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Comment by skinnymuch

3 months ago

I have been planning on paying for AppleCare and not using a case for my main phone or an incredibly thin discrete/minimal case. Modern phones look so sleek without cases.

They look sleek but feel like slippery garbage ergonomically.

  • I agree for the later models, but the 4S and SE were perfect with the square corners. Also because they were smaller and usable with one hand while cycling.

    • Yeah even the 13 mini feels like garbage because it has both hard edges and is super slippery, despite the good size.

      I think the last phone that felt good to use without a case was the Nexus 5.

  • Yes!

    Mine slipped not once, but twice in a cab... In the span of a week...

    As much as I loved how it looks and works without a case, they are a slippery nightmare

Exactly! People buy a beautiful iPhone, just to put it inside a nasty rubbery case that gets yellowish after three days of use.

  • You need to buy cases made of better materials, in that case (heh). I've been using RhinoShield's bumpers for more than a decade now, and I've never had one discolour on me.