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[Gareth France <gareth.france@xxxxxxxxx>]

Until recently I prided myself on being the only person in the universe 
who doesn't own a smashed phone. Unfortunately my BQ let me down a few 
months back and now has a minor crack in the cover glass in an area that 
doesn't matter, where you can barely see it.

Being a parent with a rather difficult 2 year old (I believe that comes 
as standard at this age) there are moments when dealing with him 
eclipses the normal common sense behaviours we all adopt. A perfect 
example was when I was putting him in his car seat earlier in the week 
and he was refusing. I needed to put my phone down so it ended up on the 
car roof. Strapping him in took a while as he is DAMN strong and once 
done the phone got forgotten about.

I drove off and realised my mistake pretty much right away. Pulled over, 
no phone, drove back checked the area on foot, no phone. Driving back to 
where I pulled over I found the phone laid in the road a full 5 inches 
away from its cover. To my amazement the phone suffered no damage at all 
from this incident.

I have noticed in the past when dropped the phone breaks apart down the 
seam, almost like a crumple zone in a car. All you have to do is clip it 
back together and all is good. These little BQs do seem to perform well 
above their price point when it comes to taking a bashing.