The Drop Factor

A long fall for a phone (taken with Glass) You can protect your smartphone six ways to Sunday, but at the end of the day, if you drop it just so, your fate is sealed. Gorilla Glass, TPU cases and sticky screen films ain't got nothing on physics. If you've explored your way to places breathtaking—the summit of a rocky hike up to a waterfall's source, say—odds are you're going to take the photo opp. And in that moment, on rough terrain, pulling that glass eye out of your cargo pants is a leap of faith. Glass solves this issue altogether—no fumbling in pockets, no interrupting your pace except to find your footing and steady a shot. Extra paranoid? Invest in some Croakies. Now, if only Glass played nice with Instagram...