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Anybody done Drop Test on Note?

Just curious to know!

accidentally, from 2ft onto concrete with no case on. There is a slight scrath on the metal surround, other than that no damage at all.
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Thanks for the update. Your answer is some what helping me
I had a confuse as the size it too large!

Accidently from 2ft onto carpet with a gel case on - it was fine

Dropped it like 20 times on various surfaces (including concrete) already, w/o case. Got some minor scratches on the "metal" frame, but even that is only slightly visible. Other than that: works like a charm + no scratches in the display.

Well different people have had different experiences. I have never dropped the phone yet... (Touches Wood)
You might want to check out the following threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338544
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368385

Dropped it once or , twice .the plastic rim take done damage

Mahoro.san said:
Dropped it once or , twice .the plastic rim take done damage
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Been there, done that. Screen cracked. Didn't shatter though. Disappointed in the quality of Note. Charged US$100 to change the whole screen including the HD-SAMOLED.

Mahoro.san said:
Dropped it once or , twice .the plastic rim take done damage
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Same here. some scratches on the plastic rim

Bit of a shame it's ask plastic would have been move if the trim was metal to help protect it without a case.
I dropped it from like one foot, fell out of my pants got a mark on the trim, which I totally thought was metal.. Bit disappointed. First Samsung device, HTC definitely kick Samsungs arse in build quality/durability which is needed in a handset.
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no it cant be dropped . i droped it from 1 feet and got small scratches on the blue surrounding but thats all.

I must confess I have done the same involuntary experiment, same result. The fall was slowed by the headphone cable and the phone landed vertically and then falled on it's back. Result: scratches on the bottom metal and a very small one on plastic back. Screen intact.
thelestat said:
accidentally, from 2ft onto concrete with no case on. There is a slight scrath on the metal surround, other than that no damage at all.
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My kid disobeyed the Golden Rule of not touching my phone and dropped it from about 3 feet. Surprisingly, an angel swooped in and grabbed it, raised it where he can't reach and waited for me to retrieve it. Seriouly though, is there a way to get warranty on this phone? I bought it from eBay a week ago but it didn't give me an option to purchase a US warranty.
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deymayor said:
I bought it from eBay a week ago but it didn't give me an option to purchase a US warranty.
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I dropped mine today It was in my jeans pocket, and when i got out of the car, it dropped straight onto the concrete with no case on. I screamed when i saw that it dropped with the screen DOWN.
BUT, the screen didn't get ONE SINGLE scratch! The only thing that got a couple of scratches was the bezel. Nothing major, but i'm happily using the flip case now

Dropped it once from my bike at around 1m high. The silicone case took all the shock, so great investment
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Dropped from 1,5 m on CONCRETE !!!
Fortunately. the silicone case did it's job.
Not a single scratch. Phone untouched

I hate all of you right now Anybody want to switch phones with me?

Goonish said:
Bit of a shame it's ask plastic would have been move if the trim was metal to help protect it without a case.
I dropped it from like one foot, fell out of my pants got a mark on the trim, which I totally thought was metal.. Bit disappointed. First Samsung device, HTC definitely kick Samsungs arse in build quality/durability which is needed in a handset.
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Metal can get scratched specially aluminum when dropped on concrete or asphalt. Have you seen the latest HTC phones? They're all made out of plastic.
As long as there are no flexes in the chassis where it actually counts, i couldn't careless about the usage of plastic

ph00ny said:
Metal can get scratched specially aluminum when dropped on concrete or asphalt. Have you seen the latest HTC phones? They're all made out of plastic.
As long as there are no flexes in the chassis where it actually counts, i couldn't careless about the usage of plastic
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Metal makes the phone more stable and screen to easy to brake because on a fall the power from the drop goes to the screen without looking a strength front the metal bending or braking, my English isn't so good to explain more a static solution about the thema. Just check iphone cracking display because of it's metal body. And to answer your question, no I don't think you have space to put plastic between to absorb the fall. If a fellow with static experience and better English could explain them if this isn't enough.
Thank you
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Gorilla Glass 2 is awesome!

There have been so many posts about broken glass and mysterious breakage, etc. Because of this I feel it's only fair to have a thread where people can post close calls where the glass did not break.
Last night my phone feel off the top of a beauro onto cement! Was in my basement. When I heard it land I did not even want to pick it up because I was sure it was gone. I had just taken the case off to clean it after getting some dirty fingerprints on it. I had a flash back of reading all those broken glass threads.
I picked it up and I could not believe it! There is just a very small scratch that can barely be seen on the chrome bezel. The phone was laying on its face when I picked it up and was covered with dirt and sand. I was careful not to slide it at all and instead of wiping it I went into my garage and blew it off with the air compressor. I then cleaned it as I usually do with a lightly damp cloth, the ones you get for cleaning eye glasses.
I literally spent 15 minutes going over the glass and the entire phone under a bright light to look for damage and there is not a single scratch on the glass.
I am usually very careful but there have been a couple times I have had the phone in my pocket with keys and one time a metal flashlight even and still not even a small scratch on the glass.
I have had other phones and have had an iPod touch, other tablets without gorilla glass and all of them had very minor surface scratches that could be seen under light. This glass is durable and pretty awesome at stopping scratches.
I think one simple way any phone can be scratched though is either when cleaning or even using the phone with dirty hands. All it takes is some very small sand particles on your finger or on your even when you clean it. Make sire your hand are always clean and the screen too and you should have no problem with scratches. As for breakage, I have had 3 drops so far, 2 of them fairly bad drops so I guess it just depends on how it lands but overall I have found this phone very durable despite being made of glass.
Anyone else want to share?
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You were lucky......

donwhann said:
You were lucky......
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Lucky maybe once but 3 times... I have to believe the glass is pretty decent at least.
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Yep all luck.
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I have also dropped my phone twice and was surprised to see no shattered glass.
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EnIXmA said:
I have also dropped my phone twice and was surprised to see no shattered glass.
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I dropped mine twice on hard ground. I had a bumper though. People are just neglectful and unwilling to take responsibility for their own actions.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXR2iznbeg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Pretty respectable for a fully glass phone if you ask me
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Although the glass didn't break I think it's structure is somewhat damaged. In many drop test I have watched, it usually shatter at the third times.
Mine have dropped twice without damage to the glass but I think I better be careful from now on cause the third time may not be nice like the other two.
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jlear3 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXR2iznbeg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Pretty respectable for a fully glass phone if you ask me
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Yeah I saw that video a couple weeks ago and thought the same thing. For it to basically be an all glass phone it held up well. That was the main reason I decided to just use a bumper instead of a back covering case. I figured if it can hold up to the back and side drop like that, a bumper should be fine for me (I'm not rough on my devices).
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The front panel is mostly glass but the back is made out of plastic and covered in glass. What is amazing is if you take the phone apart you can see just how thin the rear glass is. Crazy thin!
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Out of curiosity, which bumper are you guys using? I am using the official bumper btw.

I had kept my phone for charging on a table(unfortunately close to the edge ) about 1m in height . 3 missed calls later it was on the floor(tiled floor) and I heard the sound when it fell down. It was on its back with the front facing up and I thought it had cracked for sure. Turned it around to see no damage at all no dents on the chrome too . all I had on the phone was the glass protector for the back that comes with the phone.
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... All the negative posts here about fragile glass are from Apple shills spreading FUD.
Every time a new nexus model arrives, there is a flood of suspiciously similar complaints threads that have no real bearing on reality. However it usually does the trick and achieves their aim.

I have dropped mine a couple of times from a couple of feet up and I have no serious damage to report.
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I was lucky too. I just got to my girl friends house and had my nex4 on top of my nex10. I had placed them on top of a table on a balcony in the second floor of her house. Her little sister came running and grabbed my nex10 and the nex4 that was on top flew away to the ground from the second floor. And absolutely nothing happened to it. Maybe cus it landed on grass. But still there where rocks that it could gotten really badly damaged.
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my phone also took a nice hit, the diztronic hard shell cracked right open. not a single scratch on the phone!

Wow!! Your n4 was mating with your n10 and took a drop from the second floor!! You are so lucky it landed on grass.
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I just dropped mine from chair height was sitting down it slid of my lap fell on tiles and cracked the front screen the screen no longer functions so sad' back to the gs3 .... I miss pure Google I miss my nexus 4 I'm waiting to see what this Motorola x phone is and if I don't like it I'll get another nexus 4. I'm happy you all had your ones survive but I'm shattered just like my screen, I'm going into the shower to curl up in a ball and cry.
Fml
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Dropped mine from about five feet onto marble. There is a 1/4" dent in the chrome bezel. Front and back glass still look new!
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i dropped mine down the stairs and onto a concrete floor and mine didn't break

CNET Torture Test

Call me impressed with the way they tortured this phone and the minor damage it occurred.
Watch Video HERE

Wow it's a beast phone samscum scum 4 would melt away

Makes you wonder how any of these phones will have broken screens. He threw it out of the RV with some force! Made me cringe! LOL!

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Makes you wonder how any of these phones will have broken screens. He threw it out of the RV with some force! Made me cringe! LOL!
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Ya I will be the lucky bastard to have the one that shatters from a 3 foot drop off the couch
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Holy Crap that is pretty darn amazing it still worked

Wow, thx for sharing. Cant believe the glass didnt break, a girl in my office dropped on the pavement about 4 feet and screen shatered...
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This is insane. Thanks for sharing

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Wow, thx for sharing. Cant believe the glass didnt break, a girl in my office dropped on the pavement about 4 feet and screen shatered...
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I don't think the girl's case is odd at all. If you look carefully at Cnet's phone after the drop test, you'll notice that the panel actually came off the phone because of the dent. The force of the drop was lost in the denting and separating. i.e. The cnet phone got lucky. Not saying the One isn't tough. (It is slippery, though )

Thing took it like a champ. Pretty sure an s4 wouldn't have survived, and would have melted to the grill after the screen was shattered and the plastic destroyed from the previous tests.

I don't think the One's screen *glass* is particularly special, just the latest flavor of gorilla glass, right? So it shouldn't fare any better or worse than an iphone or other GG covered screen. I saw a youtube drop-to-pavement test that showed a similar shattery aftermath for both those devices.

cracked screen

that was fast
24 hours, slipped out my hand when bent to tie my show, 2 feet off the ground it landed flat on the ground. Shattered.
I want to blame myself but this wasn't an epic slip, I guess there's a magic spot you dont want to hit if this thing falls but if its that easy I think alot of people are going to be doing the same.
Maybe someone at support is having a good day, doubtful. I can;t buy another one tho if it breaks so easily. I've never actually cracked a screen before.
it looks like a tall iphone now
FML

pootown said:
that was fast
24 hours, slipped out my hand when bent to tie my show, 2 feet off the ground it landed flat on the ground. Shattered.
I want to blame myself but this wasn't an epic slip, I guess there's a magic spot you dont want to hit if this thing falls but if its that easy I think alot of people are going to be doing the same.
Maybe someone at support is having a good day, doubtful. I can;t buy another one tho if it breaks so easily. I've never actually cracked a screen before.
it looks like a tall iphone now
FML
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my condolences. I know how it feels. I got mine today but my case is coming in next week. crossing my fingers to keep the damn thing safe till then

pootown said:
that was fast
24 hours, slipped out my hand when bent to tie my show, 2 feet off the ground it landed flat on the ground. Shattered.
I want to blame myself but ...
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I'll just stop you there. It's a smartphone. Without a case, if dropped, it will break. Period. I'm sorry for your situation but this is why cases are so widely used.

kaywalker23 said:
my condolences. I know how it feels. I got mine today but my case is coming in next week. crossing my fingers to keep the damn thing safe till then
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i have dropped my GS3 face down while riding a bicycle and it's fine. Then probably 20 times in a similar instance to just now all i have on that are some some scraches.
Trying to get in touch with LG see what they charge for screen replacement, a post on the LG G2 forum says $105 plys shipping.

pootown said:
i have dropped my GS3 face down while riding a bicycle and it's fine. Then probably 20 times in a similar instance to just now all i have on that are some some scraches.
Trying to get in touch with LG see what they charge for screen replacement, a post on the LG G2 forum says $105 plys shipping.
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If that's accurate that isn't too bad! I know when I cracked my Galaxy Nexus screen last year I just called Google and they sent me a new phone, charged me the full price of the phone, then when I returned my broken one they refunded all but $100. It was a damn good deal in my opinion. You might want to give that a try instead of dealing with LG.

No one to blame but yourself. That sucks though.
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Ive only dropped one phone in my life time, htc one x, and the first fall equaled shattered screen =(

I have done the same to gs3, nexus 4, HTC one (yes I am clumsy) they are all as brittle as each other. I just make sure I have insurance!
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Ouch. I cracked my Nexus 4 screen 3 times. Sent it o LG every time lol. The last time I sent it, they actually just fixed it for me for free, which was really nice of them.
Anyways, if it really no a $105, this isn't bad. It was around $150 to fix the N4 each time I cracked. The digitizer was literally right on the glass in the Nexus 4, so even the smallest chip could render the entire screen unusable. As was what happened to me.
Nexus 5 has Gorilla Glass 3. I really hope that makes a difference.
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Gorilla glass prevents scratching, not cracking.
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I usually run totally naked. I love the feel it. With anything on it just seems as if it is not necessary.
On that note, i have never dropped my phone.

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If that's accurate that isn't too bad! I know when I cracked my Galaxy Nexus screen last year I just called Google and they sent me a new phone, charged me the full price of the phone, then when I returned my broken one they refunded all but $100. It was a damn good deal in my opinion. You might want to give that a try instead of dealing with LG.
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I got google Nexus support on the phone and went the "come on do me a solid bro" route. The guy at google put me on the phone so I guess he asked someone, but he said he couldn't do anything. I'm on with LG now to find out the price. Maybe try google later and will get lucky.
LG says $40 - $100 depending on extent of damage. LG tech said the digitizer is attached to the screen and very hard to separate. But total turnaround time is 5-7 business days, from time they receive the phone, evaluate repair charges, confirm cost with me and do the work. That's impressive. I could probs sell the thing broken to some of the impatient fanboy nut jobs out there.

Had the nexus 4 for almost a year and dropped it a dozen times from various heights (even shoulder height, and 6' tall) and not crack. Then two weeks ago it fell off my chair about one foot and cracked the bottom of my screen and rendered part of it unresponsive. So it just depends on how it falls. It could fall a hundred times or just once.
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picture?

Oof, that's too bad! I'm trying very hard to baby mine so far, will be ordering a tempered glass screen protector and a case some time this week. I think the glass screen protector will be enough to prevent a cracked actual screen, so the case is just for situations where I'd want some extra protection (say, hiking, or going to a state fair, etc.). I used a tempered glass screen protector on my Galaxy Nexus for a long time, and it saved my actual screen twice (screen protector cracks, real screen underneath was fine). Best $30 I will ever spend on phone accessories.

Pic or it didn't happen.

I shattered the screen of an iPhone 4S that I dropped down a flight of stairs (on accident?) and ran over an EVO 4G with my car when it slipped out of my pocket getting in. In both incidents neither phone was in a case, and in both I absolutely was to blame. You stay calm and carry on, as the kids say.

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Pic or it didn't happen.
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you got me, im making this all up.

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you got me, im making this all up.
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You can tell his screen is cracked because his shift key doesn't work anymore.

The plastic they used on Nexus 5 is very very soft. I mean the bezel cannot provide any protection to the screen when it falls on the sides.

Nexus 5 durability report (After one month on)

Hi ppl,
So after one month using the white N5 as my daily driver, these are some of the wear n tears on my white N5. I'm using Korean Edge Bumber on and off as basic protection...
1. 2 ultrafine scratches on the Gorilla
Glass 3
2. Fine scratches on the glossy side
edges
3. Scratches on the LED Flash plastic
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All in all still quite satisfied with build provided you don't drop the N5, the screen will crack even when impact onto wooden floors...
Lets share n post your N5 condition after one month on...
Cheers people
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kensim781 said:
All in all still quite satisfied with build provided you don't drop the N5, the screen will crack even when impact onto wooden floors...
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get a proper case and it shouldn't
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY9Svj9fYVg

Enddo said:
get a proper case and it shouldn't
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY9Svj9fYVg
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Yup agreed...
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Yup agreed...
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sucks to hear about the scratches. do you have a lot of sand getting in your pocket?

metal chips to be exact, my job nature due with some machining and metal work hehe...
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After a month of use, the screen is still perfect. However, the back cover has already some dents which I can't explain. I had a feeling that this back wasn't so sensitive as other phones.
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I swear gorilla glas 2 is far better than 3

I baby my phone and use a screen protector on the front so it won't catch an STD. Always use protection folks
With all seriousness my phone is in mint condition. I'm very careful on how I put it down and pick it up. My right pocket is exclusively reserved for my phone and only my phone.
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I got my N5 for almost 3 months, like all my phones always naked no protection, checked every corner and not a single scratch. If you keep clean hands, watch where you put your phone on, there is unlikely anything to happen.
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3 months of having mine too and its perfect. The only defect is dust around the edges of the glass.
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lol... do you put your N5 in a condom hehehehe
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Dropped dozens of times with Diz case...only I know, looks perfect.
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Dropped dozens of times with Diz case...only I know, looks perfect.
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Exactly this.
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I also have 2 really faint scratches. Only can see it in extremely bright sunlight.
I had my s3 with gorilla glass2 I has no scratches at all with no screen protector.
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I've had mine for about two months, naked. A couple very fine scratches on the screen (nothing noticeable unless you're really looking). The case would have been perfect if I didn't drop it onto a paving stone sidewalk (waist height). So there's a small blemish on the top corner by the headphone jack. Otherwise, she's clean.

One small crack in the upper left corner, and one larger crack at the lower left corner. Phone has been in a ringke fusion and I honestly don't know how the cracks happened, phone was fine last time I looked at it and the next I pull it out of my pocket and had the two cracks (thought they were hairs caught in the case as first.) Never cracked or scratched the screens of any of my previous phones (Evo, Nexus S, GNex). Fortunately the cracks don't cross the screen so I'll deal with it till the price on replacement screens come down, just a shame since I had been thinking of selling it to get the Moto X.

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One small crack in the upper left corner, and one larger crack at the lower left corner. Phone has been in a ringke fusion and I honestly don't know how the cracks happened, phone was fine last time I looked at it and the next I pull it out of my pocket and had the two cracks (thought they were hairs caught in the case as first.) Never cracked or scratched the screens of any of my previous phones (Evo, Nexus S, GNex). Fortunately the cracks don't cross the screen so I'll deal with it till the price on replacement screens come down, just a shame since I had been thinking of selling it to get the Moto X.
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Yeah seems like gorilla glass 3 is less durable...
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