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by semi-extrinsic 3528 days ago
iPhone user? Because I've never had the need to put a case on any of my Android phones, including me and my wife's $150 Moto G3s that get thrown around by our kids.

And I do get quite some amusement out of a product praised for it's premium design, materials and svelte features always being carried in a thick ugly plastic/silicon bumper case by essentially everyone.

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> I've never had the need to put a case on any of my Android phones

Me neither, but some people just manage somehow to smash a lot of phones at a record pace. No idea how they do it.

There's a market for phone bumpers, and there's a reason for it.

That market exploded dramatically because of "you're holding it wrong". Before then, it wasn't so common to see phones in bumpers.
I remember a lot of people with these cases: http://www.fotokontorbilder.de/bilder300/50202.gif
That's a moot point seeing as there is a large demand for cases for all kinds of smartphones. Most people I know use a case. Last time I checked, it was something like >50% of all smartphone users.
> iPhone user? Because I've never had the need to put a case on any of my Android phones

I've had both, and cases go on both.

> product praised for it's premium design, materials and svelte features

Pretty sure I just said the svelte part meant nothing to me. I also really don't give a damn about the design of the phone beyond its size, I care about it's features and using it.