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I’d shatter the glass every year, if not multiple times a year, without a case, is why.

I probably drop my phone on concrete or tile at least once every couple months.

I’ve broken my fair share. I’ve also had a couple that didn’t shatter but had chips and separation develop around the edges. Matter of time before water kills one like that.

Apple started using much more shatter-resistant glass from iPhone 12 onward. These phones can survive many drops onto concrete that would easily shatter older phones.

> I don't understand why people put cases anymore.

Personally, because I hate the camera bumps. So I have a case that’s thick enough that allows my phone to lay dead flat on the table. Which is the only reason for me to use a case.

My 14 Pro's back, plus one camera, completely shattered in one drop. It's luck of the draw (or nearly indistinguishable from it). I still go caseless, though.

Just physics of how the impact goes into the phone and the angle is a lot of it. Perhaps 9 out of the 10 ways you can drop an iPhone result in no damage whatsoever. That tenth angle is the perfect angle to destroy the whole back