Comments on: Motorola Droid Screen Protected By Gorilla Glass

By: Hootch Skootch

Hootch Skootch — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:54:03 +0000

Damn, What are you folks doing to your phones???? I’ve dropped my Droid countless times, once off a ladder 15 feet over a concrete driveway (see if I ever answer another of her pms… I mean “emergency” calls while I’m working), and nothing but a few scratches/gauges on the case!! Not until today, when I knelt down with the phone in my cargo pocket thus kneeling on the phone, did the screen crack, and the panel is fine just the glass. This phone’s durability is awesome compared to others, trust me I went through 5 phones in 8 months previous to this Droid, only after a solid 10 months of abuse did it finally break… and it still works!!! awesome I tell you!!

By: chuckles

chuckles — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:00:52 +0000

I guess I’ve been lucky! I’ve dropped my Droid on pavement 3 times, once thought I put it in my pocket after I stood up out of my car but I missed, once it was on my lap when I got out of my car and once it fell out of a belt pocket while I was cycling on the road going about 10mph. Each time the metal bezel around the screen got nicked up, all four corners are beat up. I have a tiny hairline fracture in the glass 1cm long near the ear speaker where it says “Motorola”. Each time the back opened and the battery came out but no impairment to funtionality! I also took my Droid camping last wee, I use the gps when hiking. It was in my pocket when I fell in a stream! I very quickly got up, pulled it out and dried it off. I opened the back, drying out the couple drops that had gotten in, then I shook and blew the water out of the metal speaker grill on the back. It was fine! Just the speaker seems a bit fuzzier sounding now. I think this device is amazing and more durable than I would have ever imagined! Sorry to all you folks out there who have been less fortunate, I’m being more careful but accidents do happen!

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:44:23 +0000

Woo Hoo…. Make a gorilla LCD. My Droid dropped out of it’s “protective case”, both front edge cover and phone separating from the full back case+clip. That “gorilla glass” held. The LCD didn’t… thanks for jack-squat “you damn dirty ape”. Lovely (intact) glass covering for a rainbow of lines amid black spider web.

By: Terrence

Terrence — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:11:53 +0000

Well I have been fortunate enough to have only ever dropped a phone once (my poor Treo. Fortunately I got a whole bunch of shells for it beforehand) but it seems to me people drop their phones a LOT! I got one of the Seidio cases for my Droid and it gives more grip without adding a lot of bulk. The phone never really struck me as shoddy (except maybe the keyboard. Looks like stickers, doesn’t it?).

By: Alycat

Alycat — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:44:33 +0000

Dropped my droid yesturday. slipped right out of my hand and fell on the concrete path at a college. Hit the upper left corner. the plastic case fell off and I have a fracture from the top left corner to the botten right. my mom wants me to deal withthe big crack and 2 other ones it made but I have another year and a half on my contract. This is why we get the insurance right? to cover stuff like this?

By: Jose

Jose — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:14:34 +0000

Just dropping the droid on the floor wouldn’t break the glass. I dropped mine 2 times, one time when I was running very fast and it dropped and I even stepped on it and nothing happened. That is a tough phone!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:25:49 +0000

Ha! same thing happened to my dad’s Droid. He dropped it in his truck and when he opened the door, it fell out on the cement and broke.

By: kitsune

kitsune — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:40:59 +0000

You all make my freaking brains HURT. The droids, all of them, are made out of gorrilla glass.. htc and motorola decided its the best stuff.. the only android phones not made with gorilla glass are the n1 (monoacid polycarbonate) and the evo.. (not sure.. Pyrex Screen Glass maybe?) Get it straight or ship out back to Never.Enroled.Retards (&) .Dumbasses. U!

By: Chev

Chev — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:37:40 +0000

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. That is obvious @ Atom_9

By: Atom_9

Atom_9 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:36:16 +0000

Motorola made a huge mistake by making a glass case, working in the glass industry for 10 years I can tell you this glass case is not a good idea. You can use this phone as a weapon this glass will break because it is not tempored and even tempored glass breaks in little peaces. the Glass case makes the phone very heavy and therefore this phone doesnt compete with the Evo.

By: jukt

jukt — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:45:36 +0000

It’s funny that if a Droid drops then it is cheaply made but even with all the broken iPhone screens they are still the best thing since sliced bread

By: emily

emily — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:18:15 +0000

I have had my droid 2 weeks I bought an otterbox for it the otterbox broke, after that I dropped my phone and the whole screen cracked not happy with otterbox or the droid phone it should be made better than that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Christian Colon

Christian Colon — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:58:27 +0000

Not much protection for the edge of the glass…

By: Me too

Me too — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:39:20 +0000

Started looking into my Droid and came across this article! Same thing happened to both my wife’s and my Droids! You can’t scratch the surface at all with a fingernail, but we both dropped outs within a week of each other. Now we use the cheap carrying cases … that seem to only hold for a month or two before the front part falls off. I might have to use Gorilla Glue to hold those on!

By: jack

jack — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:53:24 +0000

best buy’s insurance sucks…they have the option to send your droid out for service and will give you their crappiest phone as a temporary replacement for a $150 deposit.
one of the mobile moron’s at the Atwater Village best buy said i should just go to the verizon store since my phone was still under the 1 year warranty. luckily for me, the damage was in the inside and not apparent that it was from a drop…
best buyer beware!