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Originally Posted by SolRaven
I bought my first smart phone in July and I was only interested in the Android OS. I almost bought an HTC Incredible, but then bought a used Droid off contract to check it out first. I'm glad I did, because after network & OS comes quality. The fact that Motorola has built such sturdy phones is what sold me to buy theirs. I live in S. Florida where almost all the floors are tile, so durability was a must. My Droid X has a slight dent in one of the corners from dropping it. I'm not sure if a less sturdy phone would've survived the drop at all.
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Yes, Moto makes pretty sturdy kit. An old friend was an electrician, and he described one job where he and his partner were working at a nuclear plant, 300 feet up the side of a cooling tower. He managed to drop his Motorola radio, and watched it go bang, bang, bang down the stairway up the side of the tower till it hit the ground. He and his partner decided to just leave it there - they weren't about to climb down 300 feet and back up again to retrieve it. They simply finished what they were up there to do, and picked up the radio when they came back down. The antenna was bent in the fall, and had to be straightened with heavy pliers, but the radio still
worked fine when they turned it on.
Nice to hear the Droid is sturdy. I've had several PDAs fail the Drop Test(tm), and it's good to know the Droid probably won't.
Why was Android your preferred choice of smartphone OS?
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Dennis