Yes, you are a malcontent. You can buy a ton of iPhone battery cases and get exactly what you want. As for ruggedness of the device itself - the current devic

Yes, you are a malcontent. You can buy a ton of iPhone battery cases and get exactly what you want. As for ruggedness of the device itself - the current devices are way more solid than the first gen big screen devices. Most of them are even waterproof. If you don't want a big screen, you can buy some phones that will survive anything - check out phones by CAT.