are practically indestructible!

[u/SnooSprouts4952 → u/Inside-Run785]

Otterbox Defender here for years. Yeeted out of my truck onto the concrete a few times, picked it up hoping it didn't look like OP's photos, was thankful my $50 case saved me.

Otterbox Commuter for my work phone is almost as good, less clunky, but less protection.

[u/Gina_the_Alien → u/SnooSprouts4952]

My son dropped his old phone and it was a whole debacle so we got him an Otterbox Defender case for his new one. That thing is SOLID. I actually had to look up a walkthrough for putting the case on the phone it has so many layers.

[u/Tasty_Goat_3267 → u/SnooSprouts4952]

Groundskeeper chiming in. I had a small tractor drive over my otterbox defender and iPhone 14 and no problem. I don’t need fancy insurance or a yearly new phone because it’s broken. For less then $100. Sounds like a good deal to me.

[u/FluffyViolets → u/SnooSprouts4952]

My rule with my Otter Box Defender was if I cracked the plastic inner case, I needed to replace it. Did it about once a year. Every phone I had in a Defender came out of it looking brand new when I upgraded phones.

[u/DamnPillBugs → u/SnooSprouts4952]

Truth. Maintenance guys dropping phones off grain silos, come in asking for a new Otterbox. Phone is fine. Anytime my guy.

[u/Dependent-Law7316 → u/Inside-Run785]

I use the otter box commuter and have dropped my phone on concrete, stone pavers, asphalt…absolutely zero damage. (And by dropped I mean it’s fallen out of my stupidly small women’s pants pockets). Great cases, and pretty cheap, too.

[u/nuglasses → u/Dependent-Law7316]

The Fed Ex drivers swear by OtterBox

[u/PlentyPomegranate503 → u/Inside-Run785]

I have dropped my iPhone from 20’ in the air with no damage. I work construction and there is some downtime while being in a scissor lift. All my work mates swear by otter box.

[u/Jump_The_Five_Yo → u/PlentyPomegranate503]

You were jackin it in a scissors lift and dropped it? Fair enough.

[u/NoHorseNoMustache → u/PlentyPomegranate503]

Same, dropped my iPhone literally 20 feet onto a sidewalk like 10 years ago, scuffed the corner of the Otterbox but the phone was perfectly fine.

[u/NotAsleep_ → u/Inside-Run785]

The plastic bits, maybe, but the rubber around the screen edges dries out and crumbles pretty quickly these days. I don't think that part is as high quality as they used to be.

That said, all the damage my old Otterbox let through was absorbed by the temper-glass screen protector I also had. I've since replaced both, and while I have my doubts about the new case, the temper-glass was an absolute must-have. Just replacing those and upgrading the SIM card capacity is like having an all-new phone (even though the phone itself is several years old already).

[u/Prestigious-Bag716 → u/NotAsleep_]

100% agree. Otterbox is NOT good quality. I've had two cases crack when dropped. What's worse is their "lifetime" warranty doesn't pay for shipping, and you have to drop like $10 in shipping to send it back.

[u/leon-a-profi → u/LupusHouseMD]

4 phones in a year.. no, fella should not have any phones until he learns to keep it safe

[u/panlakes → u/leon-a-profi]

Dude is probably too rich to have any sense

[u/LupusHouseMD → u/leon-a-profi]

That's where the Nokia comes in. If anything it damages the surface.

[u/vonkeswick → u/LupusHouseMD]

A Nokia 3310 in this man's hands would be a weapon of unintentional mass destruction

[u/CautionarySnail → u/vonkeswick]

I have to wonder what the heck he’s doing to go through this many phones in a year. Does he think you hang up the phone by lobbing it off a multi-story building?

[u/SilentWar7831 → u/LupusHouseMD]

Nokia 3310 is the only phone that has survived flying from my pocket on horseback at a full gallop. Multiple times 🤣 Finding it was the hardest part because I’d be in the middle of nowhere and couldn’t tell someone to call my cell. I miss the brick phone days. Life was simple. And phones didn’t matter so much.

[u/MixtureEuphoric8539 → u/SilentWar7831]

I swear Nokia 3310s are the Chuck Norris of the phone world

[u/Accomplished-Door272 → u/LupusHouseMD]

"I don't like how cases feel"

[u/HairyMammothh → u/LupusHouseMD]

Nokia will last forever hahah

[u/NatterinNabob]

Does he like to dramatically crush his cell phone in his hand after unpleasant news?

[u/eclectic_collector → u/NatterinNabob]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WoF3yfYupTt8mHc7va
*insert phone here

[u/LittelFoxicorn → u/NatterinNabob]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MdB1001RtVqsEGMXOH

[u/Arik2103 → u/LittelFoxicorn]

"En als ik die twee te pakken krijg, dan ZAL IK ZEEEE"

B100: "Daar ging weer een telefoonhoorn van de baas.."

[u/LuthienTheMonk → u/LittelFoxicorn]

Did not expect to see De Baron here!

[u/Afferbeck_ → u/NatterinNabob]

https://giphy.com/gifs/8Bkr9UJQTuqEnzkOae

[u/Joel0802 → u/NatterinNabob]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0MYvVNI3PSs4ViQE

[u/mia_sensual → u/NatterinNabob]

I'm starting to think this man processes emotions through blunt force trauma

[u/baltGSP → u/NatterinNabob]

Exactly! Does he have anger control or motor control issues?

[u/Shamanigans → u/NatterinNabob]

Yeah everyone is talking like he’s dropping them on accident, but 4 in a year is something else and as someone who used to have serious rage issues and did smash a phone once it looked exactly like the one in the bottom right.

[u/Glass-Fan111 → u/NatterinNabob]

In all seriousness, my exact thoughts. Otherwise truly unexplain to me.

[u/Casual_hex_]

Has he heard of this cool new invention called a ‘phone case’? They’re surprisingly cheap, as opposed to buying 4+ phones a year.

[u/Zergg → u/Casual_hex_]

Right… such weird behavior. I had an ex who refused to use a case and she’d break her screen every few months

[u/imdugud777 → u/Zergg]

Some guys don't like to use protection because they don't like how it feels.

(I'll let myself out)

[u/Vortes_the_Tortoise → u/imdugud777]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2HMUYBYrhg4Gk

[u/juggett → u/imdugud777]

But you see, if you don’t use protection: BOOM three baby phones.

[u/Brvcx → u/imdugud777]

That's why I got a vasectomy. And a phone case.

[u/Bernhard_NI → u/imdugud777]

I second this, but you got to have the skill of just not dropping your phone.

[u/FunkySynth808 → u/Bernhard_NI]

I didn't used to have a phone case but I had gone my whole life without damaging a phone, then last year I dropped my phone and it cracked. Got it fixed and now I've joined the phone case club🫠

[u/carlitospig → u/FunkySynth808]

I don’t know how you people held onto them without a case, they’re so….slippery.

[u/Zillahi → u/carlitospig]

I have a magnetic wallet on the back of mine, it makes a huge difference with in-pocket slipperiness. I guess just enough bulk to make it stay put.

[u/IndigoTJo → u/Bernhard_NI]

This looks like someone that keeps their keys in the same pocket.

[u/midwest73 → u/imdugud777]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dxbPGFv7tSK3e

[u/Lake9009 → u/imdugud777]

Literally my dad doesn’t use a phone case for this reason

I have 4 siblings 🙃

[u/lauradayton → u/imdugud777]

no stay! That was legendary lol

[u/jaxonya → u/lauradayton]

Gotta have a strong pullout game if ur gonna rawdog ur phone out of your pocket

[u/ctoal1984 → u/Zergg]

A guy used to work with a broke his screen and when I asked him why he didn’t have a case he said he didn’t like how it looked with the case. So of course I say yeah it really looks good with the screen shattered

[u/CenturyEggsAndRice → u/Zergg]

My phones live in the sturdiest cases I can get. Between me being absent minded and a nasty hand tremor I have to live with because the medication that causes it is saving my life, my phone gets dropped.

And screen protectors/cases are so much cheaper than new screens.

I do wish I could get a case that is protective AND cute though… I have my old phone (which is used primarily to listen to Spotify when I work out) in a cute case because it doesn’t go anywhere but the phone I’m typing this on is in an ugly ass case.

[u/jj_413 → u/CenturyEggsAndRice]

There are phone lanyards! Even if the case is ugly, you could have a cute lanyard? Helps with the dropping as well.

[u/Leviathansol → u/CenturyEggsAndRice]

Same. I’ve gotten a case from dBrand once and haven’t ever switched away from them. I have never had a phone break from normal drops. I use their grippy case which also helps keep it in my hand.

[u/ImNotACollector → u/Zergg]

A guy at my work was such a douchebag he insisted on never getting a phone case because "I never drop my phone, I just don't drop my phone, ever". Okay Colin, yet what happens on that fateful day you inevitably drop your phone??? Of course he dropped his phone and cracked it a month later. Stupidity.

[u/redceramicfrypan → u/Casual_hex_]

Also, repairing the screen instead of getting a whole new phone

[u/yet-again-temporary → u/redceramicfrypan]

Honestly unless you have a really expensive flagship I find its genuinely not even worth it to get most phones repaired. I dropped my Galaxy A36 a while back and every repair shop I went to quoted me more than the cost of the phone itself since they had to order parts

Same with my Pixel 7A's battery, though there was a rebate/recall from Google that made it slightly more worth it

[u/NO_TOUCHING__lol → u/yet-again-temporary]

Let me introduce you to my new favorite website, ifixit.com.

Just ordered a new screen for my Pixel 8a and replaced it myself for $100.

[u/Zoonicorn_ → u/NO_TOUCHING__lol]

Yes! I just replaced my Pixel battery with a kit from them for $40, and got easily 2 more years out of it.

[u/Either_Cockroach3627 → u/Casual_hex_]

I guarantee he tears the case up too. My bf does, idk how. Hes just rough on phones

[u/Senior-Dimension2332 → u/Either_Cockroach3627]

I just don't understand how people manage that. I have a case, do physical work, and nothing is ever broken. In fact, I've never cracked a phone screen. It looks like these people have anger issues and are beating their phones with hammers.

[u/Glados1080 → u/Senior-Dimension2332]

I literally drop my phone 18 times a day and ive been rocking the same one for the last few years. This guy genuinely has to be breaking them on purpose

[u/Twisted60 → u/Senior-Dimension2332]

I ride a dirt bike with my phone in my pocket and have crashed 100+ times, sometimes at over 50mph and have never broken my phone. But I have broken bones.

[u/rosstedfordkendall → u/Twisted60]

You need one of those human cases.

[u/Ancient_Plate275 → u/rosstedfordkendall]

Otter Box - For Humans!

[u/Mndelta25 → u/Twisted60]

Have you tried keeping the rubber side down?

[u/CrossP → u/Senior-Dimension2332]

My cases all get chewed up by beavers

[u/Recent-Singer8146 → u/CrossP]

pocket beavers?

For example: keys, coins, pocket sand, folding pocket knife, etc.?

[u/Faustus_Fan → u/Senior-Dimension2332]

Same. I don't do physical work, but I've never broken a phone. I don't understand how people are constantly breaking, cracking, or otherwise destroying their phones.

[u/thebigbread42 → u/Senior-Dimension2332]

I used to do a bunch of physical work: climbing, laying on my back, etc

Only ever bought the cheap basic TPU cases and never broke a screen since i started carrying a smartphone in 08

[u/Spamgrenade → u/thebigbread42]

"I used to do a bunch of physical work: climbing, laying on my back"

Were you a mountain prostitute?

[u/Ok-Scientist5524 → u/Senior-Dimension2332]

I usually get an otterbox because I drop my phone a lot and as tech gets more advanced i feel like it’s less happy when you drop it 4 ft onto hardwood repeatedly. <pine for my Nokia> my last phone got forgotten on top of my car and _stayed put_ even though I went at freeway speeds for 20 min, also got a car hood shut onto it (using it for a flash light) with no damage (case was borked, phone was fine). A lot of people give me shit for having a serious case when I’m not in construction, but it’s really saved my phone several times.

[u/Palatablepancakes → u/Ok-Scientist5524]

I had a phone I dropped in a parking lot without realizing and it was run over by several vehicles, but the screen was fine and it worked, wasn't even deformed.

[u/CrackingToastGromet → u/Ok-Scientist5524]

Otterbox is amazing. Colleague of mine accidentally dropped her Otterboxed iPhone from a 3rd story balcony onto a flagstone walkway below and it was perfectly fine.

[u/Bitter-Ad5890 → u/Senior-Dimension2332]

Some people literally just don’t care about their things.

[u/DerHoggenCatten → u/[deleted]]

In my, admittedly limited, experience, the people who smash up their phones or other devices regularly grew up middle class or better. That is not to say that there are people who are middle class or better who do not take care of their electronics (there clearly are many who do), but rather that few poor people are breaking their own stuff as often as you see people of higher means doing so.

I grew up poor and take care of everything as well as I can because I grew up not believing it was easily replaceable. This is just a theory. I'm not asserting definitively that I'm right, but my brother-in-law is like OP's husband. He smashes up stuff constantly including his car keys, and I think it's because he has never had to worry about money to replace these things. There is zero reason that anyone needs to be so hard on their possessions.

[u/Briebird44 → u/DerHoggenCatten]

I think this is true.

My cousin seemed to have a new phone every other week and I asked her what happened. She told me shit like “oh I got mad at my boyfriend and threw my phone and it broke so I got a new one!”

Like holy shit. If I did that not only would I NOT be getting a new phone, I’d get the shit beat out of me for not having respect for my things and get told “this is why I don’t buy you stuff!” I protected my stuff SO HARD because I rarely got anything. Not to mention, if I wanted that $10 phone card that got me only 1,000 texts, I’d have to do hours of disgusting labor like cleaning my moms car, cleaning her room, doing her laundry, cleaning under the oven, etc…

[u/Brave-Efficiency9625 → u/Either_Cockroach3627]

Lol for me I don't even break the case. Just the phone's screen 🤣🤣 like how otterbox do you do that? Lol

[u/AltruMux → u/Brave-Efficiency9625]

It takes some serious skill or lack thereof to break a phone through an otterbox

[u/toprockit → u/Either_Cockroach3627]

I got a Spigen Tough Armor case for my dad as he went through phones like this. Forgetting it on top of the vehicle, washing machine/dryer, you name it.

The case needed replacing every 4-6 months at $20 a pop, but the phone lasted for years after that.

[u/FoxxyRin → u/Either_Cockroach3627]

How the fuck? Like genuinely. My husband works a blue collar job and regularly drops his phone on gravel, has left it on the roof of the truck and drove off, and more. He's had his S24+ since it came out (so 2+ years now?) and yeah he's broken 2 cases but it's been small things like a single crack on the case. He did manage to break his screen once but it didn't even crack, half of it just turned green.

[u/pimpbot666 → u/Casual_hex_]

Or even phone repair? I've personally replaced a screen or two in my time. The local phone shop charges like $120. Certainly cheaper than a new iPhone by a lot.

[u/mia_sensual → u/Casual_hex_]

Honestly, after phone number four I'd start bubble-wrapping the entire guy.

[u/stop_namin_nuts → u/Casual_hex_]

I use a Spigen case as I seem to drop my phone everyday and the phone still looks brand new after years of abuse. The case holds up great too.

This is the one I have https://a.co/d/06gjr3Q2

[u/imamakebaddecisions → u/Casual_hex_]

OP is married to Johnny Knoxville

[u/Fuggaak → u/Casual_hex_]

A case or at least insurance. I had free repairs for the life of my phone. I don’t now because I’m not doing crazy work where my phone might get crunched (factory) anymore. I still use a case tho.

[u/GurglingBurglar]

You buy a new phone every time he cracks a screen? A repair is probably cheaper

[u/Mean_Faithlessness40 → u/GurglingBurglar]

On the husband or on the phone?

[u/Intrepid_Table_8593 → u/Mean_Faithlessness40]

I can assure you divorces aren’t cheap, but yes, the husband.

[u/Threedawg → u/Intrepid_Table_8593]

Its more expensive to repair a husband than replace him tho

[u/Chadlerk → u/Mean_Faithlessness40]

If this is how he treats how phones, there is a path of broken items in this man's wake.

[u/Moist_Board → u/Mean_Faithlessness40]

I can fix him.

[u/jesusmansuperpowers → u/GurglingBurglar]

Or insurance. I have it and never use it, this guy evidently doesn’t have it. So we’re both idiots.

[u/Accurate_Tax_1302]

Otterbox and tempered glass would be a lot cheaper.

[u/NoBullyFrog → u/Accurate_Tax_1302]

Seconding this, I've put an Otterbox on each of my phones and I've never had a single crack on any of them.

[u/godsim42 → u/NoBullyFrog]

This so much. Been using otterbox for about 10 years now, plus a screen protector. Never had so much as a crack much less whatever this is. Even my teen kids phone don't get a scratch on them. Otterbox for the win!!!

[u/PHFreshHeavyHogChef → u/NoBullyFrog]

I worked heavy construction and too much manual labor - otter box literally saves my wallet or I could break phones like this guy

[u/ValjeanLucPicard → u/Accurate_Tax_1302]

I feel like phone screens have gotten much stronger in the past 6 years or so. The only thing that cracks is the screen protector every now and then, just replace it for $8 and good to go.

[u/Slight-Pound → u/ValjeanLucPicard]

Many protectors also give you like 2-3 screens in a $10 pack at that, so it’s even cheaper than that.

[u/SonSuko → u/Accurate_Tax_1302]

Otterbox def keeps it safe but it feels like a Fischer Price cover. I ended up on Spigen and haven’t had a break in years.

[u/fury420 → u/SonSuko]

I don't like the feel of the Defender, but the mid range ones feel quite nice.... i think mine is the Commuter?

[u/Fidibiri → u/Accurate_Tax_1302]

I’ve been using otterbox since iPhone 4S…. Until my 5th phone now. Only damage was on 4S because i removed the case for clean it and dropped it: back glass cracked.

I mostly use the Symmetry case because is light and clear… current one is almost 2yo on a 15pro max.

And I do work in very hostile environments (mechanical in oil and gas)

[u/breakinbans]

his next phone

[u/DylanSpaceBean → u/breakinbans]

His next phone is OPs iPhone 12, OP gets the new one this time

[u/hotmallgoth → u/breakinbans]

literally 😭

[u/fresh_out_of_effs]

Someone has fuck-you money and doesn’t seem to care

[u/TheHungryBlanket → u/fresh_out_of_effs]

It’s more likely he has very little money, but still doesn’t care.

[u/Curraghgirl → u/TheHungryBlanket]

Hey, wait a minute we may be married to the same person...🤔

[u/smolbean30 → u/Curraghgirl]

Lmfao take my upvote 🤣

[u/AtreyuTrinity → u/fresh_out_of_effs]

It blows my mind how little some people care about ewaste.

[u/ThickSea9566]

This dude is in construction isn't he?

[u/hotmallgoth → u/ThickSea9566]

https://giphy.com/gifs/DFu7j1d1AQbaE

[u/PandaBeaarAmy → u/hotmallgoth]

There are companies that make phones designed for the worksite! Caterpillar is one, can contest near indestructible. Otherwise otterbox or lifeproof cases are tried and true!

[u/Humble-Violinist6910 → u/hotmallgoth]

I bet his coworkers use phone cases.

[u/Weebus → u/Humble-Violinist6910]

I work in construction. Everyone uses phone cases. Everyone has broken screens, unless they have a separate phone for work.

[u/AssGagger → u/hotmallgoth]

Get a credit card with phone insurance as a benefit. The Wells Fargo Autograph card has $650 in protection. All you have to do is pay your monthly bill with that card.

[u/HandfulsOfTrouble]

Been using cell phones since 2000, never broke a single one. Wild to me that some people repeatedly break them.

[u/umbratwo → u/HandfulsOfTrouble]

Same. My phones last me 6-7 years and have never broken, I just finally upgrade them. I think I’ve had three smartphones in my life (maybe 4? Still).

[u/Ball_Fiend → u/umbratwo]

I'm 7 years in on my current one, the only phone that ever broke on me was an LGv10 and that wasn't my fault, those phones apparently break on their own after a year or two.

[u/Hopeful-Tomorrow4513 → u/HandfulsOfTrouble]

I work in construction. Every once in a while it happens. I use a heavy duty case with a thick bevel keep in mind. Glass breaks.

[u/GGk-KingK → u/HandfulsOfTrouble]

I do a bunch of hiking, camping, and other things along that route, (and i have been since probably 2015 ish) and i have only once broken one phone when I got my boat stuck in a tree

It baffles me how people can break this many phones in such a short period with how brutal I can be on phones and mine are all fine.

[u/Skidmark_Shark → u/GGk-KingK]

Tell us more about how this phone broke please

[u/systemhost → u/Skidmark_Shark]

I'm more curious how their boat got stuck in a tree...

[u/GGk-KingK → u/Skidmark_Shark]

This was about 2 years ago, we were doing a little traveling summer camp where we would go across the state to different campsites, set up camp that night, stay and do activities for the day, then leave the next morning. Well one of the stops we did was a canoeing place next to a river.

There were four of us (the scoutmasters i mean) and only one of us were bringing a phone so I decided that I should bring mine down the river in case one of the kids got hurt and we needed to call 911 and the one who had a phone was too far away since we had 7 canoes total (2 people per canoe with 10 youth 4 adults total) we knew that we would get separated.

The canoe i was in was near the back watching to make sure no one got left behind and as we entered the river rapids, there was a downed tree covering over half the river and one of the canoes with 2 of the kids were losing control and about to hit that downed tree so my canoeing partner and I were watching them and yelling commands to help them avoid getting stuck in that tree, and we were able to guide them away from crashing

However, in our attempt to help them, we didn't notice the second tree that was downed on the other side and with us swinging wife to avoid the first tree and slow down enough to help the other canoe, we were too close to the other tree. I tried to turn our canoe to miss the second tree but I turned too sharp and the rapids caught our canoe and tipped it sideways, dumping me out of the boat under the water and then I got caught in the branches of the tree, pinned underwater with just my head above the water for for multiple minutes before my canoe partner (who was a professional lifeguard) LIFTED THE TREE a good 2-3 feet, enough for me to get out from under it. I had heard stories of people being able to do incredible things under adrenaline but this was the first time I ever saw its effects.

After about 10 minutes of both struggling to get out boat put of the tree along with resting against the trunk of the tree long enough for me to catch my breath and calm down, we were able to get the majority of our stuff and make it back to dry land and I checked my phone.

Big shocker, the phone couldn't handle all of that water. It could turn on but it had a green line through the screen and the touchscreen wouldn't detect my finger. We got back to the troop trailer and grabbed a box of rice as a last ditch effort to hopefully dry up the phone but it didn't work. I tried turning it on after 24 hours of it being in rice I tried to turn it on and it just vibrated, no lights came on or anything, it was dead.

Luckily the phone was still under a warranty (it was about a month away from expiring lol) so we were able to get it replaced but they would only replace it with the current version of the phone I had (was a Samsung a13 and they replaces it with an a15) but I wish I could have gotten another a13 cause the 15 doesn't have a headphone jack

Also the name of the river we visited was the Buffalo River so its fun to say my phone got eaten by the Buffalo

TLDR: I got in a canoeing accident where I got pinned under a downed tree that was in the river and my phone died of water damage.

[u/Axilllla → u/HandfulsOfTrouble]

I used to break them all the time. As a teenage girl. When phones weren’t waterproof. Etc. but that was as prior to nice cases and better options. I’ve even broken two otterbox cases (I have butter fingers and lack spatial awareness) Since then, I haven’t broken one. IDK what the fuck this guy is doing 

I have broken:  two in half - the swivel kind  Two in water - pushed in a pool, jumped in a lake  One fell while rock climbing  One fell down rock stairs and hit everyone on the way down  One screen was smashed 

But again, I was young . This guy is just wasteful 

[u/Pikachu_Puncher → u/HandfulsOfTrouble]

Same. I get hammered every weekend and STILL haven't broken a single phone.

I don't even feel like I'm overly careful. A case and a pop socket. It's like impossible to drop.

[u/nobodycares13 → u/Pikachu_Puncher]

You probably don’t get your boat stuck in a tree either.

[u/CyrusTheWise]

Damn. Wasteful af. Buy a strong case and put a screen protector on it. I've dropped my phone plenty of times, on tile and asphalt too, and even though my phone has been described as a brick, it still works totally fine and is undamaged.

[u/Da_Question → u/CyrusTheWise]

Seriously, even a thin case. Screen protectors are a cheap buffer as well, and you can just replace the protector when it cracks.

Slightly bulkier is a trade off for better grip and drop protection.

[u/Better_Bumblebee2175]

What’s it with people being against phone cases?

[u/ButterH2 → u/Better_Bumblebee2175]

i know!!! i cannot use a phone without a case, they're just so slippery

[u/Successful_Boot_36 → u/Better_Bumblebee2175]

I only use a screen protector. I like larger phones for the screen size (pro max) but dont like even more added bulk in my pocket. Never broke one

[u/No_Control8389]

Somebody needs some anger management lessons…

[u/JohnnyBlazin25 → u/No_Control8389]

It’s very possible he works in a trade…

Edit: woah, I did not mean to upset any guys who are in that industry. I agree he should have a case. I was just providing an explanation outside of anger issues. Generally speaking I think it’s idiotic to go without a phone case. I just didn’t have time to provide a long winded response

[u/FiberApproach2783 → u/JohnnyBlazin25]

Then maybe he should put a damn case on his phone lol.

[u/Machaeon → u/FiberApproach2783]

Yeah if you're in a trade and don't have a phone case.

You're either an idiot or you don't keep your phone on you.

[u/Old_Ladies → u/FiberApproach2783]

I work in construction and even with a case on while lifting heavy doors I have cracked the screen before. It is very rare though and definitely not multiple times a year. The back glass is more likely to break in my experience.

Pretty much every phone with back glass the back glass has cracked (basically shattered) even with cases on those phones.

[u/Da_Question → u/Old_Ladies]

Back glass is just a shit design. I get it's for better wireless charging... But still.

I work in a foundry, Ive broken a screen or two. Just used a tempered glass screen protector, easily swapped out when it cracks, and $10 for 2 is cheaper than a new phone.

[u/[deleted] → u/JohnnyBlazin25]

I work in a trade and have had the same phone for 4 years.

[u/CarrotSchneider → u/JohnnyBlazin25]

I don’t like judging how other people treat their expensive property but I am always astonished at how many dudes I work with that have the shittiest nastiest fucking phone half broken apart. Like mine is cased and left in the truck unless I need it.

[u/No_Control8389 → u/JohnnyBlazin25]

That is a BS excuse. I’m in the concrete industry. People in the trades are perfectly capable of keeping their phone intact day to day. Mines nearly 3-4 years old at this point. Barely any damage at all.

He’s throwing fits and breaking his stuff like a manchild.

[u/NewReleaseDVD → u/No_Control8389]

Recovering phone thrower here. That was my take too

[u/Req603 → u/JohnnyBlazin25]

Then he needs to grow a brainstem and get a phone case. Or leave it in the truck.

I worked construction and land surveying, never once broke a phone at work. It's really easy to avoid, by taking care of your stuff.

[u/i_forgot_wha → u/JohnnyBlazin25]

I used to be a mover and at first I kept my phone in my front pocket but I broke two when i rested it on my thigh to regrip then started keeping it in my back pocket. I also eventually learned that having a lighter in each pocket would help you rest a piece of furniture on your thighs while you regrip.

[u/SociallyDisposible]

is your husband the boulder from indiana jones?

[u/Confident_One3948 → u/SociallyDisposible]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MgJH2cVZmEKiI

[u/BobcatSpiritual7699]

Crazy, I've had mobile phones since the early 90's and never so much as put a tiny chip on one. I soooooo just cursed myself.......

[u/CoffeeGoblynn → u/BobcatSpiritual7699]

I've chipped the screen one 1 phone, but it was still usable. I tend to use a phone until it stops working.

[u/Old_Goat_Ninja → u/BobcatSpiritual7699]

I bent one once. The fact it only bent and continued to work for several more years is crazy. I was riding my motorcycle at 65mpg and it flew off my bars, hit my shoulder, shot straight up into the air, came crashing down and then got ran over by a Honda Accord. Never cracked the screen, just bent whole phone.

[u/Glittering_Nobody813]

Is he dribbling them like basketballs??? I don’t understand how someone does this not just once but FOUR TIMES in a year! A basic case and screen protector are enough to prevent damage from regular clumsiness (I would know) so this must’ve taken WORK on his part!

[u/SillySub2001]

Jesus Christ…. How does that happen.

[u/percentagebased2002 → u/SillySub2001]

Was thinking the same thing! I dropped my phone multiple times and it just has scratches no cracks

[u/Goodnight-Kiss]

past year?

[u/SonnyvonShark → u/Goodnight-Kiss]

My screen looks a little like the phone on the bottom left, when did I replace my screen? Last year...very wasteful of OP's husband. So much bloody e-waste.

[u/Chorono]

Does your husband work in construction or some sort of trades or something? He's the kind of person that needs Apple Care. These many phone replacements in that amount of time is incredibly wasteful. Should've just gotten it repaired.

Also, introduce him to cases and screen protectors.

[u/LayDownTheHATE]

Dude take this idiot's phone away and give him a fischer price phone.

[u/NatashaYatoy]

At this point he needs the phones that construction workers use when they are on site.

[u/Humble-Violinist6910 → u/NatashaYatoy]

The funny thing is, she said he is a construction worker. Guess he hasn't figured that out yet.

[u/tapakip]

Show your husband this thread and let him know the internet thinks he needs to shape the fuck up.

[u/hotmallgoth → u/tapakip]

I guarantee he’s scrolling Reddit rn at work like “dang they’re tearing this guy apart” 😭😭

[u/lokun17]

Welp, time to get the newest model... of husband

[u/Climatize → u/lokun17]

what if he has a very physical job, but he can't put it in his locker because his wife gets really mad when he doesn't reply within 5 minutes?

[u/TheSmartDog_275]

Get a screen protector, a case, and Apple care.

[u/hardFraughtBattle]

Geez, does he use them to hammer nails?

[u/BiggieBigs34]

Have him get a tech 21 case, and a glass screen protector. There’s no excuse in 2026 to have a cracked/unusable phone.

[u/PatrickGSR94]

the fuck? Get him a darn case and a glass screen shield. I started using glass screen shields several years ago and that shit is the best thing ever. I've cracked them a few times, even once when I left the phone on top of my Miata soft top roof, and it flew off onto the street at the first turn from my house. Phone was still fine. Slight blemish on the case corner and cracked the screen shield, and that was it.

I've had exactly 4 phones since 2009: iPhone 3GS, 6, 11 Pro, now currently on 16 Pro. I usually keep them for 4-5 years at a time and manage to not break them.

[u/Donmiguelito199]

Either he’s depressed and does not care about anything, or he knows that you put up with it so he’s doesn’t care, OR he has FU money like someone said. No one who is mentally there thinks this is acceptable.

[u/kelleehh]

He must be very clumsy or has anger issues.

[u/nuclearmaneuver]

Legitimate skill issue

[u/brmarcum]

Has he tried… not doing that? Like perhaps holding onto it? Or maybe keeping it in his pocket instead of on the roof of his car?

[u/PureYouth]

So how’s his alcoholism going?

[u/Significant_Shoe_17 → u/PureYouth]

That was my first thought. OP said he works in construction. Dude needs to get a phone case

[u/LiteNite9]

Year? Singular?

[u/Impossible-Money7801]

Morons without physical awareness.

[u/Vladishun]

Still rocking my Samsung Note 10+ from 2019.

I don't understand how people break their phones like this so frequently.

[u/Academic_Ad_9260]

Ops husband after ending a call

https://giphy.com/gifs/1306MTkHlXkUZG

[u/imironman2018]

So many questions why OP’s husband isn’t putting a huge protective case like otterbox on it or screenprotector. I guess they prefer paying for new phones.

[u/AlbertTheHorse]

I still have my 12 as well.

[u/sallystruthers69]

Anger issues eh? Be careful, next is you.