I had an iphone 4 that the back glass shattered when dropping it with a case on, but I’ve used my iphone 12 for the last 6 years with no case and have dropped it plenty of times with no cracking at all.
Because if you can spend $1000 on a phone, you may as well do it quite often. And if you take something for $200…well, either you aren’t ready to change phones every year, or even if you are, you won’t bring much buck.
I don’t get why flagship phones are so easily damaged, but cheap ones aren’t.
Soft plastic is more compliant, while glass is brittle
I was more wondering why we can’t go back to those days.
A glass and metal sandwich looks and feels nicer, and I think plastic kinda has the stigma from being the choice for cheap bad quality items.
It’s what people want.
My last several phones have been Pixels, and I do not use a case… These things are actually surprisingly durable in my experience.
It just hasn’t been my experience that they’re in any way fragile or easily damaged
You can crack an iPhone if you think about dropping it.
I had an iphone 4 that the back glass shattered when dropping it with a case on, but I’ve used my iphone 12 for the last 6 years with no case and have dropped it plenty of times with no cracking at all.
Either you’re lucky or I’m unlucky.
Because if you can spend $1000 on a phone, you may as well do it quite often. And if you take something for $200…well, either you aren’t ready to change phones every year, or even if you are, you won’t bring much buck.