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I believe 79% of smartphone users are over-protective with their phones. What's the point to pay top dollar for a beautiful screen if you cover it with a cheap cover? You will change the phone in 4 years max anyway.

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Counterpoint: I see people using phones with damaged screens pretty much every time I take public transportation.

When I use the case I'm protecting the body, not the screen. The screen is never obscured by the cases I buy and I care far-more about the durability and functionality anyway (I find the iPhone 6/6s/7s/8s body is awkward to hold without a case due to the thin body).

I plan on getting 4+ years out of my phone too, especially since Apple replaced the battery for free a few months ago. My 6s is close to the 4-year mark.

What about iPhone X? You buy it because of its body design(i.e glass back) and cover it with plastic. What's the point?

>What's the point?

to keep it intact?

Better keep it in a box.

No-one gives a crap about the back of a phone, they're looking at the screen.

Because 79% of us are mortals and can't afford to keep buying a replacement. Also it helps preserve some resell value if the phone has lived in a case for most of its life. My current cheapo Moto G3 lives in a case. The first one I bought fell out of my pocket in a car park and that killed it....so guess what, I bought a cheap case to protect my new one.

> What's the point to pay top dollar for a beautiful screen if you cover it with a cheap cover?

Well, when you need to, you open the cover then gaze upon your beautiful screen ;)

I wish I could not use a case, but my 5T is simply too slippery without it.

I do not pay top dollar for a beautiful screen.

People use covers to personalise their phones not just to protect them.

A big part of latest iphones(i.e iphone x) price increase is due its design(i.e glass back). Why would you buy one if you "personalise"/cover it?

Because people like iPhones so they buy iPhones?

I mean, developers buy nice looking MacBooks and then cover them in shitty looking tech industry stickers and dumb decals. Same thing.

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