BrainBank: Shattered Edition

I don't know if this is necessarily inspiring so much as it's sad, but I chanced upon an article about one of those new iPhones shattering after a 'real world' drop and was vaguely amused. Is this symbolic of the fragility of gadgetry in our society, both physical and metaphorical? As each year passes and our devices fade into obscurity, perhaps it's a kindness to have something that is temporary in the physical sense so that it won't outlast its usefulness and spend the remainder of its days wasting away in a box in a closet.

Or maybe you shouldn't make a phone out of glass.