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by therobot24 2361 days ago
>> [2] I won't ever buy another Google phone -- I bought a Pixel 3a and it completely broke by dropping it 3 feet with a screen protector and highly protective case, due to the very cheap display tech they used.

I've got a 3a and haven't experienced this. My kid has dropped my phone everywhere (from the cart at the grocery, from his high chair, his car seat, etc.) - note the phone isn't playing anything, he just likes to hold it and pretend he's talking to 'oma' or 'gigi' - and I just have a cheap rubber cover. To each their own though.

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I have a 3A as well (I got as soon as it went on sale to replace my Pixel 1) and I'm embarrassed to admit that I drop it all the time but nothing has broken so far.
I'm really glad your phones haven't broken, and hope that mine was a QA issue. Incidentally, here's the video I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGA_NNR3kDs