Nexus 4 slides off everything

When I first got my Nexus 4, it seemed like I would always find it on the ground instead of on a table or desk where I left it. It turns out that the glass is ridiculously slippery causing it to slide off just about everything that's not perfectly, exactly, 100% level. The other day I set it on my leg while I was sitting at my desk and a minute later it slid off and, sadly, cracked the back glass panel (it fell a whopping 1' 8" -- I happened to have a tape measure next to me when this happened). After that I decided to compare it to my 2 previous phones, a Galaxy S2 and a Galaxy Nexus, to see if it was actually way slipperier than the others, or if I was just being clumsy. I put all 3 phones side by side on my nightstand -- as you'll see, only the Nexus 4 slides off - this is why I kept finding my phone on the floor when I woke up in the morning. Note that I didn't do anything to my nightstand before this video, other than taking a bunch of junk off of it to make room.

[@ebbyterp2540]

Thank you for posting this! I thought I was insane. My Nexus 5 throws itself to the floor constantly!

[@narcotichobo]

This happened to me the day I got mine, LG and google both refused to replace it despite my insistence that it was a manufacturer defect causing it to slide of flat surfaces. Charged me $140 to fix it, LG customer support was the worst. Lo and behold a few months later all the newer nexus 4s came with little bumps on the back around the outside edge to prevent that from happening.

[@ZorgeRihard]

Wanted to show this N4 effect to friends, nobody believed.

[@snursmumrik]

it's alive!!!