Yeah Apples glass was so strong, that's why there were so many of them broken as well. Please, give me a break. The back of the nexus only feels different from the front because it's not as solid behind it. The front has the display and all that behind it so it feels more solid than the back when you tap it, but if you've seen the tear down videos you'd know, the front glass is really no thicker.
Glass is glass and it can break, from any height depending on the angle, force, and impact point. The only reason the iPhone 4 and nexus 4 get so much attention is because it's the back. Front screens break every day too, you just don't see a big deal made about it everywhere with people freaking out calling them cheap. Because for some strange reason, people understand that it's glass and it breaks. But when it's on the back all of the sudden it's like "what? Why did it break!? I don't understand!" Seriously damn.
And p.s., I'm not defending it, I'm not a sheep. Metal would definitely been nice. I'm just saying people are making way too big of a deal about it.
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