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The swipe from bottom gesture meant the least annoying iPhone X / 11 cases had the bottom mostly cut out, e.g. the Apple silicon case. Another reason for not covering the edges.
iOS is cryptic enit with all of its arcane gestures that only work within invisible boundaries.
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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 :)
Low quality glass cracks more.
I am aware Apple have good glass, but the number of cracked iPhones I've seen inform me they aren't immune from this phenomenon.
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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.
I'd rather get over it and still have the device in my pocket without needing the extra hardware to keep it in one piece.
A case solved all this. And frankly I can't even recall seeing someone use their phone without a case, so it seems to be a prevailing issue.
I'm not sure what the alternative is that you seem to be pitching though, if you were.
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.
I hate breaking my phone. Cases may not be pretty, but they’re pragmatic. Also FYI: literally no one cares how your phone looks.
Apple’s announcement of the iPhone mini is a pretty clear indication that they believe there is still a market for smaller phones.
More likely the case magnets are there to help magsafe work, not vice versa.
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What are you saying? If they make thicker phone then case is not needed?
That perhaps if we weren't focused on thinness above all, perhaps they could be made robust enough to survive without needing a case.
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.
I hate breaking my phone. Cases may not be pretty, but they’re pragmatic. Also FYI: literally no one cares how your phone looks.
[1] I got lots of compliments with a blue-green Nextbit Robin, and some, and fewer but still many with a blue Nokia windows phone(well it was black, but in a blue cover), an orange Blu windows phone, and a blue-green Google(LG) Nexus 5x.
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.
And I think Apple actually is much better at execution than coming up with new ideas. A lot of the things they do (iPad, face ID, notch, airpods, airdrop) are not new ideas, just executed better.
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That perhaps if we weren't focused on thinness above all, perhaps they could be made robust enough to survive without needing a case.
Wouldn’t that be equivalent to a case you can’t remove?
That is effectively what "ruggedised" phones look like, I'll agree.
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What are you saying? If they make thicker phone then case is not needed?
Yeah I don't get his logic at all. I would have purchased a case either way. At least with a thinner phone, the case isn't as unwieldy.
Apple gets really excited to say “thinnest iPhone ever” — but then we (or at least I) slap an Otterbox on it because I want the thing to last.
At the end of the day, it’s just for marketing purposes. No one wants to buy a Jitterbug phone. People want to buy sleek and sexy. And then they surround it in rubber bumpers.
It’s really pretty stupid all the way around. I don’t think Apple would sell as many phones if they shipped with a built-in bumper. Even to people like me who require that their pocket computers be protected...