The glass back is NOT very resilient. it slipped from my pocket in my pants, while sitting on the terrace, a ca. 40-50cm drop, and the glass back cracked.
This is the ONLY time I dropped it, so it’s not like one time too many.
I’m never buying a glass back phone ever again.
Glass is not premium, it’s a design flaw.
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The phone works fine, but I guess I can kiss the water resistance goodbye.
OOOF. That is rough. I agree, I don’t like the glass back. The blue one which had that ‘fake vegan leather’ does feel good, but I didn’t like the blue colour. But I think I will still prefer that OVER the glass back. As a matter of fact, come to think of it, my phone lives inside a case, and I almost never pop it out of the case.
I have used my phones without a cover since I got the LG G2 about 10 years ago. And for all those years it has been without incident. Although It has happened (rarely) that the phone slipped out of my pocket when getting out of the car. App the same drop height, and it was a non issue.
In hindsight I should have chosen the Vegan Leather, it may look worn after a year, but at least the water resistance would be mostly intact.
But another thing is, it probably wouldn’t even have slipped out of my pocket, the glass was simply too slippery, which is why it dropped out.
Now I have the sleeve on that came with the phone, and it clearly is much more safe in my pocket, because it’s not nearly as slippery.The sleeve that came with the phone… Urgh. I’m grateful that there is one, but it is kind of flimsy in a way. And yeah, I would also take the vegan leather in hindsight :/
Well, it’s not really a design flaw, on most devices it’s more of a design compromise for wireless charging.
it’s more of a design compromise for wireless charging.
Except the 13T doesn’t even have wireless charging, and even if it had not really, synthetics have zero problems with that, it’s way more durable and shock resistant, and protects the phone better, it’s also thinner and it weighs less.
So yes it’s fair to call it a design flaw IMO, compared to a quality synthetic, that is superior in every way.
Unfortunately the Xiaomi 13T and 13T Pro are not available with a quality synthetic, but only vegan leather as an alternative. And vegan leather is not very durable either.I had the LG G4 with real leather, and it looked very warn after about a year, and vegan leather is allegedly less durable than real leather.
On the LG G4 you could swap out the back, which you can’t on the 13T.