[srk_hn]

That's really not a fair comparison. There are plenty of people who are elderly or dealing with disc injuries where they are prone to losing their grip or slipping a phone when moving about, picking it out of their pocket, etc.

While you may be in good health, it's important to remember not everyone is the same and some people are dealing with a variety of issues.

[pythonaut_16]

Parent comment seems more focused on the probability/distribution than in the reasons why.

The anecdote seems true from my experience as well; people tend to either break their phones often or very rarely/not at all. Of course it could be that you are far more likely to take notice of someone breaking their phone if it happens often.

[josephcsible]

A lot of perfectly healthy teens and twentysomethings break two phones a year.

[theshrike79]

I've seen WAY more school kids and teens with cracked screens than elderly people.