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So, basically, any phone case can't be used. Hopefully the unobtanium glass screens will be in production by then so it won't matter so much.
by meepmorp 13y ago
So, basically, any phone case can't be used.
Hopefully the unobtanium glass screens will be in production by then so it won't matter so much.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoWhen people _need_ a case to protect your product from breaking you have a problem. Until the iPhone 5s I never had a case I rarely dropped my phone. The 5s is like a bar of soap. If I were to use it without the case I doubt I'd get more than a few weeks without a smashed screen. It's a major usability issue imo.
- stormbrew 13y agoMy iPhone 4 would literally slide off slightly uneven tables all on its own given enough time (made a great bar trick). I'm not sure how you could have only started to have problems with the 5S. Never buying a phone with a glass back ever again.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoThe glass gripped to my hand better than the metal but I did have the uneven table issue.
- stormbrew 13y agoHonestly I miss plastic. So slandered, but it grips nicely, doesn't tend to shatter, and is really cheap to replace if it does break. It also takes more of the brunt of a fall than metal or glass, saving the glass on the other side more effectively. I am unfortunately still using a glass backed phone (Nexus 4), though. Wish I'd waited for the Nexus 5.
- dpcx 13y agoIsn't that essentially what bumpers on cars are for? To prevent the product from breaking?
- mikepurvis 13y agoYeah, but they come with it. It's not something you have to remember to pick up and install yourself on the way home from the dealership.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoAs mikepurvis said the phone doesn't come with a case and the one Apple offers is quite expensive. I've never used cases with my phones but the 5s really is so slippery I can't risk it.
- canvia 13y agoI use a snap on case so that if I drop the phone or set it on a table the contact/impact surface isn't the glass. If someone put raised rubber bumpers on the 8 corners of a phone it might negate the need for a case for the majority of users and preserve the aesthetics.
- meepmorp 13y agoI didn't need a case for my phone before I had children. Your use case isn't everyone's.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoI think you're missing my point. I've never needed a case for any phone until the 5s. I think the device is just so slippery it's almost unusable without a case. And for a company that prides itself on the design of it's products making it so slippery that a case is necessary is silly. Why spend so much money creating such a nice looking product when your customers have to cover it up?
- meepmorp 13y agoI think we're talking past each other. There's nothing about the iPhone 5s I find especially slippery, but I need a case for purposes orthogonal to yours.
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- Sanddancer 13y agoI imagine cases will just have more clear portions, like otterbox cases and the like have. It'll definitely make it harder to produce a sufficiently rugged case, though.