I bought this phone for one of my teenage sons.  He loves the phone.  I was worried that the slide mechanism might be fragile but it has been very robust.  He goes on very long hikes and his phone bounces around in his pocket along with his keys, sand, and other debris.  The outside of the phone is scratced so much that most of the paint is gone to reveal the metal underneath.  The screen is badly scratched and looks terrible when the phone is turned off HOWEVER, when the phone is on, the screen is so bright that the scratches disappear! This phone has been severely abused about 10 months and yet it still functions perfectly!