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I'm curious about the situations that cause you to drop your phone. When does it happen? I don't want to be rude, I simply have a hard time understanding how c

I'm curious about the situations that cause you to drop your phone. When does it happen? I don't want to be rude, I simply have a hard time understanding how careless people can be with their expensive devices. I'm not specifically accusing you of being careless, but I don't understand how people can drop their phones all the time. My Moto X has been dropped one time, because I accidentally put it behind a stupid strap on my pants, rather than in the pocket. I cut that strap off afterwards, because that's just a really shitty idea to put a strap right on front of a pocket.

dbbk 9y ago
Every time I've smashed my screen is when alcohol is in play. But I can't help but feel like people make it out to be a bigger deal than it is... you can get it fixed third-party for pretty cheap.
PakG1 9y ago
I would expect someone with your train of thought to especially want to buy a case. I'm curious why you take the risk? There are circumstances beyond your control and ability to predict sometimes. Ever mind your own business on the street, and then people in a rush violently crash into you? In order to break your fall, you have to let go of your phone and it falls, and those who made you fall are long gone? Yeah, it hasn't happened to me either. The point is that there are situations you can't predict, and besides that, you can't always be perfect either. I'm certainly not claiming to be perfect, hence the case.
- KozmoNau7 9y ago
  To be blunt, I have functional fingers and situational awareness. I actually hold on to my phone, and if I need to look at it, I don't stand around randomly in the middle of a path where people need to move through. If I don't think I can use my phone safely, I wait. That probably sounds a little bit sanctimonious, but it's the truth. I have broken exactly one phone in my entire phone-owning life (since 2002), I've had 6 phones during this time, 4 feature phones and 2 smartphones. So one accident in 16 years, and that was a Sony Ericsson Elm. It was actually what pushed me to finally get a smartphone, so maybe it was a net positive :-)
  - PakG1 9y ago
    I've had zero accidents in my entire phone-owning life since 2004, including 3 smartphones. I still prefer the safety of cases. To me, you don't sound sanctimonious, you sound arrogant and risk-seeking. To each their own, I guess. I think cases are worth it and don't care about any of the alleged negatives. Others think differently.
    - KozmoNau7 9y ago
      If you knew me, you wouldn't call me risk-seeking, at least not in any large capacity. Arrogant maybe, but that's because I'm usually right about most things ;-)

dbbk 9y ago

Every time I've smashed my screen is when alcohol is in play. But I can't help but feel like people make it out to be a bigger deal than it is... you can get it fixed third-party for pretty cheap.

PakG1 9y ago

I would expect someone with your train of thought to especially want to buy a case. I'm curious why you take the risk? There are circumstances beyond your control and ability to predict sometimes. Ever mind your own business on the street, and then people in a rush violently crash into you? In order to break your fall, you have to let go of your phone and it falls, and those who made you fall are long gone? Yeah, it hasn't happened to me either. The point is that there are situations you can't predict, and besides that, you can't always be perfect either. I'm certainly not claiming to be perfect, hence the case.

KozmoNau7 9y ago
To be blunt, I have functional fingers and situational awareness. I actually hold on to my phone, and if I need to look at it, I don't stand around randomly in the middle of a path where people need to move through. If I don't think I can use my phone safely, I wait. That probably sounds a little bit sanctimonious, but it's the truth. I have broken exactly one phone in my entire phone-owning life (since 2002), I've had 6 phones during this time, 4 feature phones and 2 smartphones. So one accident in 16 years, and that was a Sony Ericsson Elm. It was actually what pushed me to finally get a smartphone, so maybe it was a net positive :-)
- PakG1 9y ago
  I've had zero accidents in my entire phone-owning life since 2004, including 3 smartphones. I still prefer the safety of cases. To me, you don't sound sanctimonious, you sound arrogant and risk-seeking. To each their own, I guess. I think cases are worth it and don't care about any of the alleged negatives. Others think differently.
  - KozmoNau7 9y ago
    If you knew me, you wouldn't call me risk-seeking, at least not in any large capacity. Arrogant maybe, but that's because I'm usually right about most things ;-)