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The more pertinent question, if you step back for a moment, is why the hell are we sacrificing everything for thinner phones and edge-to-edge displays only to then ship them with a more or less mandatory case to stick in.
The more pertinent question, if you step back for a moment, is why the hell are we sacrificing everything for thinner phones and edge-to-edge displays only to then ship them with a more or less mandatory case to stick in.
What are you saying? If they make thicker phone then case is not needed?
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Yeah it always struck me as bizarre - here is a technological marvel, beautifully crafted, polished and shiny, slim and elegant. But you have to put it in an ugly protective case or it'll be borked inside a year.
You really don't. I haven't used a case on for more than a total of a month in the last ten years. Even with dropping my phone fairly frequently, and sometimes onto concrete from head height, I've only had one phone receive more than minor cosmetic scratches.
I hate cases and think they make the phone totally bulky. The strap for the 5th pen iPod touch is what should be on every iPhone. Apple often comes up with good ideas but fails to execute on them properly.
Also FYI: literally no one cares how your phone looks.
Just because the magnetic properties came up in this thread: I doubt Apple designed it this way, but an ipad pro with their keyboard folio will stick to the metal walls found in your average restroom.
The more pertinent question, if you step back for a moment, is why the hell are we sacrificing everything for thinner phones and edge-to-edge displays only to then ship them with a more or less mandatory case to stick in.
Yeah it always struck me as bizarre - here is a technological marvel, beautifully crafted, polished and shiny, slim and elegant. But you have to put it in an ugly protective case or it'll be borked inside a year.
I think once the honeymoon gadget phase wears off, most people get over it and then prefer to protect it so that their expensive device lasts longer.
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You really don't. I haven't used a case on for more than a total of a month in the last ten years. Even with dropping my phone fairly frequently, and sometimes onto concrete from head height, I've only had one phone receive more than minor cosmetic scratches.
Whereas I lose count of the various phones I've cracked. Never had an iphone, but I've destroyed screens on Samsungs, Motorolas, at least one nexus device... Every phone I insisted on using caseless. Perhaps I'm just clumsy :)
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Yeah it always struck me as bizarre - here is a technological marvel, beautifully crafted, polished and shiny, slim and elegant. But you have to put it in an ugly protective case or it'll be borked inside a year.
Are you really marveled by your phone after you've had it for a week or so? I think once the honeymoon gadget phase wears off, most people get over it and then prefer to protect it so that their expensive device lasts longer.