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Alan wrote:

>>I’m impressed that mobile phones have been engineered to take such
>>vicious abuse these days. It used to be a drop from six inches
>>would shatter the glass on my iPhone.
>>
>
>Funny how you tell a story about how (supposedly) robust Google
>phone, but when you talk about how a phone would break it's suddenly
>an iPhone you talk about...

You seem quite sensitive about nothing.

As far as smartphones, I have only had iPhones to compare to.  Except
for the Blackberry Storm I once had which was junk and I couldn't get
rid of fast enough.

Surely iPhones are more robust than they have been even three years ago.