1st one was in an accident. I was hit by a car on my motorcycle. Guy came across a median into my exit ramp and t-boned me. Sounds bad, I know, and I wasn't upset it was broke. Second one I was texting while my father was trying out his first wheelchair using the ramp. The wheelie bars on the back were set to high and it flipped over. I panicked to try and grab him, tossed the phone 3-4 feet onto a lazy boy while I moved towards him. Must have hit the harder part of the chair, like where your hip would be. Cracked the screen. Third one cracked in my pocket, don't know how. Nothing was in it, don't wear stupid tight pants. Just "normal" straight leg jeans. Somehow I stressed it and it popped. Last one was stupidity. Thought I slid it in my pocket, but I really slid the phone AND my button up in my pocket together if that makes sense? Adjusted my shirt cause it felt funny and it pulled the phone out, dropped it from pocket height, and killed the screen.
I hear what you are saying about expensive electronics, I'm usually pretty paranoid about my phones. Just been a few odd situations. I just remember doing much worse to my Droids and never killing the damn things. Hell, one time one of the droids.. maybe d1 or d2, fell out of my old jeep at 45mph, pretty sure it got run over by the rubber on the screen, and the damn thing was fine minus a lot of scratches to the case and a bent battery cover that cost $10. Sounds impossible, I know, but it happened. I'm not looking for something unbreakable, just something that isn't well known of being on the weaker side of the spectrum.
With that said, are there any cases that offer a decent level of drop protection without adding a whole bunch of bulk to the phone?