--- title: Apple 8 iPhone Design Inspires Funny Memes About Glass description: Apple just announced its new iPhone model, but the internet is already raising some advance concerns about all the glass in its design. canonical: https://time.com/4938086/iphone-8-glass-break/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-12T19:04:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:10.797Z og:title: The Internet Is Terrified the New iPhone 8 Will Break og:description: All that "durable" glass is raising advance concerns og:url: https://time.com/4938086/iphone-8-glass-break/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt844151e451231fb1/6988dd740a4a2242b69cfdc8/iphone-8-x67.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: iphone-8-x67 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Terrified the New iPhone 8 Will Break twitter:description: All that "durable" glass is raising advance concerns twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt844151e451231fb1/6988dd740a4a2242b69cfdc8/iphone-8-x67.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Terrified the New iPhone 8 Will Break  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 12, 2017 7:04 PM UTC   by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 12, 2017 7:04 PM UTC Seconds after Apple unveiled its [next generation of iPhones](http://time.com/4938041/apple-iphone-8-plus-features/) at Tuesday’s big [Apple Event,](http://time.com/4932050/how-to-watch-apple-event-live/) the inevitable hot takes from tech fans started rolling in. One thing that sets the [new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus](http://time.com/4938041/apple-iphone-8-plus-features/) apart is the switch to a seamless glass panel on both the front _and_ back of the phone. (Technically, this is meant to assist in the new wireless charging functionality.) While aesthetically beautiful in its simplicity, the updated design element quickly lead some to shudder with fear. Anyone who’s dealt with a shattered iPhone screen can testify to the emotional spectrum a cracked screen can elicit, from annoyance, to despair, to irritation at the unavoidable replacement expense. While Apple noted that the new iPhones’ glass panels are reinforced by an internal steel structure to make them “the most durable glass ever in a smartphone,” not everyone bought in. Here’s how the Internet is mentally preparing for twice as much physical glass — and double the opportunity to break it. > [](https://twitter.com/SyleneD/status/907665291655643138) > [](https://twitter.com/Phil%5FLewis%5F/status/907665338472517634) > [](https://twitter.com/BammerJH/status/907669039606112263) > [](https://twitter.com/Callux/status/907664800930398209) > [](https://twitter.com/jamescharles/status/907665081810378753) > [](https://twitter.com/c%5Fgabby14/status/907665746754338816) > [](https://twitter.com/charysaur/status/907666429603991553) > [](https://twitter.com/xxlgc/status/907666651809767424) > [](https://twitter.com/MikeTheAverage/status/907666163898953730) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4938086/iphone-8-glass-break/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4938086/iphone-8-glass-break/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Terrified the New iPhone 8 Will Break","datePublished":"2017-09-12T19:04:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:10.797Z","description":"Apple just announced its new iPhone model, but the internet is already raising some advance concerns about all the glass in its design.","url":"https://time.com/4938086/iphone-8-glass-break/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Apple","Technology","viral","iPhone","iPhone 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt844151e451231fb1/6988dd740a4a2242b69cfdc8/iphone-8-x67.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt844151e451231fb1/6988dd740a4a2242b69cfdc8/iphone-8-x67.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iphone-8-x67","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4938086/iphone-8-glass-break/","name":"The Internet Is Terrified the New iPhone 8 Will Break"}}]}] ```