I would wait. as for durability, I have a 5c and the plastic back is durable,but I already have a little tiny nick int he plastic back. not enough to be visible, but you can feel the wear on the plastic from dropping it not he kitchen floor a couple times. The nick on the side is rom a cat knocking it off my desk onto my power supply, so that time it hit steel and survived. I would take the I touch back to apple and complain, because overcharging the battery will definitely not deform the case, not to mention youc an not overcharge any of the new battery chemistries, because their charging systems are designed to prevent that. If they did not, the lithium batteries would literally explode. IF you did manage to overcharge the battery then it is definitely a factory defect int he product, and you should scream at apple.
Michael Thurman
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On Jul 28, 2014, at 2:58 PM, richard fiorello <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi;
> Never thought I'd consider this but the x y l and I are 
> considering an i-phone or two.  We've been playing with the 
> i-touch and although its by no means figured out it has 
> passibilities.  For some reason hers died which didn't make her 
> at all happy.  The screen and back separated at one end.  It was 
> suggested that she probably left it plugged in to long and 
> knowing her when the battery gets to 85pc it's time to plug the 
> thing in.
> I'm wondering what the story is with the i-phone 5 c? Apparently 
> the back is plastic but does anyone know how they hold up? Also 
> I've been told that an i-phone 6 is coming this fall.  Wonder if 
> it would be wise to wait? As for the 4 s versus the 5 the only 
> scrap of info I can offer is that a relative has the 4 s and for 
> some reason the audio is terrible.  Its probably an issue on her 
> end but that's been my experience.
> richard
> sent from my braille note