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Cases kill the experience

It sounds like something from The Onion:

Hip young man refuses to put case on his iPhone - Says it "kills the experience and negates the emotional context."
 
eyoungren said:
Again, you're right.

The iPhone is a tool. It's a beautiful tool though and I don't use cases because I like looking at it, not strictly because I am showing it off or care that anyone else is. If that makes me shallow, well I will own that then.

That said, because it is a tool and I don't sell my phones I am not concerned about "investment". I'm with my phones for 2.5 to 3 years and I want to enjoy the phone for that amount of time. If it means they get scratches or dents along the way, oh well.
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Ok, point taken... But do you still enjoy those phone as much with dents and scratches? I guess it just depends on how OCD you are, right. Well enjoy your phone, I enjoy mine very much as well, I like to keep them new looking otherwise they loose the appeal they once had and I have to get a new one if there are dents and scratches.
 
ToddH said:
Ok, point taken... But do you still enjoy those phone as much with dents and scratches? I guess it just depends on how OCD you are, right. Well enjoy your phone, I enjoy mine very much as well, I like to keep them new looking otherwise they loose the appeal they once had and I have to get a new one if there are dents and scratches.
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Well, dents and scratches are an entirely different argument.

I don't have OCD about that. In my mind I see it as general wear and tear and since it's my phone it's getting some "character" to it if you will.

Now deep dents, cracked glass, scratches that look like Wolverine was pawing the phone - no. I'd get it replaced at that point. But just general stuff, I'm ok with. It's mine, I know it's being used (tools should be used for what they are designed to do) and I get to enjoy having used it and knowing I used it.

Everyone is different, this is just my take on my situation.
 
The iPhone is designed to look good on display and in commercials. Everyone knows it looks good. But it won't be until they can make it less slippery, scratch proof, dent proof, shatter proof, water proof AND available in many colors that people will stop using cases. And even then some will keep using cases.
 
macduke said:
The iPhone is designed to look good on display and in commercials. Everyone knows it looks good. But it won't be until they can make it less slippery, scratch proof, dent proof, shatter proof, water proof AND available in many colors that people will stop using cases. And even then some will keep using cases.
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You forgot to include a belt clip on the back of that new iPhone. Not having a belt clip would be like having pants without pockets. I would have to buy a Fre to attach a clip.
 
Zord said:
A quote from the piece on Apple from 60 minutes:

Ive explained that zeroing in on a product's "emotional context" is a big part of Apple's development process—investing lots of time experimenting with materials, surfaces, textures, colors, shapes, to arrive at the right tactile experience. He showed the 10 prototypes for the iPhone 6 and 6s that had been made with their in-house machining tools, before landing on the two sizes that "felt right."

Seems a shame that we put cases on our iPhones when all this time is spent to make them feel right huh?

We kill them with plastic and blocky rubber cases.
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I agree to a degree. I can't stand huge thick cases but do want protection. I try and stick with very minimalist cases such as -

http://www.spigen.com/collections/iphone-6s-plus/products/iphone-6s-plus-case-capsule

http://www.spigen.com/collections/iphone-6s-plus/products/iphone-6s-plus-case-liquid-crystal
 
Zord said:
A quote from the piece on Apple from 60 minutes:

Ive explained that zeroing in on a product's "emotional context" is a big part of Apple's development process—investing lots of time experimenting with materials, surfaces, textures, colors, shapes, to arrive at the right tactile experience. He showed the 10 prototypes for the iPhone 6 and 6s that had been made with their in-house machining tools, before landing on the two sizes that "felt right."

Seems a shame that we put cases on our iPhones when all this time is spent to make them feel right huh?

We kill them with plastic and blocky rubber cases.
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The problem is that Apple (assuming Jony Ives) spends all this energy making it look so "wonderful" and "beautiful" and "the thinnest we've ever made", and nothing on the usability of the physical design. Ever single one of the iPhones since the 4 has been incredibly slippery and easy to drop, and also fairly easy to break if you drop them. In contrast, the one Android phone I've owned as a Galaxy S5. It has a much cheaper looking case but I never thought about putting it in a case because I dropped it numerous time and the plastic body has a little give so never showed any war scars from drops. It was also so much easier to grip with the textured surface. I wish Apple would get someone different in on their designs that cared about anything other than just how it looked. I would love it if it wasn't quite so beautiful and was much more practical to use in the daily grind without a case. An iPhone is a communications tool, not a piece of art... I don't think that Jony gets that.
 
John Mcgregor said:
What's the point in buying this nice phone and then making it a brick and hiding it in cases and screen protectors?
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Have you ever seen those sports car enthusiasts who own stunningly beautiful $120,00 Ferraris or Porsches? Yeah, they put a "bra" on the front end of their cars….. simply to prevent minor dings and scratches. It's kinda like that.
 
Zord said:
A quote from the piece on Apple from 60 minutes:

Ive explained that zeroing in on a product's "emotional context" is a big part of Apple's development process—investing lots of time experimenting with materials, surfaces, textures, colors, shapes, to arrive at the right tactile experience. He showed the 10 prototypes for the iPhone 6 and 6s that had been made with their in-house machining tools, before landing on the two sizes that "felt right."

Seems a shame that we put cases on our iPhones when all this time is spent to make them feel right huh?

We kill them with plastic and blocky rubber cases.
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I use an Apple Case that I'm sure is designed by Ive too. So I don't feel guilty lol.
 
All I know is, if I didn't have a case on my phone, it would already be broken. That would certainly kill the experience.
 
ToddH said:
Ok, point taken... But do you still enjoy those phone as much with dents and scratches? I guess it just depends on how OCD you are, right. Well enjoy your phone, I enjoy mine very much as well, I like to keep them new looking otherwise they loose the appeal they once had and I have to get a new one if there are dents and scratches.
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That is OCD.

P.S. I myself have a 1967 Ford Mustang which i restored inch by inch and its worth a lot right now, but its still a car, i don't do that sort of ****.
 
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I tried going a day without my phone in a case and ended up having to wait three hours that night for the next "genius" to be available to fix it.
 
Fthree said:
I tried going a day without my phone in a case and ended up having to wait three hours that night for the next "genius" to be available to fix it.
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I know the feeling. Back in the day I tried using my iPhone 5 caseless as I thought I'd be careful. Then one day at the inlaws' house I put my phone on a seemingly safe windowsill and it didn't take long for my sister-in-law's dog to knock it down to the floor with an intermediate stop at a radiator. Got two rather nasty dings on the frame to remind me that a case is nice to have.
 
You are correct. The case does kill the experience.

The phone is to thin, battery is to small, and phone wobbles due to camera bump experience.

Yep. I will gladly put a case on to help any of those "experiences".
 
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Fthree said:
I tried going a day without my phone in a case and ended up having to wait three hours that night for the next "genius" to be available to fix it.
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Yup that's one experience I can do without. I can also do without the experience of paying a service fee for something so easily avoidable. Also can do without the experience of doing without my phone while a new one arrives.
Just looking how my colleagues' experience with his dumb phone isn't one I care to have, as we laugh when we remember how he laughed at us for putting our work phones in the cases our work provided. He's not liking the experience of the crow pie he's eating.
 
Mr. Buzzcut said:
Understand your point but I don't really get the fascination with the curved glass. It's barely detectable before it disappears into the plastic surround. Wish the glass radiused straight to the aluminum.
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Because it feels nice to do edge swipes inwards from the screen, which you can't do with a case.
 
solarguy17 said:
You are correct. The case does kill the experience.

The phone is to thin, battery is to small, and phone wobbles due to camera bump experience.

Yep. I will gladly put a case on to help any of those "experiences".
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*too.
 
Loving my case

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