A Case for the Case: The Slippery iPhone 13

[Mark Stone]

The iPhone 13 is a very, very sturdy phone, and I’ve played with the idea (from time to time) of going case free. But there’s one thing: The glass backed Eye Phones (my current 13 and my old 8 Plus) are **slippery** when you put them on the arm of the chair or on yer lap, and they always start to slide off. Drives a person crazy! So I’ve been keeping a case on the 13 just because it likes to ski down the mountain. It’s like an ice cube. Am I alone?

I had an aluminum-backed Eye Phone SE (2016 - the good one) and I currently have an aluminum back iPad Air and neither one of them slip & slide.

 

[DaveOZ]

Just put a skin on it.

 

[Motionblurrr]

Try an aramid fiber case like Pitaka. About the thinnest you can go without it being a skin, it's very tough for the thinness because of the aramid fiber and it has that soft touch coating that won't make it slip around like a caseless phone.

Basically, if you don't drop your smartphones a lot, it would be VERY worth it in terms of premium feel, looks and function and protection from scuffs and dings, get a Pitaka Air or MagEZ case

 

[myscrnnm]

I almost dropped my iPhone 12 on the ground at the T-Mobile store not even two minutes after getting it out of the box for the first time. Only got saved by being able to grab the cable before the phone hit the ground.🤦🏻‍♂️