Drops are inevitable. I have kids. My current phone has been dropped a number of times and I'm sure it would have broken by now without a case. For the time being that's the difference between a phone in a case and not having a working phone at all.
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Why I go caseless and don't care about resale value
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I have put cases on every single iDevice I have ever owned. Why? Because they are all too damn thin. Crap to hold and handle without the added heft of a decently stout case.
I don't even consider anything more anaemic than an Otterbox or a Griffin Summit as worthy of consideration. And if I do drop it, the ground gets hurt, not my property. No faffing around with AC+ or waiting to get an appointment with Apple's overtitled admins.
I don't even consider anything more anaemic than an Otterbox or a Griffin Summit as worthy of consideration. And if I do drop it, the ground gets hurt, not my property. No faffing around with AC+ or waiting to get an appointment with Apple's overtitled admins.
Just to dang slippery for me to hang onto. I'd be dropping it all the time without a case. I always get a minimal shell case, nothing clunky and always some sweet, soft high end leather not some el cheapo TPU. It looks much better than no case.
I have kids too.
They learned from an early age not to touch my stuff and their mother's stuff.
We weren't handing a toddler or a four year old our ~$900 devices to play with.
Consequently, there were no drops of our devices by our kids.
Not that what you do is wrong, I am not saying that. Just saying what we did.
The reason for me to use a case is that I need to use it daily,and can not afford the disturb when your phone broken
Folks there is no right or wrong way to use an iPhone.
Its all personal preference whether you like to use a case or not with your device.
What works for some might not work for others that's all.
Its all personal preference whether you like to use a case or not with your device.
What works for some might not work for others that's all.
Without a doubt, I do use a case sometimes when I need one but mostly no case.
I remember back with the 4/4s people were spending up to £200 on a single case and some were talking about getting skins for their cases to protect them.
It is all about reason, my wife has a new car arriving next month and she is spending nearly £3k on protecting the cars paint but that is for protection of the car for resale in 5 or so years time when it should be worth very close or even more than what she is paying for it.
I don't let my kids play with my phone. Sometimes, I put it down to respond to one child and the other inevitably finds it.
I've also had my own share of accidental drops.
I go caseless. I don't care too much about scratches and the resale value. I've never dropped and broken/cracked a phone before, and if I do I'll just fork out the money to fix it. I love the feeling of a naked iPhone in hand, the thinness in the pocket, and enjoying the design. I've never worn a case longer than a few weeks.
It's a damn fact that the material used on the iPhone is slippery. It's a FACT. Not an opinion, a fact.
Not really fact. Yes, the black glossy material is slippery compared to matte, but provided your hands aren't overtly dry or incredibly wet, you won't have slippage issues. I suppose if you have a weak grip, have sweaty palms and are careless, then it is indeed an issue.
It's a fact. A scientific fact.
Aluminum is a slippery material. That's a fact whether it's slippery for you for not.
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Jet black wasn't slippery for me cause of the way the phone is finished. The matte phones are.
Right. So you never had problems with other phones that used aluminum covered in matte paint/coating until the iPhone. Oh, the horror.
I'm not arguing or denying that it ISN'T slippery and that it ISN'T a fact.
What I am arguing is that I have not dropped my phone just because it's slippery and doesn't have a case and that therefore slipperiness cannot be the sole reason for dropping a phone in all instances.
I think Foxconn is arguing for the sake of arguing. You more than enough clarified your reasoning behind being why you prefer caseless to him. I would say most others agree with you, as well as I.
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That is what was worrying about genuine products. I decided to go for a cheaper one and it has been working well.
I see your iPhone 5 and raise you a regularly used 3GS. In fact I used it all last week with my SIM in it as my main phone to get away from the distractions of social media as I don't install FB/Insta/etc on it. Great music player (iOS 6 and below had the best music app), still good battery life somehow, good performance with the stock apps and Messenger, Opera, etc other light apps.
I use it totally naked and it feels great in the hand.
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I did you manage to install Messenger and Opera on it? Mine doesn't let me ._.
I agree.
My reason for this thread wasn't to cause controversy (although I knew the topics often do here on MR) but simply to show what I do with my spare devices and how I use them. And I think I have clearly stated that it was also not my intent to force my views on anyone.
I wasn't expecting outright opposition to a personal choice however.
Even if it doesn't make sense to another person. But how we all use our own devices is up to us and I respect that - even if it's not how I would use my own.
I agree.
My reason for this thread wasn't to cause controversy (although I knew the topics often do here on MR) but simply to show what I do with my spare devices and how I use them. And I think I have clearly stated that it was also not my intent to force my views on anyone.
I wasn't expecting outright opposition to a personal choice however.
Even if it doesn't make sense to another person. But how we all use our own devices is up to us and I respect that - even if it's not how I would use my own.
Yes you were, you do little else but cause trouble and arguments on here
Don't you Erik
Yes, that's me.Yes you were, you do little else but cause trouble and arguments on here
Don't you Erik
I'm an expert at making trouble for myself.
Where my devices sit all day at work.
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And when I'm at home.
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And when I'm at home.
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