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How dare you put any exquisite apple product in some animal skin or hydrocarbon carrying case. Shame on you for treating our luxury product like some Visa. Pft
by wil421 7y ago
How dare you put any exquisite apple product in some animal skin or hydrocarbon carrying case. Shame on you for treating our luxury product like some Visa. Pft.
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This is what bugs me about apple. I can remember Jobs saying iPhones didn’t need cases and if you put a case on it you’re doing it wrong.
- Retric 7y agoHonestly, it seems like cases cost more money than they save people. I have used iPhones for a decade without cases. I has one 50$ screen repair for dropping a phone on concrete. That’s less than some cases cost. On top of that you need to buy a new case for each phone generation, so even average cases would have been a net loss. PS: I get into the habit of keeping keys and phone in different pockets pre iPhone which probably helps.
- Simon_says 7y agoI have a waterproof case, and there's nothing comparable to washing my phone with soap and water every time I wash my hands.
- Retric 7y ago7’s and after can be fully submerged in a sink without issues. I would regularly rinse off old iPhones. Unless you do underwater photography or your phone regularly ends up in the washing machine, water proof cases are probably overkill.
- smcl 7y agoSo accidentally dropping your phone once has already cost you more than mine (<$50 case) and mine has spilled out of my hands more than once. Sounds like a pretty poor deal to me
- Retric 7y agoI have dropped my phone several times, only issue was fumbling it on concrete. If that regularly happens to you, it might be a good idea for you. Also, one case does not fit 5 phones. Breakeven would be 10$ cases + screen protectors including tax.
- wil421 7y agoWhen I bought an iPhone 7 Plus I started to drop it. After almost 2.5 years I dropped and shattered it 3 times. The only thing that used to break on the smaller iPhone was the back glass. I lost my 7 Plus kayaking and recently got a smaller XS. I haven’t dropped it at all. Last phone I ordered a cheap case from amazon. For $10 it’s as good as my pelican case or any otter box.
- nerdponx 7y agoMy $30 Rhinoshield Crashguard case/bumper has saved my phone dozens of times. No, I am not a paid shill. I am happily shilling for free. This case is badass and I can't recommend it enough.
- neogodless 7y agoI'll give it to you. One phone every 2 years (personally I try to hit 3 but batteries don't always cooperate) and I typically spend $7-9 on a TPU case and $3-5 on screen protectors. So on average, $12 times five phones in a decade is $60. I (don't) really feel like I wasted my money. Grip alone makes the case worth it to me!
- JustSomeNobody 7y agoI don't buy a case for protection, I buy it for grip. I have a cheap Silk grip case and I haven't dropped my phone yet.
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- ydnaclementine 7y agoYou don't have kids my guy. Cases are necessary with kids
- jsgo 7y agoor adults who sadly drink a bit more than they should.
- JetSpiegel 7y agoIf have good reflexes you can sort of kick the phone with your feet, so that a fall of ~1.5m into stone leaves only minor scratches on you un-cased phone. Happened to me.
- ecf 7y agoThe Jobs things was bad and it makes it harder to defend things like this, but this is Apple legitimately trying to inform some of their more clueless customers. Of course any card is going to get dirty, there is literally nothing that can be done to stop it. But some people aren't that bright and would just automatically assume the "Apple" one is perfect and will stay perfect. What I'm trying to say is, don't hate on Apple. Hate on the users who make running a story like this necessary.