I'm personally pleasantly surprised with the resilience of the Sony. A couple weeks ago, mine flew out of my purse while I was getting out of a taxi. Landed pretty hard on the pavement a few feet away. I was afraid to turn it on and see what the screen looked like. No problems with the screen, although the bottom of the device where the usb port, headphone jack, and volume button had bent outward. Was able to get this back into shape and it's been working perfectly.
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