Dropping your phone can cause hardware damage. Leaving it in the sun where it gets really hot can cause hardware damage. Sitting on your phone can cause hardw

Dropping your phone can cause hardware damage. Leaving it in the sun where it gets really hot can cause hardware damage. Sitting on your phone can cause hardware damage. Leaving headphones plugged in and in your pocket causes hardware damage (learned that firsthand). They still warranty all of that stuff, and they are far more likely to cause damage than the "this driver is so bad it actually fried my CPU" idea.