I’m shocked at the psychopath that just have their phones out naked in the wild. Mine go from the box right into the case. But once upon a time I accidentally dropped kicked my LG chocolate into the street so what the hell do I know.
Honestly even if I didn't care about damage, it's so thin it's hard to grip and use. It's also somewhat slippery so just doesn't seem as nice to operate when its naked.
lol yea but I’m also rather careless with my phone and drop it hard on the tile probably twice a day. No case, no screen protector. It has a MagSafe pop socket wallet but that’s it. All of small scratches are on the corners and likely wouldn’t exist for someone that is careful with their phone. I like that it’s lighter without a case, it feels better in my hand, and looks fantastic. I haven’t used a case in probably ten years and have had no cracked screens or damaged phones. That includes a pixel 9 pro… so yea, different strokes for different folks.
lol yea but I’m also rather careless with my phone and drop it hard on the tile probably twice a day. No case, no screen protector. It has a MagSafe pop socket wallet but that’s it.
Until that one time you drop it and it ends up landing on just the wrong surface, at just the right angle, cracking the screen.
That's how I learned my lesson like 10 years ago, since then they all go into a protective case with a screen protector.
Both of those even have extra utility; The case has a variable fold out stand, really handy if I want to watch something on the phone and not hold it.
The screen cover has privacy shading, that way people sitting next to me on the subway can't spy on my screen.
That's some nice extra utility in addition to my phones still looking factory new even after years of use.
I do use the privacy screen protectors but they ALWAYS break on me. I hate it so I stopped using them. I’ve been caseless for over ten years and haven’t had a screen break. I think I’ll be okay. Plus, cases aren’t free. It’s cheaper to just not use a case and I don’t like how bulky and weird they feel. It serves no purpose for me.
I don't drop kick my phone, but I still use a case with curved bumpers. Thick and curved edges over slim with sharp edges every time. I want my phones to be built like thicc latinas and not ozempic abuser. 🤐
Man after my own heart. I always look for the chunkiest case I can find. I wanna be able to drop it down the stairs into a street and watch it get run over without needing to worry.
I had a budget phone or whatever they're called since 2015. Phone itself is 40 bucks I think. I just upgraded in August to a new phone and I didnt even open that box until my case and screen protector arrived like 5 days after. I went through like 10 of those shifty phones and I'm protecting the hell out of this one.
i do have a naked phone, dropped it several times but in the last 5 years of usage i have only slightly scratched one corner and chipped a 0.5mm dent in the screen. some small scratches on the screen but not cracked at all. mi11i bought 5 years ago. running android 16 and i couldn't ask for more
I went through 16 generations of iPhone without a case or screen protector. I caved on my current phone after acknowledging I've only ever replaced my iPhone because i broke the screen in one way or another. Every single previous phone was replaced because of a cracked/shattered front screen or backplate.
Recently my Pixel 10 flew off the roof of my car because I hadn't realized it was on there at all (placed it there when lassoing my toddler), and while it stuck via magnet for awhile it eventually slid off.
Phone survived. Case scuffed, glass screen protectors on front and camera shattered.
No other damage and the phone works fine. Cases work wonders so it's wild people refuse to use them.
I just upgraded from the iPhone 11, I keep my phones until I HAVE to get a new one. It’s been in a case with a screen protector since I got it… it still looks new.
The way I look at it, I’d rather have some outer wear/damage and use the phone as intended than have to wrap an expensive item in rubber right away. The screens are really hard to break nowadays from my experience dropping my phone enough times.
Also I want to see the color I picked too which is silly but true.
Ahh a fellow "if I drop this, I instinctively try to catch it with my foot. But occasionally mistime it and punt it across the room/street, thus making it worse than if I just let it hit the floor"
In the day between ordering a new screen protector and receiving it and putting it on my phone, it fell out of my pocket and shattered. Protectors and cases, with all the 2FA shit these days replacing your phone is a massive PITA.
Io ho ucciso ai tempi il mio Galaxy S2 con un forte pugno sullo schermo (ero particolarmente arrabbiato dopo una chiamata…)
Il telefono è, appunto, morto. Si è spento e mai più riacceso…Il vetro però era assolutamente intatto🤷🏻♂️
TIL there are two meanings to drop kick, I only knew the one about jumping forward and then hitting someone in mid-air with both feets, I had to google drop kick because it seemed really weird in your context
I carried an iPhone for years without a case and most people had a similar reaction; that I was crazy for doing it. I somehow managed to not break any of them. As the screen size grew though, I started to become less comfortable.
I was far less careful after putting on a case, which I only realized in hindsight. Ended up shattering the screen from a short drop. Go figure! But I still stuck with the case.
The build quality of Apple’s hardware is something I still appreciate today and it makes me want to return to case less, but at the end of the day I know it’s just not worth it.
I have a pixel fold (i think it's the first gen) and every case I've tried for it has been pretty terrible, unfortunately. They either have a fake screen protector that gets scratched by a gentle breeze or the front plate shifts all the time and ends up breaking from that. Even the otterbox case was pretty bad for this. At like $30-$60 a case after trying like 5 cases it starts to feel like I'm getting scammed. At least phones are a lot more durable these days, and I've never cracked a screen. I'm pretty careful with my stuff. I would still prefer to have a case, but I'm tired of trying all the bad ones.
I recently broke my phone by dropping it on a tile floor. The already cracked screen just stopped working.
I had tried to get a cover for it a few years ago, but all the covers were for the other version of the same model, that was a sligthly different format and wouldn't fit on mine. I never found one that fit on mine. I probably could have managed to mcguyver something, but eventually, laziness got the better of me.
I have to admit, im.half psychopath, I use case but never screen protector..never broke my screen in my life and especially with iPhone, I never noticed Micro scratches even after 2 years
Im one of those psychopaths but I think of it differently... I dislike putting my phone in a cheap and bulky plastic case because i like to appreciate the design of the phone and the 'feel' of it as intended. I try not being on my phone all the time and taking care when i do take it out of my pocket. I buy used flagships, so I appreciate people like you who might buy new and protect the phone so its shiny when i buy it eventually. Once I eventually do damage a phone it is getting near obsolete (5 models or so behind).
Every time I have broken my phone a case did nothing it is always the screen gets hit face on.
Been almost two years without a case and going strong. I drop it less as well because it is lighter and smaller. I do have a dbrand skin on so the back has better grip
Phones have gotten so strong you really don't need one
This was exactly what I said. If I see a naked phone I think that this is either the least responsible person on earth or that's a mothafucka that's truly made it.
As someone who does that, I just never had cracks in my phone and the times I really trashed my phones, a case wouldn't have helped (e.g. I destroyed the last one by it falling out of my pocket at 30 km/h on a bicycle). And I am a person who drops their phone constantly (though nearly only when sitting).
I am never planning on reselling my phones, by the time I switch phones my old one is generally worth scrap. So as long as the screens doesn't break and the chassis doesn't dent like hell, I am okay with some wear&tear.
And my Pixel 10 is nearly a year old now and still looks basically brand new out of the box besides a few tiny defects.
I haven't had a case on an iphone for 6 years, my 17pro Max still looks brand new. Id say you are the psychopaths that cant keep their phones in decent condition. Also you are ruining the literal billions they spent on R&D getting this as thin as possible and you slap a $15 dollar case on it LOL. That is truly crazy behavior.
I have rawdogged my phone for over a year. She’s got some dents here and there for sure. I’ve dropped it on rocks, concrete, pavement etc numerous times. Screen is not cracked.
Never had my original first-generation iPhone in a case. Never dropped it or scratched it (and I still have it as a conversation piece). Maybe I was able to hold onto it because it was a small, one-handed device, as Steve Jobs intended.
Personally I would hate buying a phone of which I like the design and the material (not that it's the primary factor, but if I found it ugly I wouldn't have bought it) and then just never see it or hold it, plus it gets bulky with a case! I'm not even that careful with it, it's just a phone I don't care that much, but I almost never dropped it. It's either in my pocket or on a table I don't see how that could happen. Glass screen protector and naked phone all the way
I know now that I said this it will somehow fall catastrophically from the 7th floor or something wish me luck
Never had a phone case. Also never had a cracked screen or even a scratch. I honestly don't understand how so many people manage to scratch or crack their screens.
Same. I've had my current phone for years now with no case or screen protector, and I've had no issues at all. Granted, it was fairly cheap as phone prices go, so I'd probably be more paranoid about it if I paid $1000+, but I don't know why I would ever spend that much on a phone in the first place, so...
Yeah I haven't used a case in over 10 years now and people always ask me how I do it, but I always respond that it amazes me that no one has any trouble holding on to things without dropping them until it's their $1200 phone, like how are y'all just randomly dropping your phone so much that its an issue? I don't struggle to hold on to things
You get a flagship phone, slim, slick and with a nice material and finish, feels amazing in your hands and first thing you do is put it in the most cheap plastic cover making it a thick and cheap mess. You just trying to protect your ego get the f outta here.
I'm shocked that people buy phones that require a case, like mines have been fine without since forever. Also, why do people give so much of a fuck about a phone's design, if they put it into an ugly case immediately anyway?
Idk about your phone but my phones look flawless after 3 years using case and glass. I cant imagine an uncased phone looking flawless after 3 years, surely you have some minor scratches
Had mine for about 6 with no case and looks almost brand new besides the info sticker (Brain farting on the actual name)
I guess it depends on the person and the things carried in pockets/fabric type of the pockets.
I do however leave mine laying around on flat desks or the dash of cars a lot maybe that's why to.
I have a Galaxy Note 9 since 8 years, it was one of the flagship phones back then, it's still working fine, and I really had to look closely and reflect light on the surface to find like six barely visible micro-scratches.
I never used any phone case or screen protector.
The only issue I had happened this year, when somehow a side button fell off, and I could buy a replacement for cheap online.
You know there's an option to go with a less ugly case? Also, sure yours has been fine because you baby it but I'd bet money that the majority of people who own whichever model phone you have still use a case.
It's basically only those ugly ass rugged construction phones which don't get inherently designed for a case to be used.
I mean, I don't even buy that his phone is flawless. You can baby it all you want, it's still going to pick up minor scuffs after 3 years. Your pocket isn't a clean environment.
I use a case because all phones nowadays are annoyingly fucking big yet my hands are small -> the phones simply slip out of my hand sometimes, especially if it’s not in a case. I use a case and screen protector to protect the phone and a pop socket to have a better grip.
Those who use cases don't give a fuck about design. Those who give a fuck about design don't use cases. Those are two entirely separate circles on a venn diagram.
I keep mine in the case all the time, but if you think about it - what's the point of all those premium look and feel, if you constantly need to keep it in the armed case. I take it out sometime, it's pristine, and it's so fucking good without any of it. May be we should wear them without any protection until they get all dented and ugly, and then hide that ugliness with protection?
There is nothing more depressing than using a cover and a film on a smartphone, if I have to use it, I don't even buy the device to start a conversation.
The SmartPhone is sold by Apple without a cover and film, exactly because that's how it should last and be resistant.
And that's why none of the new devices surpasses the iPhone 15 Pro and its titanium, I've dropped it even on the asphalt and nothing happened, since then, I've been avoiding updating until Apple returns to titanium.
I never use a screen protector or case cause it just makes the phone feel like shit. My buddy always calls me a psychopath for it. I mean if I break my screen it’s only a $29 same day fix so I don’t see what the big deal is. In the last 3 years I’ve broken my phone screen once.
only gonna damage the outside casing though. I had an S20 until early this year and the back casing had mostly disintegrated but the phone works great.
Seriously. I put a dbrand case on my iPhone 14 Pro 4 years ago and the phone is still brand new, not a single scratch and I've dropped it more times than I can count.
My caseless phone I bought three years ago also looks brand new. It's not hard to just simply not drop things, you might have some sort of motor function disorder if you can't manage to hold basic objects without dropping them
Things can fall without being held. Things get knocked off of things. People have kids, people have pets. This is also the wildest humblebrag I have ever heard.
You mean you want a bunch of sand to make small speckle spots on the phone in the places the case and phone make contact...ask me how I know, Ive turned to no case psycho mode and am glad I did, its just life now
just bought a new phone (not apple) and would you believe it, it came with a case, not bundled by the supplier but in the actual phone box from the manufacturer! Some companies are actually learning!
But the only reason why I use a screen protector on iPhone 13+ is because I’ve a titanium pocket clip, and it will scratch if put in the same pocket. Similarly also for diamond eg. But if I did not have this money clip…
If you buy the protector and case in the Apple store and have them installed by Apple staff, any damage to your iPhone before receiving it is covered by the liability insurance of the Apple store. At least in Europe.
Sure, if you drop your phone, you should use a case. If you use it without a case, you shouldn’t drop it, and if you do you have to be okay with the chance of it cracking. That is NOT what is going on here at all.
The aluminum is so crazy soft that it’s getting dented and scuffed even with a case on. Some people use the phone without a case and DON’T drop it - they’re getting huge scratches and discoloration just from putting their phone down on a table, or having it slide a couple of inches. Unacceptable on a $1400 phone.
I haven't used an iPhone without an Otterbox in over a decade. Crazy to think about all the phones my friends have gone through from dropping them, cracking the screen, and otherwise damaging them from use, and my phones look brand new on the day I retire them for an upgrade. As long as their quality stays top notch as it has, it's one of the few companies I will go out of my way to recommend to others.
This just in, any metal will show damage from regular use. Any plastic will scratch. Most anodized metal will have wear. Short of making a phone out of diamond, it will show wear and damage with normal use.
it is not enough. i've been trying to scream louder than apple fanboy echo chamber for 2 years now, A CASE IS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS PHONE HOLD ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. AN ALUMINUM PHONE DOESNT BREAK BECAUSE OF DAMAGE, IT BENDS!!!! IT BENDS AND CRACKS THE SCREEN FROM INSIDE. ALUMINUM. IS. THE. WORST. and anyone who thinks its okay is a stupid consumer
Screen protectors are way softer and shittier than the glass on modern iPhones. It just makes them worse with no benefit unless you opt for a privacy screen
That changes the size of the phone. I don’t have a new phone but I haven’t used a case in a very long time and really wouldn’t want to now with how large phones have gotten.
Exactly. Especially with how thin phones have gotten, a good quality case doesn't even make it that unwieldy anymore. There is no excuse not to have a case.
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u/All_Usernames_Tooken 19d ago
Just put your phone in a case and a screen protector if you don’t want it to have a patina look