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drivebyacct2 on Dec 22, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Designing 'X Phone' to Rival Apple, Samsung

> Cheap plastic won't do.

I have never doubted that my Android phones are tougher than iPhones. I drop my Galaxy Nexus constantly on concrete without issue. Every single one of my family members has broken an iPhone screen in the last year, year and a half.

pretoriusB on Dec 22, 2012 [–]

It's the feel, not the toughness when people constantly drop them.

That said, the glass back panel on iPhone 4 was easy to break. The solid metal iPhone 5 not so much.

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