With me, he has not an easy life either, I put in the pool less than 1m deep, I clean all the time (the touch screen is often dirty: p) When I opened it I immediately dropped on the floor, tiles, 1 meter tall: No scratch !!! it's now 1 year that I have and still no trace, it looks like it is new, the battery lasts 1 day intensive use: listening to music, gps, wifi. When it is used just phone and text message (by disabling all 3G features) it can take almost 3 days! What more? perfect for me!