One question that people ask me a lot is about the iPhone's durability, or "should I get a case". Well on my original iPhone I never used a case because of the fact that it has an aluminum back and glass front. I would throw it in my pocket with my keys, or my gym bag or wherever and it never got bad scratches.
Also it defeats the purpose of the sleekness of the iphone if you're just going to wrap it up with some fat case or whatever. The only time my original iPhone developed a scratch on the screen is when I dropped my iPhone at the airport and this large woman who looked as if she didn't miss too many meals stepped on it. To my horror my screen was scratched but only at the bottom right so the main screen wasn't scratched. Then I actually dropped my iPhone twice on concrete and then on asphalt. It got a little dent in the side but it kept ticking so the iPhone itself is very resilient.
What's that you say that was so last year? Of course there's a new iPhone and the back is all plastic! Well so far with no case, I'm happy to report that my phone still has no scratches and the back is still glossy shinny black sans scratches. I'm probably going to just keep going sans iPhone case.
Still not convinced? PC World has posted a video of them torturing a poor iphone, from heavy scratching with a key, washing it, dropping it in milk, flinging it in the air and letting it drop. The phone took quite a beating but it kept ticking, the screen did eventually crack but that was after some repetitive dropping. But all in all the iPhone did well. Check out the video here:
http://www.pcworld.com/video/id,852-page,1-bid,0/video.html
So don't be a puss just go without a case, but if you really want some kind of protection I'd recommend you getting the invisible shield see here:
http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/apple-iphone-3g-cases-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php
This stuff is virtually indestructible and it comes with a life time warranty. I would just recommend getting the back shield as the front of the phone is glass so unless you skip it across a side walk or a fat lady steps on it should be very scratch proof. I use this on all my iPods and it keeps them nice and scratch free and best of all it's a thin film that won't add unnecessary bulk to your iPod/iPhone.
Got questions, email me: richardmlee@gmail.com
Also it defeats the purpose of the sleekness of the iphone if you're just going to wrap it up with some fat case or whatever. The only time my original iPhone developed a scratch on the screen is when I dropped my iPhone at the airport and this large woman who looked as if she didn't miss too many meals stepped on it. To my horror my screen was scratched but only at the bottom right so the main screen wasn't scratched. Then I actually dropped my iPhone twice on concrete and then on asphalt. It got a little dent in the side but it kept ticking so the iPhone itself is very resilient.
What's that you say that was so last year? Of course there's a new iPhone and the back is all plastic! Well so far with no case, I'm happy to report that my phone still has no scratches and the back is still glossy shinny black sans scratches. I'm probably going to just keep going sans iPhone case.
Still not convinced? PC World has posted a video of them torturing a poor iphone, from heavy scratching with a key, washing it, dropping it in milk, flinging it in the air and letting it drop. The phone took quite a beating but it kept ticking, the screen did eventually crack but that was after some repetitive dropping. But all in all the iPhone did well. Check out the video here:
http://www.pcworld.com/video/id,852-page,1-bid,0/video.html
So don't be a puss just go without a case, but if you really want some kind of protection I'd recommend you getting the invisible shield see here:
http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/apple-iphone-3g-cases-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php
This stuff is virtually indestructible and it comes with a life time warranty. I would just recommend getting the back shield as the front of the phone is glass so unless you skip it across a side walk or a fat lady steps on it should be very scratch proof. I use this on all my iPods and it keeps them nice and scratch free and best of all it's a thin film that won't add unnecessary bulk to your iPod/iPhone.
Got questions, email me: richardmlee@gmail.com
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