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I never had a problem on my old iPhone and have been using my white 16GB naked as well. But the other day I found a quarter inch scratch on the glass.
Doesn't really bother me as it's more of a pain to try to take the phone out of my pocket with any type of protector on it.
Oh well it's like a new car, once you get the first scratch...whatever...as long as it works.
 
As said before, its all a matter of your personality, if you have something and you just wanna enjoy it, as long as it works your ok

But other people like to know its in pristine condition, there will always be people fighting both corners.
 
I want to go naked with my 3G so bad, but before the 3G and the Curve, I had a Blackberry Pearl.

I dropped it on the sidewalk and the chrome part got scratched so bad you would have thought I let my Golden Retriever use it as a chew toy for a few minutes.

That is why I use a sleeve style case made by Speck.

But man, I HATE how the phone feels and love the feel of it naked.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr..................
 
Since most cases don't cover the screen, do you think if you had a case on, the screen wouldn't have shattered?

In general I think a case would reduce the chances of the screen shattering. Almost all cases stick up a little on the sides around the screen, which means if the phone falls face down then those edges will take the brunt of the impact, not the screen itself. If it falls side-down or back-down, again the case will take the brunt of the impact and reduce the shock that's transferred to the screen. If the phone falls face down and hits a protruding object straight on the screen - well then, unless your case has a flap in front and it's closed, you're probably screwed. Don't drop it that way.
 
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