A phone dropped from an amusement park ride roughly 3-4 stories high, this is the result

Trust me, Nokia is way better. I remember several years ago, me and some mates went to the school oval and played "peg the phone" with my Nokia. Probably we're able to throw it 7-8M into the air. We did that for over an hour. Then we went to the basketball courts and skimmed it over the concrete several times like you do with a rock on water.
Still worked. Only damage was one of the metal clips on the back that held the case on snapped. And about a year ago, I gave the same phone to my little sister (Not used it for like 3/4 years) she plugged it in and turned it on and it worked! (I gave it to my sister as a little joke, thinking it wouldn't work.)

But I'm over here with a shattered Nokia because it fell out of my back pocket onto bricks...

Does yours say 'made in china' on the back? Cause that is likely your problem.

What kind of phone?

HTC One. I'm using it right now.

W O W I have new respect for my HTC one

Fuck HTC I have one it cracked like a little bitch and all I did was fall with it in my hand and it flew!

The iPhone 3 was good. I dropped it at least 100 times and it never broke. And the original iPod touch was good. I still Have mine, but I dropped it a month ago and crashed the screen bad.

I know a dude who cracked three iPhones in one year

Well the iPhone I currently have is going to be the last one likely. I don't hold much faith for the newer versions.