beware the dash

At christmas (about 4 months ago) my wife got me an awesome present. she got me a new phone. It's not one of those measley phones that just call people. NO, it's one of those wake up in the morning and serve you buttered toast kind of phones. it's a t-mobile dash. The thing functions great and has everything on it but the kitchen sink. Now mind you it's probably not as snazzy as one of those new fangled iPhones, but it does some really nice things. 1. it has a full qwerty keypad on it (which i love.. i have a hard time with those half keyboard things). it has bluetooth, camera (both video and still), it has wifi access, browser, can connect to your email, open attachments, full calendar, scheduling. It runs on windows mobile, the thing is plainly awesome.

Except for one thing. It breaks. A lot. In the 4 months that i've had the thing, the screen has broken twice. First time, about 2 months ago, I had no earthly idea how it broke. I looked at it before I got in my car and the screen was in perfect condition. when I got out of my car an hour later.. screen broken, and not a scratch on it! T-mobile however was great they sent a replacement, and I got it in 3 days, it was great..

Now again, this morning.. I turn it on and it has a cracked screen. I'm pretty sure how it happened, it was in my pocket and i bumped up against my desk. I think that was it. This thing is a featherweight.

So now i face a conundrum... this thing obviously can't take the stress of actually being a phone so do I replace the phone (or fix it) knowing that it'll probably get broken again or do i bite the bullet and get a completely different phone, one that can handle a bit of roughing up. My advice... stay away from the featherweight and go for something much more sturdy... sheesh...