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Robust? No, just more shiny. iPhones have had tons of hardware problems I've never heard of Androids having.

I tried to be neutral, but c'mon, that's ridiculous. Given the vast array of Android hardware and price points, I refuse to believe there are "tons" of hardware problems unique to iPhones. I'd be surprised if the quantity is greater than one.

Have android phones ever had the problem of holding the phone blocking the signal, consistently failing power buttons, or that bending issue? I just can't remember any Android having a major hardware issue like that, not even the lower end ones. Nothing bad enough to get publicized like those 3 examples that happened with various iPhone models definitely.

Have iphones ever been banned by the FAA for explosion risk?

It was never an explosion risk, it was fire risk, they haven't been banned because they don't use latest batteries. That said, the lower end phones don't either.

The trade-off for the flagship phone in case of iPhone is battery life - it is noticeably shorter.

Well, other than Samsung's exploding phones, no other phones' flaws get mass publicity like the iPhone.

Definitely phones have had problems with reception depending on how they're held, as Apple pointed out at the time. There's little doubt the iPhone problem was worse, however. Discussion: http://gizmodo.com/5589336/apple-antennagate-and-why-its-tim...

I have no idea which iPhone had "consistently failing power buttons" but I have little doubt you can find other phones which have had problems with physical buttons.

Bendgate: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2015/04/04/bendgate-...

> Have android phones ever had the problem of holding the phone blocking the signal

Yes. http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-responds-youre-holding-it...

> consistently failing power buttons

Define consistently? This is a complaint I haven't heard of, and having had four separate iPhones generations for both myself and my wife I've never had a button fail. https://www.google.com/search?q=htc+power+button+failure https://www.google.com/search?q=lg+power+button+failure

> or that bending issue?

Yep. https://www.cnet.com/news/oh-no-samsungs-new-phone-bends-jus...

If you use the same iPhone or iPod Touch for a while, something in the power buttom at the top wears down and it stops popping upwards, and you have to press it in very hard to activate it. Happened to my iPod Touch back in the day and was apparently a common problem.

Can't reply to child, so posting here..

jimmaswell: are you joking? http://www.samsung.com/us/note7recall/

Edit: Apparently I should've refreshed first.

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