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Humans will break anything and everything that we use regardless of size shape or function just depends on how fast. Long as every piece is replaceable and repairable then it doesn't matter if it breaks
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
There's a constant race between inventors and the universe. Inventors are trying to create idiot proof devices, and the universe is creating better idiots.
The universe is winning.
Is dropping a smartphone from a standing height the work of an idiot? Sounds like something a smartphone designer might say, but I think OPs point is valid. Don't even get me started on cases. Eventually history will look at smartphone cases the way we look at plastic on furniture from the 50s.