iPhones feel more solid and nothing creeks and it has no removable back. It's built far better than any Android phone. It's not as durable okay, but I've never dropped a phone so that's not criteria I care about when phone shopping. My HTC's a plastic pile of sh*t that had gaps between the battery cover and phone the day I bought it. Samsung phones are a lot better built, but not up to Apple's quality. If you care about a phone that won't break when you drop it, get the Galaxy II.
And who are these people who abuse their cell phones? I guess durability would be important to people who abuse them, I'm just confused at how people are so reckless with a phone. It's in my pocket, it rings I take it out, when I'm done I put it back in my pocket. I don't think unless I go out of my way to try, I could even do anything abusive to my phone
And even then I don't think it wouldn't be easy to do any noticeable damage to it.
*shrug*
..but people seem to ignore the fact that build quality, when it comes to devices that will be meant for very specific purposes, is very much tied to use--for a cell phone, durability is high up there.
One may convince themselves that look is all important, but that is buying into mysticism. The iPod was built very well--well, it wouldn't shatter, and earlier versions did have the HDD IIRC, so you would get some serious issues if you dropped the thing enough. But for a device with nearly the same expected use and abuse, the iPod
far outclasses the iPhone.
Why are people so quick to ignore that? Most are going to bury that thing in a case, anyway, so you aren't really going to feel the "oo shiny glass and metal!"
You're going to feel a plastic or rubber case because, god forbid you drop it!
And a lot of people take their phones out and display them for varieties of reason. Go to a bar on any Sunday afternoon and observe the line of people with their phones out and on top of the bar as they feverishly check their fantasy team updates every 2 minutes or so.
People actually do some work on their phones, as well--some tasks done on the go, completing sales orders or whatever and your hands may be tied.
Accidents happen
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