Are sliding phones easy to break?

[SoftwareEng]

I break phones easily (with vengence ) but I'll try to be more careful if I buy a NICE one. Still, are the sliding phones like D900 Samsung easier to damage b/c the screen and some buttons aren't covered/protected? Dust and moisture gets in, etc...

first-hand experience preferable

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I don't have first hand experience, but I would think that if you got sand into it... the sliding action would be gritty... and abrasive... and bad...

 

[BrokenVisage]

Had my Sammy T-809 for almost half a year now and it still has a good slide to it, but yeah, don't get sand into it and you should be fine heh.

 

[jhayx7]

Good buddy of mine has one. He had an older model (dont know which one) and he liked it so much he got the D900. It can take a beating, while riding in the golf cart he went over a bridge and the phone jumped out of his pocket and hit the cartpath, only sufferd a small scratch. I like how you can slide it open with one hand, very handy.