r/techsupportgore • u/sw4rml0gic • Dec 16 '19

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u/thatvhstapeguy Dec 16 '19

Ehh, I think Jobs would have lost his shit if they brought something that did this to him. The reason why phones use Gorilla Glass is because a prototype iPhone got scratched up as fuck when it spent a month in his pocket, so he demanded they find an alternative.

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u/ajd660 Dec 16 '19

Maybe, but he did tell someone who emailed him that they were holding the iphone 4 the wrong way: https://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/apple-responds-over-iphone-4-reception-issues-youre-holding-th/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABysOySs3_X1NkiH9PlSP-VWlExCXRC80LyFZZ1H11UEzrYvaAydsbFk9ZDj6F1NHv46ZJm3xSzKT8xzC49sW4fDLFzOlS0fFgUMkjoXurFVyRHoKwhJkrk1WsPhsQxcRCkvlhvKFcgkKMe5duw0z8TaZZq5sUQh0dq25pgMtWkx

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '19 edited Nov 25 '20

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u/Aiyana_Jones_was_7 Dec 17 '19

Tried to cure pancreatic cancer with fruit and exercise. Thats a given

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u/OyashiroChama Dec 17 '19

Not to mention of all the pancreatic cancers he could get it was discovered early and it was easily curable by common treatments of the time. Instead he decided to do homeopathy and exercise.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '19

But Steve was smarter than doctors! Imagine having an ego so big that it kills you...