WTF!! Is Gorilla Glass 2 in SGS3 that easy to break??? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...ss-2-display-suffers-the-consequences_id30627
"That Gorilla Glass is pretty tough is something we are well aware of. Smartphone manufacturers know that too, which is why they use it to protect their devices' displays against every day wear and tear. This year, the latest evolution of this scratch-resistant material, called Gorilla Glass 2, made it into consumer devices offering the same great level of protection despite being 20% thinner.
Yet Gorilla Glass 2 is not indestructible, as a Samsung Galaxy S III owner found out just recently. And he found it out the hard way, unfortunately, after his smartphone fell out of his pocket face-down. The result is well visible at the photo to the right – a photo, which nerds that are weak at heart might find quite disturbing.
So, even if your smartphone has a scratch-resistant display, you still need to handle it with care. Otherwise, you might end up being in the shoes of this unlucky Galaxy S III owner, who now has to spend $350 on repair fees in order to get the broken display fixed."
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it's a picture with no clear facts. who knows what really happened to this?
but I feel for the owner!

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winwiz said:
it's a picture with no clear facts. who knows what really happened to this?
but I feel for the owner!
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Yes, I never used any screenguard or case on my S2, but I think I will have to on S3.. Atleast for first couple of months..

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There's a difference between scratch resistant and shatter proof that people don't seem to get
Sent from my CM9 TouchPad

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Its pure luck. Ive seem gorilla glass phone slammed down hard onto gravel with no damage, others are dropped lightly and they shatter, it just depends on how it lands really. I scratched my Dell Streak dropping it onto a wood floor!

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Guys please, glass is still glass, even if it is made from Gorilla or something.

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My S2 dropped many times with screen facing ground and nothing happened.. It's pure look i assume..

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Yeah me to, my S2 has been dropped on a hard tiled floor, no marks at all.

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it depends on how it dropped..just dropping face down wont break easily [forget gorilla even reguler phones wont break]..
my guess is Impact is on edge

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Not cheap either, screen & digitizer are $259.00 on the bay.

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You can notice the impact on the bottom right but I think it may have bounced somewhere and fell even further. Anyway I really doubt this was a normal drop at all, I've seen a Nokia lumia 900 using a gorilla corning glass being used as a hammer and tortured with a nail and I just don't believe this story.

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The S2 has a tiny lip around the screen which absorbs shock into the casing, the S3 lacks this and the edges smooth outwards with the glass making any fall damage face front direct contact with the glass. Trading functionality for ergonomics.

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LMFAO! Yes of course it is! I thought the word "GLASS" gave it away. It's not a shock absorbing plastic...
Please people. This topic adds nothing new or isn't any kind of discovery.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

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this sounds very much like the thread about the pictures of GS3 vs. One X when nobody had the GS3 to play with and the alleged GS3 pictures all looked bad.
obviously there are people trying to deceive customers into not buying the galaxy s3, but it really only takes a quick look into the HTC one x forums here and the mass of threads with users complaining about s-off, performance, screen problems and many more

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v1rtu4l said:
this sounds very much like the thread about the pictures of GS3 vs. One X when nobody had the GS3 to play with and the alleged GS3 pictures all looked bad.
obviously there are people trying to deceive customers into not buying the galaxy s3, but it really only takes a quick look into the HTC one x forums here and the mass of threads with users complaining about s-off, performance, screen problems and many more
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It has nothing to do with HOX.. I am buying the S3 on the very first day..
But I just found this somewhere and wanted to share, that's it..

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The screen breaks quite bad. I don't think is a normal fall from waist level.
Sent from my Incredible S using XDA

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Not surprising at all. At the end of the day, its just glass, and all glass has a breaking point.

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Depends how you really landed it at the end. Thats why you should always buy a cheap case and it'll be safe
Btw, Gorilla Glass 2 is the same as Gorilla Glass '1' in strength, just thinner.

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What does this discovery tell us about? Be careful, it's not indestructible
Sad for the owner, he got it that early and breaks it immediately. It's like buying a supercar and bangs it through the next concrete after three curves...

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resistant doesn't mean tank-proof. Strange it has broken only fallen from the pocket.