The article has been updated to say front or back trouser pockets, I quote: "Even the most recent smartphones are not designed to be put in trouser pockets - f

The article has been updated to say front or back trouser pockets, I quote: "Even the most recent smartphones are not designed to be put in trouser pockets - front or back - where they are going to be under the most chassis strain. And this just illustrates the fact that the public's desire for manufacturers to strive for ever thinner and lighter devices means that we are getting ever more fragile devices.