Study Finds iPhone Twice As Reliable As BlackBerry

An anonymous reader writes "As reported at TechCrunch, 'The iPhone is twice as reliable as the BlackBerry after one year of ownership, a new study by SquareTrade finds. SquareTrade, which sells extra warranties for cell phones and other devices, looked at the failure rates of 15,000 phones covered under its plans. The malfunction rate for iPhones after one year is 5.6 percent, compared to 11.2 percent for the BlackBerry and 16.2 percent for the Treo.' The full report (pdf) can be found at the SquareTrade site."

excuses

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm having a boring day, but am now looking forward to reading the excuses from the apple haters. bring on the comedy gold!

Re:Hrm

[boarder8925]

I wonder if this also takes into account how many iPhones are sent back to Apple for some type of repair. Seems like a poorly done study.

Exactly. This study's findings are applicable only to people who have SquareTrade warranties--but I'm sure diehard Apple fans will point to this study as more proof that the iPhone is the best thing since sliced shit.

(Disclaimer: I own a MacBook.)

Re:Who protects a Blackberry?

[jesser]

Yes, people generally do take good care of their iPhones. That's why Winnetka residents were outraged when an iPhone was left in a hot car for three hours [theonion.com].

Re:bias.

[Anonymous Coward]

the case is coming apart - bad glue?

That's not broken. You're one of the lucky ones who got one with a user replaceable battery!

Re:OMGITSSOOOOOSHINY

[Anonymous Coward]

My coworkers and I get our Blackberries through the firm, and you'd be surprised how many old-model Blackberries get dropped once the new models become available. "Only the partners have the new ones?" "Yeah. We're relying on attrition to wear down the associates' Blackberries." Next day. "I need a new Blackberry. I dropped mine."

I had a horrible accident with a Blackberry and a prototype mass driver at the lab. When my supervisor offered to have it repaired I handed him a Dust Buster and pointed to a smudge on the wall.

Re:A little help please...

[Anonymous Coward]

sobbing and pointing in my direction...

The problem is that you didn't invite her to finish you off.

Women are very sensitive to being sexually unfulfilling and they tend to pount and bitch whenever they catch a man masturbating.

Ladies, don't take it personally: we DO enjoy your sexual company, but until you can suck us off 3 times in a row before sex, burn through 3 condoms, then afterward give us residual suckings every half-hour until we fall asleep, men will fall back on their faithful standby Rosie Palms. We may not have 9-inch dicks but that dosen't mean we're going to sulk and bitch all damn night. Sheesh.

Re:OMGITSSOOOOOSHINY

[amiga500]

An executive at my employer recently had to have his Blackberry replaced after his wife threw it against a wall while they were on vacation.

Re:did the study only measure reliability?

[RuBLed]

That's the imperial measurement, the SI one is juvenile dog

Re: salaried work

[limaxray]

How is that any different than me saying 'you are paid to do a given job description'? Unless your job description is 'corporate servant' I fail to see how you could come to that conclusion. Obviously if your employer expects more of you than what you feel is worth your salary you can ask for a raise or quit.

Although if your job description is 'software developer' and a customer in Europe finds a show stopping bug at some inconvenient hour, it is perfectly reasonable for your employer to try to contact you at an inconvenient hour. You are paid to deliver a product - not just to be in the office from 9-5 - and the fact is the world doesn't stop at 5PM EST. This is the point I was replying to.

Contractors/hourly employees on the other hand, are paid to be in the office from 9-5.

And the last time I had to worry about 'write ups' or 'warnings' for being late or constraining my lunch time was when I flipped hamburgers at Wendys. None of my corporate jobs - salaried or contracted - have ever given two shits. If that is supposed to be a benefit of a salaried job then I'm either lucky or you've had douche bag employers.

Re:OMGITSSOOOOOSHINY

[JonDorian88]

See, if it had been an iPhone, she might have just left him for it.