I have honestly dropped this phone in the toilet TWICE! I cannot believe that I managed to blow dry it out both times with absolutley NO DAMAGE! ...not even on the watermark spot on the battery. (don't tell Sprint...)
Initially, I was a little bummed b/c the original battery wasn't holding a charge very well after only a few months but randomly and I mean RANDOMLY a nice guy at a Sprint store gave me a new battery no questions asked. (if you've ever been to a Sprint store, you KNOW this DOESN'T happen!) I try to avoid the store at all costs and I know I don't have to tell you why! aaarg!
So after the new battery the performance has been great. I drop the thing at least twice a day. I just launched it accross the parking lot yesterday by accident and I put it back together, no problem. Remarkable! I think I may have just gotten lucky with this one.
I have had the phone for 2 years now and I can't really think of giving it up even for a new "free" phone. My charger finally died or shorted out but I ordered a new one for 10 bucks online. Samsung has always been a good product. I've been with Sprint for 10 years now and even though the customer service often sucks and so do a lot of the phones, I have always been impressed with the durabilty of the Samsung. Sanyo is always a piece of crap. LG is highly questionable and I have never had a Blackberry or Motorola but I've never really heard anything bad about them.
I'm sticking with this little trooper for now! ...I don't know that it will take on another plunge into the toilet without protest but I'm going to run this puppy into the ground before I give it up for a new fancy QWERTY crapper I keep reading about.