@RaindropBebop: I too found that a bit of a stretch. I mean, I think Google hasn't been taking their "don't be evil" thing as seriously lately anyway but this investment really isn't any evidence of that

@OfficerMike: God I fucking love Calvin & Hobbes

"Handsome" and "dignified" were far from the first adjectives in my mind when I saw this thing

This has been going on for at least a month now.

I don't really get the breakthrough here. My sisters iPhone 3G has had a broken glass screen for a year now and the touchscreen functions perfectly.

lol there's got to be only like 10 people using it right now, me and some dude keep talking and then swiping and continuing our conversation when we get put together again. The chick in the promotional screenshot is sadly absent (actually, any chicks at all are sadly absent)

@DurfDiggler: No yellow screen issue. From what I've read I think that was probably a manufacturing kink that has probably since been worked out. Also I ordered from AT&T. I called them a couple days after the order and they said phones are typically going out in 5-7 business days if they're backordered

@abates25: Probably because you ordered 25 phones*. They want to keep you happy

@cruzer555: Wow I didn't know individual shipments were being tracked all the way from overseas. Mine started in Fort Worth TX. It would be much more frustrating to watch it slowly travel its way from Hong Kong so I feel for you

Mine was ordered 6/23, shipped Tuesday and got here yesterday. It was a welcome surprise considering I won't be living at that address by the original estimated ship date

@JustinSaneV2: Awesome dude thanks

Yeah. Massachusetts blows

Honestly it was a mistake for them to push ahead with these after unveiling WP7. There was no reason for their existence, they're just weak phones stuck in limbo between dumb and smartphones. The data plan requirement Verizon added didn't help

@Joe Dinicola: That's when I thought mine would ship since I looked at Apple's website (ordered from AT&T) and new orders weren't shipping until the 14th. I just wanted to make sure though. Oh well

What batch of orders is this second shipment from? I've got 4 that were ordered 6/23 that aren't shipped yet

@puzz: I think to be durable when exposed like the case of a phone is the carbon fiber needs to be covered in something like clear coat, which makes it actually pretty thick. I've seen some real carbon fiber iPhone cases and while I'm sure they're pretty light they make the phone look like a tank

@Fulgurite: Been there, done that. Well, traded my iPhone for a Nexus One. It was a pretty good phone but I went back to a 3GS

I agree with all of these points. The glass back was an especially terrible design choice, it makes me feel like if I put the phone down on my glass desk top just right (or wrong, however you want to put it) that the back will shatter. I'll see how I feel about it when mine arrives in a couple weeks, I might just sell…

@zjgz: Lol I dunno I always catch mine on my shoe, or at least break its fall. But yeah it was ridonkulous that it stopped working after the second drop

@zjgz: You don't stick your foot out under the phone? It barely takes any effort at all and will pretty much 100% guarantee your phone is fine. You don't have to throw yourself down to save it