I dropped my Nokia E71 once. It had a leather pouch. But to use it, it was out of it, and I dropped it from my hands. Screen wasn't cracked. Minor scratch on aluminium. But some of the keys in qwerty row were broken, including the important 'e'. I sent my device in for repair. A month later I got it back. The problem was gone, but a couple of months later the very problem returned. With a mechanical keyboard, you can replace individial switches.
As I wrote elsewhere in this thread: two steps forward, one step back. Or: you win some, you lose some.
As I wrote elsewhere in this thread: two steps forward, one step back. Or: you win some, you lose some.