So you have a cracked iPhone. Carry it with pride | Emma Brockes

A prank video encouraging iPhone 7 users to drill a hole in their mobiles has gone viral this week. Suddenly my battered phone feels like a statement

Unlike the viral prank video, I have not drilled a hole into the bottom left-hand corner of my iPhone, but you wouldn't know that to look at it. The fascia, after being dropped on to hard concrete a few months ago, had a faint hairline crack across it, which after several more accidents spread outwards like the limbs on a tree until an entire chunk fell off, revealing the naked eye of the camera. Every time I look at it, it feels like staring into the face of a dystopian future.

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