I don't believe it for a second. They went from curvy with rounded sides to flat with sharp sides to flat with rounded sides. Seems more fashion driven than ergonomic / tactile.
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I don't believe it for a second. They went from curvy with rounded sides to flat with sharp sides to flat with rounded sides. Seems more fashion driven than ergonomic / tactile.
Not true. The ZAGG glass SP I have on my 6s feels just like the screen sans SP, and the touch sensors are just as sensitive as they were before...or at least I can't tell a difference.
Also, from experience I can attest that a tempered glass SP will absorb most drops & crack before your screen underneath will.
I forgot about that camera bump one day when I took off the case. I laid it on the table and thought the phone was bent.
That was NOT my experience the first and only time I dropped and cracked the screen on my 6+. The screen protector, despite landing face down on asphalt didn't have any real damage to speak of. My screen on the other hand was entirely shattered underneath the protector.
Please note, I am not injecting myself on either side of the discussion on this here, I am just commenting on this one statement you made to share my experience. That's all.
I don't really believe the introduction of the "swipe from the left edge" gesture was introduced at the same time as a phone with curved glass edges was a coincidence....
What is it with these opinion to create controversy thread titles?
State an opinion and let the fun begin. Isn't this completely a matter of choice on users part. And how can one person's choice not be right for them. Why do people defend there choice of case, no case, type of case, screen protector, no screen protector. Who cares what the other person likes? Everyone is right, when you do what you like.
I like sunsets. No you wrong, sunrise is better. No sunrise is too early, sunset better. But I work the night shift so sunset is early for me. My house faces east so I like sunrise. You all are wrong, sun doesn't set or rise, earth rotates bringing the sun in view. Etc.....etc....etc......
State an opinion and let the fun begin. Isn't this completely a matter of choice on users part. And how can one person's choice not be right for them. Why do people defend there choice of case, no case, type of case, screen protector, no screen protector. Who cares what the other person likes? Everyone is right, when you do what you like.
I like sunsets. No you wrong, sunrise is better. No sunrise is too early, sunset better. But I work the night shift so sunset is early for me. My house faces east so I like sunrise. You all are wrong, sun doesn't set or rise, earth rotates bringing the sun in view. Etc.....etc....etc......
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I use a Speck case for my 6+. If I didn't it would soon be wrecked at work.Cases might kill the experience. But not using a case can kill the phone.
Further, I crashed my motorbike. The phone was in the tank bag. When the bike went down the tank bag went one way, the phone came out of the top sleeve and went scooting down the road at 100 km/h (60 mph). The case now has a few scratches on it and a couple of small ones on the screen. Otherwise it's it's undamaged.
I much prefer function over form any day.
If cases kill the experience, then dropping your naked iPhone onto the concrete kills the experience even further. It will even crack and bust your screen. The iPhone is not designed or made to be without a case, of course you can choose to use a case, or not, but it's just common sense to use one. The iPhone is just too slippery without a case. I feel that those of you that don't want to use a case either hate cases, or you're too busy trying to show off your iPhone that nobody else cares about...
Well. You're right. I hate cases. Don't use them.
No one has ever accused me of having common sense though.
Watch out! My naked iPhone may offend you!
He contradicts himself by building rubber and leather Apple iPhone cases. If Apple was so assure of themselves they would never make a case. I'd call bs if Jon Ive has never dropped or juggled a iPhone 6/s in his has.
I would rather have a case on my iPhone then risk dropping it. I've had my 6+ for nearly a year and have never even come close to dropping it. I have the Apple leather case on all three, 6+, 6S+, 6S.
And condoms might kill the experience. But not using a condom can….Cases might kill the experience. But not using a case can kill the phone.
I never said it would effect how it works, how have you misunderstood this twice? I said its cut to go around the sensor, and no mater how well cut it is, you can ALWAYS see this line - and I don't like that.
And as much as you want to pretend it isn't true, i'm afraid its hard fact and physics that putting something else between your finger and the screen makes it further away. Apple are laminating these screens to make it 0.01mm closer between the finger and the pixel and you're going and throwing in 1mm of cheap glass.
What's the point in buying this nice phone and then making it a brick and hiding it in cases and screen protectors?
I just don't drop it - and for the one time its happened in 9 years of owning every iPhone. I had insurance (and its relatively cheap for a screen replacement direct from Apple anyway).
I have insurance as well. 3 accidents per year and it costs less than what i spent for coffee for example.
And what does this have to do with why I am using a screen protector? It doesn't affect my using the phone anymore then without. In fact, I am using it to keep all the greasy fingerprints off.
And once again, it does not affect my ability to use my phone in the way Apple intended.
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You need to get out more as there are cases that do not make your phone look like a brick. To case or not to case is a personal choice and everyone has the choice to do as they wish and what works for them.
I for one could care less about how my phone looks and who sees it. I am not impressing anyone, not even myself. You people who are so proud of how pretty your phone looks are the one who cry the loudest if we get a single scratch. To me it is a tool that if the worst happens and it does get dropped, I can pick it up and move on with life rather than going to the Apple Store.
I simply do not want to worry about dropping my phone and having to get it repaired or replaced. The Sedio Surface case adds only a few millimeters and is well worth it to me for giving the phone some grip.
Swiping from the left edge was introduced in iOS 7 on the not so curved glass screen of the iPhone 5S.
http://www.imore.com/top-5-secret-ios-7-gestures-how-get-more-done-faster
If you want grip just put on a brand skin and get insurance then you can get on with your life.
Dropping a phone isn't even the end of the world. I've dropped my caseless phone before and nobody could even tell.
Plus, there's always this thing called insurance...