I just buy durable phones, I very rarely drop them nowadays but if I do the worst that happens is a scratch or dent. Last two times I’ve broken a phone have been jumping in a pool forgetting it was in my pocket (usually buy waterproof for this reason) and falling on a rock with it in my pocket
First one no case would have prevented short of one of the ultra rugged outdoorsey ones, second one only the cases with the front cover flap thing might have stopped
Only time I’ve broken a phone by dropping it is when I had an iPhone 4 handmedown, I swear those things were designed to break
Fair enough, you might be surprised at what a case does to protect the screen too though, if it lands (or something lands) heavily on a corner it’ll likely break the screen to the point it needs replacing. A case will absorb 99% of the force. .
My phone has fallen out of a pocket that I forgot to zip up while mountain biking on more than one occasion, so I wouldn’t trust myself with a naked phone any longer than absolutely necessary.
I don’t find them useful. Unless you’re talking about a huge sponge of a case, or those crazy corner ball ones, it doesn’t really make a difference. If a phone is prone to cracks it’s going to crack, with or without the case.
That’s not really true. The most likely initial impact point is the corners, and the corners are always protected and take the brunt of the impact. A decent spigen case will save you from cracks pretty effectively.
Dunno, just my personal observation is that the heavier the phone is the more likely it is to crack, just from the sheer amount of mass the case has to dampen. I’ve seen heavy phones, in protective cases and even those marketed as “rugged” crack from minor falls, and lightweight cheap shit survive the nastiest of falls. What you’re probably referring to is those cases with thick rubber pads on the corners, but most cases are like half a mm thick wraps, which, IMO, won’t help squat in a fall.
Yeha I’m talking about a decent spigen or something ideally. I can’t really speak to the phone condom things but I’m sure there’s some improvement even there, if only slight compared to a proper case.
Nothing is completely protecting your phone from everything of course, and if you drop it screen first on a rock you’re probably gonna have a bad time, but those drops are much less common than dropping it on a flat surface where the corner will always take the initial impact.
I can’t wait until more manufacturers adopt this standard and then force us to help every damn person in the family (or even more!) transfer stuff to a new phone, like my mom doesn’t even understand how Google accounts work and that they exist to >!steal your data cough cough!< help you transfer stuff to a new phone, she just makes a new one every time, and yes she does everything by hand, transfering photos, contacts, every damn thing
And best thing that everyone has a different upgrade standards, so you could deal with this the newest phone that has this launches or you could too 8 years in the future
Every android phone oobe (at least the cheap ones) say to create or log in to a google account (idk if you can even skip this part) and inputting your name and letting it add a few numbers after it (not even mentioning her writing the password to a calendar, like a physical paper one, in the living room) is stupidly easy
I have a screwdriver bit set that just includes one of those, very tightly secured. Whoever was responsible for ensuring this was neccessary: You are a hero.
I don’t know what in the hell I did, I have one of the solid circular round ones with a small hole in the back for the keychain. It’s been on my keys for ages. One morning I went to put my seat belt on and got a sharp stab. I pulled my keys out and it was bent 90° and I just the tiniest little bit of blood on it.
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