'fraid it's 100% plausible.
I've had my current Moto smartphone for about 2 years, it's probably not indestructible but whatever Corning does with their "Gorilla Glass" touchscreen display material is pretty remarkable. It's had a rough life, been bumped around in bags and pockets and tossed in car cubbies and fumbled on the pavement many times. it's got a small hairline crack at the edge and one light scratch in the center after 2 years of that and still looks near mint.
Cost $50 new, something like a dual core 1 GHz processor. A remarkable value from the perspective of even 7 years ago