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AppleCare and better materials all but obviate the need for a case. These days, dropping an iPhone is unlikely to result in cracks or display damage. The glass

by nunez 2y ago

AppleCare and better materials all but obviate the need for a case. These days, dropping an iPhone is unlikely to result in cracks or display damage. The glass on these phones is really strong. However, if that does happen and it gets bad enough to need replacement, with AppleCare, you basically tap a few taps in the Support app and a new phone will be at your front door the next day. Totally different story if you don't have AppleCare, but I think that it's a no brainer given the cost of these devices.

makingstuffs 2y ago
I think this depends on you as a person. I say this as someone who swears by apple care as I have managed to break 2 phones without taking them out of my pocket: 1. Setting up some light deck and resting it on my thigh, heard a crack, phone smooshed 2. Intoxicated managed to bump the corner of the railing for my mum’s stairs slap-bang in the middle of the phone screen, through my jeans. Phone looked like it had been hit by a bullet Apple care is a lifesaver for this sorta stuff but AFAIR you can only get it for the first three years of a device. After that you’re on your own
- yial 2y ago
  I do have my phone in an apple silicone case, and a cheap screen protector. However, my previous phone a 12 pro in the same setup survived flying out of my pocket at 65 mph on a motorcycle with 0 damage. (I think it got very lucky, and landed flat, screen side down, where the edges of the case somehow protected it). Thankfully it narrowly avoided being run over by a car when I turned around to find it. I’ve been amazed at what iPhones after the 6 have been able to survive. My 7 which I have kept as a backup is still kicking except for the camera being destroyed by vibration. However, I do keep my phone in a back pocket usually and mostly take it out of my pocket if I sit down.
- kalleboo 2y ago
  > AFAIR you can only get it for the first three years of a device. After that you’re on your own They have a monthly plan now that renews indefinitely. It's pretty recent so I wonder when they will start cutting those off (like I can't see them still supporting phones that have entered their "legacy" status)

by nunez 2y ago

makingstuffs 2y ago

I think this depends on you as a person. I say this as someone who swears by apple care as I have managed to break 2 phones without taking them out of my pocket: 1. Setting up some light deck and resting it on my thigh, heard a crack, phone smooshed 2. Intoxicated managed to bump the corner of the railing for my mum’s stairs slap-bang in the middle of the phone screen, through my jeans. Phone looked like it had been hit by a bullet Apple care is a lifesaver for this sorta stuff but AFAIR you can only get it for the first three years of a device. After that you’re on your own

yial 2y ago
I do have my phone in an apple silicone case, and a cheap screen protector. However, my previous phone a 12 pro in the same setup survived flying out of my pocket at 65 mph on a motorcycle with 0 damage. (I think it got very lucky, and landed flat, screen side down, where the edges of the case somehow protected it). Thankfully it narrowly avoided being run over by a car when I turned around to find it. I’ve been amazed at what iPhones after the 6 have been able to survive. My 7 which I have kept as a backup is still kicking except for the camera being destroyed by vibration. However, I do keep my phone in a back pocket usually and mostly take it out of my pocket if I sit down.
kalleboo 2y ago
> AFAIR you can only get it for the first three years of a device. After that you’re on your own They have a monthly plan now that renews indefinitely. It's pretty recent so I wonder when they will start cutting those off (like I can't see them still supporting phones that have entered their "legacy" status)