So i've had an iPhone 4 for a while now and I immediately got a case for it for when I got it.  Well, I drop my phone a lot because I'm clumsy and my case finally shattered (phone's alright though, go case!).  Now my iPhone is without a case because I'm too lazy to get another and I've found something out the past week or two.

The iPhone 4 will slide off anything with even the slightest slant.

I swear, anytime I set my phone done anywhere that isn't perfectly level, the iPhone just slides right off it.  I have these cloth ottomans at home that have a little bit of a slant due to age, and my iPhone always zips right off them even if I put them in the middle.  I even have a wooden end table that is slightly slanted and wobbly and my phone flies right off that too!

It's trying to break itself, so that you must buy a new one.

PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE FTW

It's a design feature by Apple, just like washing machine makers that design their machines to break after 2 years. Apple have made it too easy for the iPhone to fall off things, therefore breaking it and therefore you go out and buy a new one (or insurance company does, either way it's money in Apple's pocket).

That's why I bought my Android phone. Cheaper plastic keeps it put. FTW!

/facepalm at people who think Apple designed it to be intentionally slippery. The thing is made of metal and glass... of COURSE it's going to be slippery.