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> Watching that video, the first thought I have is "So much engineering and I still need to buy a phone case with my new phone?" You can buy a $400m yacht and
by tw04 1y ago
> Watching that video, the first thought I have is "So much engineering and I still need to buy a phone case with my new phone?"
You can buy a $400m yacht and still need buoys when you dock it.
Unless you want a phone that comes with a pre-installed rubber bumper around the outside, or we have some humanity altering discoveries in transparent materials science, you’re always going to have a case. Gravity and concrete are undefeated.
- sroussey 1y agoI don’t use a case. It’s fine.
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- willejs 1y agoNeither do i, i drop it often, throw it about and its fine. Everyone goes mad and is surprised, but whats the point if buying a nice phone then covering it in a case.
- garbagewoman 1y agoUsability. Phones without a case are very easy to lose grip on. Cases often help with that.
- ori_b 1y ago> Unless you want a phone that comes with a pre-installed rubber bumper around the outside Sure, why not? If there's going to be a rubber bumper anyways, why wouldn't I want the manufacturer to ship it?
- artursapek 1y agoI’d rather have it be a separate, replaceable product.
- jandrewrogers 1y agoSaying "gravity and concrete are undefeated" is not explanatory. In 25+ years of carrying a naked mobile phone everywhere I've never broken one. My lifestyle theoretically exposes me to significantly greater risk of damage than the average person too. I view phones as semi-disposable devices, so I take no special care or precautions. I am eternally baffled as to why people need cases on their phones. The observation that many people do seem to break them frequently isn't an explanation. I can't wrap my head around the degree of clumsiness and carelessness that would seem to be required to explain this phenomenon.
- pxc 1y agoIt depends on where you drop it. Dropping phones on pavement is easy mode. One mistake over coarse gravel and you're pretty fucked even without much height.
- biztos 1y agoWhat is it about coarse gravel that makes it a phone killer? Is it because there are more edges?
- ninju 1y agoScratches
- gherkinnn 1y agoGravel absorbs more energy than pavement, I don't see how it is worse.
- pxc 1y agoYou're tangled up in misapplied abstractions. Stop doing math and jump on gravel in bare feet.
- artursapek 1y agoFor a lot of people, a phone is a major purchase. Why not throw a $30 case on to protect the $1000 device?
- jorvi 1y ago> Unless you want a phone that comes with a pre-installed rubber bumper around the outside, or we have some humanity altering discoveries in transparent materials science, you’re always going to have a case. Gravity and concrete are undefeated. But they are defeated. By plastics, no bumper required. This is why the Nokia Windows phones felt so indestructible, polycarbonate is an amazing material for a phone body.
- happyopossum 1y agoPlenty of plastic phone have been broken - I dropped and broke plastic blackberries, Nokias, and startacs.
- bdangubic 1y agoI would rather wax my entire body than put a case on the phone
- geodel 1y agoYou can have both. YOLO.
- aarreedd 1y agoGood point but those are called fenders. Buoys are some else.
- mulmen 1y agoYou don’t leave the bumpers out at all times. The decking and furniture are all built from suitable materials to not need additional protection. Phone cases are an anomaly.
- swores 1y agoI disagree that phones are unique in being fragile without protection, what is unique is that we want to carry them around all day without treating them as delicate. The things we eat off and drink out of often can't be dropped from waste height onto the floor without breaking, the front of the microwave or oven isn't unbreakable glass, nor a laptop, or... plenty of things. We're just OK treating them all as things to avoid dropping.
- mulmen 1y ago> I disagree that phones are unique in being fragile without protection. Not sure who you are replying to because I didn’t say that.
- KronisLV 1y ago> Unless you want a phone that comes with a pre-installed rubber bumper around the outside… I had one of those rugged Android phones before my current iPhone, I think it was the Ulefone Armor X7 Pro. I happened to drop it a few times, worst was from about 1.7 meters up while doing pull ups (wired headphones and busted pants pocket zipper) on concrete. Thought that it’d be a goner for sure, but no, just scratched up the corner of the frame, it had a soft and rubbery quality to it (at least compared to regular plastic). It was actually a really nice phone, good battery life and everything, except for the part where the battery eventually turned into a pillow and since it’s not exactly easily used serviceable I just moved on. Since, I started to like iOS but my ideal setup functionality wise would still be something one step closer to a brick with a big battery and a protective exterior (glueing a power bank to my current iPhone case would be a bit silly though).
- distances 1y agoSince almost everyone uses cases anyway, I don't understand why phones are all metal and glass. I want a phone with a light plastic body. Pixel 4a 5G was my favourite phone, the same weight as iPhone Air. The new Pixel 10 is already over 200g.