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Re:Google Designing 'X Phone' to Rival Apple, Samsung by pretoriusB on Saturday December 22, 2012 @02:28AM (#4956061)
>It is shockingly simple to get at least near the level of Apple products: don't let your vendors ship crapware on the device.

Well, you also need to get the actual hardware on par. Cheap plastic won't do. Get the machining and the materials right.

Oh, and let the users UPGRADE between versions of Android. What the duck is up with that?

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Re:Google Designing 'X Phone' to Rival Apple, Samsung by drivebyacct2 on Saturday December 22, 2012 @02:42AM (#4956077)
> Cheap plastic won't do.

I have never doubted that my Android phones are tougher than iPhones. I drop my Galaxy Nexus constantly on concrete without issue. Every single one of my family members has broken an iPhone screen in the last year, year and a half.

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Re:Google Designing 'X Phone' to Rival Apple, Samsung by pretoriusB on Saturday December 22, 2012 @03:11AM (#4956119)
It's the feel, not the toughness when people constantly drop them.

That said, the glass back panel on iPhone 4 was easy to break. The solid metal iPhone 5 not so much.

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