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[–] [email protected] 74 points 10 months ago (23 children)

I agree with the message that most of it doesn't matter since I'll slap a thick case on my phone, but the sheer amount of broken unprotected screens you'll see in the wild makes you think.

[–] Imgonnatrythis 66 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

Makes Me think when are phone manufacturers going to focus less on a few more pixels on the camera and make a phone rugged enough that for routine daily use it doesn't need a damn case? I've never liked cases but now so many phones have Cameras that stick out such that the only way to get them to even sit flat is to level them off with a case. Just make the battery a little bigger and thicken the backing of the actual phone! Also raise the titanium bezel just 1mm and the glass is much less likely to ever make direct impact.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

They tried that already with the samsung s7 active. It was a pretty rugged phone by itself but people still insisted on putting a case on it. They then complained about the phone being too big and it didn't sell well.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Those still broke too easily. I tried out a couple models of the actives, and they would still break. One time I was sitting on the ground and my phone slipped out of my hoodie pocket and it shattered. It fell maybe 3-5 inches tops.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks, I never knew.

[–] Imgonnatrythis 1 points 10 months ago

Face-palm. We can't have nice things.

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