NEW YORK — We've all been there. You get a case of the dropsies, and your phone's screen looks like a windshield that just emerged from a three-car pileup. Cracked screens have become a fact of life.

"There's a fundamental flaw in the design of smartphones and that's that they have a large piece of glass on the front of them," Jason Wojack, Motorola vice president of engineering, product ...

Much can be said about Lenovo's follow-up to last year's fairly impressive Moto Z Force, and not all those things sound optimistic. While keen to highlight its high points — the shatterproof screen, ...

The video makes you cringe. Watching someone drop a smartphone from 6 feet with the screen side down, is enough to make you hold your breath. But when the phone is dropped by the President of Motorola ...

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Motorola raised the bar for smartphone OEMs when it released the Droid Turbo 2. A shatterproof screen on a smartphone. Sure, that “shatterproof” claim comes with a hefty disclaimer – “normal use” and ...

Smartphones like the iPhone 5S and Samsung Galaxy S4 are beautifully designed pieces of hardware. Problem is, the glass screens on these devices are highly susceptible to breaks, cracks, and scratches ...

I’ve dropped my smartphones more times than I can count. And every time one of them slips from my grasp and crashes to the cold, unforgiving ground, I immediately begin pleading with whatever higher ...

Congrats to Cesar Q. of Kansas City, Kan., for winning two SanDisk Wi-Fi mobile storage devices in last week's giveaway. Ever get the urge to take a hammer to your smartphone or tablet? This week's ...

Sure, the screen on your smartphone is likely scratch-resistant, but it still won't survive a drop to the sidewalk. However, that could all change if University of Akron scientists get their ...

Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Motorola and Verizon have already ...

Motorola recently announced its new Droid Turbo 2 smartphone, and the company says the screen won't shatter. The Droid Turbo line, which is a Verizon exclusive, is normally known for a battery life ...