[CodeGlitch]

My observation is slightly different: Phones made from metal (ie iPhones and high-end androids) tend to be the ones with shattered screens. My cheap plastic phones will bend and bounce when I drop them, as in the energy of the drop doesn't go into the screen.

[captainmuon]

Yes, you're probably right. I've had two all-glass or glass with metal trim phones break from a very small height (falling out of my pocket on a small stool). There is no where for the energy to go. I wonder if there is a way to put a crumple zone into the phone?

The hardened glass by itself is probably fine.