# Android/iPhone families

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-iphone-families/658694>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 18, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-iphone-families/658694 "2013-05-18T19:42:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-iphone-families/658694/21 "2013-05-24T01:11:09Z")

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> [@jz78817](#):
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> Yes, the iPhone uses Gorilla Glass, but it’s still fragile. glass is glass. Gorilla Glass is basically surface hardened glass that is extraordinarily resistant to scratches and nicks (at least as far as glass goes) but it’s still pretty much as brittle as any other glass. A sharp impact will still shatter the screen/back.

I think you mean “a sharp impact could shatter the screen/back.” But a sharp impact has the potential to damage any hand held electronic device, so might as well have an unblemished screen till that happens.

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