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Other Do you use a case on your iPhone? [MERGED]
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I used a case all the time on my SE3, but with my 15P I wanted to be able to see the color. So I went with a Clear UAG case. It's a great case and I love how the flashlight shines through it at the top. However, I didn't notice how much different the device feels without it. I've been taking my case off to game constantly recently, and the back glass is just so smooth feeling. The device feels so much nicer IMO without the case. The smaller size is great too. I've even started using my iPad mini without the case. Interaction with the devices is more premium when you can actually feel the true design. It just makes me nervous when I'm doing something like yard work instead of sitting at a desk.
If your job is yardwork for which you get paid, then yeah I can see that. For me, any yardwork means my phone is in the house or out of the way but close by. If there is an emergency, then my wife will eventually get called and she'll come out to tell me. Otherwise, all that stuff can wait until I'm done.
If I want to be streaming something while doing yardwork, that's what I have several (much) older iPhones for.
Yeah, it’s farm work and such. Out in the fields away from the house for a few hours at a time, and I use my AirPod Pro2s too. I could move them to the SE3 though.
Yeah, I don't use cases because my lifestyle/work environment allows me to get away with that. But if I had a job such as yours, I'd be using a case. I'd probably be using one even with an older phone too. But, this is one reason I do keep older phones around. It hurts less/costs less if an older phone gets damaged instead of my primary phone.
If you've been wanting something like it or a PopSocket, then I think it's worth it, especially with the sale they have now (which I missed by a week, darn). MagSafe and wireless charging works fine, and you can use it as a kickstand in portrait or landscape.
Don’t get me wrong, to each its own, but I hate those grip stands. I tried once (my cousin had one) and it feels unpleasant to hold the phone that way 🤷🏻♂️
Doesn’t seem so bad to me but I can see how it could be an issue. Especially if you have a bigger phone.
Cold temperatures promote always a dilemma: the stainless steel frame of my 14PM became a litlle bit slippery eache autumn/winter and I’m tempted about taking out one of the Apple silicone case that I’ve.
IP15Pro (512)
Thought I’d chip in. I wanted to go caseless and have tried it. It’s so much smaller and slides into your pockets effortlessly. And I have AppleCare+ in case (harr harr) I drop it and break it.
But….I just don’t like the “feel” of it in my hands.
The heft of the device and the semi-textured slippery metal makes me either grip it too hard, like my life is depending on it.
I remember the iP5 (similar squared edges) felt so much more “grippable”. It’s like the iP15 WANTS to slide out of your hand whereas the iP5 sort of “stuck” to your skin and didn’t budge even if you didn’t grip it.
And I don’t like putting it down on tables et al. without a case. Bump the table and it slides..
So I went case. First tried those grippy silicone ones, but it was TOO gripe. Cant get it in or out of my pocket. Also dust magnet extraordinaire. Then I went with a clear back with TPU sides, but that added way too much bulk for some reason. (Which is a thing with IP cases I’ve noticed. It’s OVERPROTECTIVE…I just need a thin one than protects it 60% of the time).
And then I bit the bullet, I got the most outrageously expensive genuine leather case I could find….AND it’s perfect. Still to bulky but I’m being stoic about it. And it looks very good ie not cheapo.
Thought I’d chip in. I wanted to go caseless and have tried it. It’s so much smaller and slides into your pockets effortlessly. And I have AppleCare+ in case (harr harr) I drop it and break it.
But….I just don’t like the “feel” of it in my hands.
The heft of the device and the semi-textured slippery metal makes me either grip it too hard, like my life is depending on it.
I remember the iP5 (similar squared edges) felt so much more “grippable”. It’s like the iP15 WANTS to slide out of your hand whereas the iP5 sort of “stuck” to your skin and didn’t budge even if you didn’t grip it.
And I don’t like putting it down on tables et al. without a case. Bump the table and it slides..
So I went case. First tried those grippy silicone ones, but it was TOO gripe. Cant get it in or out of my pocket. Also dust magnet extraordinaire. Then I went with a clear back with TPU sides, but that added way too much bulk for some reason. (Which is a thing with IP cases I’ve noticed. It’s OVERPROTECTIVE…I just need a thin one than protects it 60% of the time).
And then I bit the bullet, I got the most outrageously expensive genuine leather case I could find….AND it’s perfect. Still to bulky but I’m being stoic about it. And it looks very good ie not cheapo.
I own an iPhone 5. I'm on my fourth replacement since 2012. I've also inherited my wife's old iPhone 5, which my daughter used as her first phone. My iPhone 5 was my primary phone from 2012 to 2015.
I don't recall it wanting to be 'stuck' to my hand. I recall quite the opposite. Because it was small it often wanted to leave my hand. Of all the iPhones I own, it's the one I've dropped the most. As far as being 'much more grippable', now that I am used to bigger phones, I find it harder to hold smaller phones. Which makes it much LESS grippable to me.
I can only comment here on what I do because I don't own the iPhone 15 Pro. I do own the 11 Pro Max, my primary phone. Generally, the only tables I'm sitting at are at a restaurant. In a booth. If someone is bumping the table hard enough for a phone sitting at the center of the table to slide then everyone at the table has much BIGGER problems.
If I'm putting it on a table, it's back down. Lots of people like to put their phone down on the front (to protect the screen). Not me. If something is going to scratch, it's not going to be my screen. Generally, if I can set it on a napkin, or something else I will do that. Otherwise, it sits in my pocket at the table.
And I wear Dickies carpenter pants or shorts (depending on season) so there are large pockets. It's not going to slide out.
People put a lot of trust in phone cases. So much so that it seems, sometimes, that if a phone in a case breaks it's not the person's fault for being careless. It's the case.
I've seen a certain dependency on cases in my time here on MacRumors. Having a case means not having to worry. Not having to worry means a person thinks less about what they are doing or how they are handling their phone. They don't have to - because the phone case will save them from not thinking.
I wonder…is their a correlation between your phone case saving you and your tendency to drop your phone easily? Lots of people get offended by the question. They say they are just clumsy. But others have admitted that because of a case they don't have to pay attention.
A case saves you. Not having to explain to my wife why I need to replace a ~$1200 caseless phone because I dropped it, saves me.
Hehe…Woolnut. It’s 59$. Now it was supposed to funny, but forgot the snarky smiley. 😎
BUT the Woolnut ACTUALLY feels and looks like it’s outrageously expensive. The tactile feel of it in my hands is just bar none.
The idea is if I spend that much on a phone, I better get a nice case. I tried two 12$ on Amazon but they lokked and felt the part.
Perhaps I just don’t like the feel of titanium? Dunno. To me Alu is smoother but also gripper. To me, it feels like it sticks more to my skin.
And the iP5 is so so sooo light and small, it’s easy to fumble it. Titanium is like it’s lightly sanded, slightly/very finely coarse. That feeling I don’t like.
(I’d actually like to have an iPhone Max in my backpack or similar and then a companion “iP5 size” device to actually use for calls etc.)
And the table thing is perhaps also more of a feeling or sensation. I feel I have to be careful putting it down. Whereas with a case I can basic just plonk it down. (I often put it on ledges and end of table and…that’s how I drop my phones)
We all have our tactile likes and dislikes so I get that. Yes, the 5 is light. And that's one of my issues with the ever lighter, ever thinner themes Apple pushes for the iPhone. I have a tendency to get animated with my hands and if a light iPhone happens to be in my hand when that happens it can go flying. Because I don't feel the weight.
This is one of the reasons I choose a Plus/Pro Max phone. They are heavier, less easy to sling around and my body picks up on that before a disaster can happen (usually).
I don't set my phones down on edges, precisely for the reason you state. They can fall off. Because I have no case, I am constantly assessing any surface I might intend to lay my phone down on. And for that reason, at home and in car I have designated spots for my phones. If I can't set them down safely or let them remain safely anywhere else, they remain in my pocket.
Being aware of these things, being careful and having to consider stuff before taking an action with my device, etc, is the price I pay for not using a case.
But no condemnation here. People want to use cases, that's their choice. We're all different.
I'm not a clumsy type, but I can attest to this. With a case you're able to put your phone down anywhere knowing it won't get scratched, or that it won't slide and fall down, and that if it does it will probably take the 3 ft drop just fine. Without a case, I know I can't put my phone face down on any surface, or place it somewhere where it'll lay at an angle and slide down.
Yes, you're right. I guess I am just willing to accept some limitations for the benefit of going caseless. But that aside, case or no, I don't feel comfortable just putting my phone down any old place, any old way and not even thinking about it. I obsess enough trying to get things that aren't phones/devices lined up just so. Doing that with my phone/device would drive me nuts.
Even though I don’t tend to drop my phones, I have always put a screen protector and case on my iPhones. The thickness of the cases has varied - as thin as an Apple FineWoven case, a leather case, a silicon case and clear, high-impact plastic. Otterboxes are fantastic for protection but are a bit much much now that I’m no longer commuting into New York City everyday.
With my 16 Plus, I’m trying a Latercase carbon fiber piece - available from them directly or via Amazon:
latercase.com
With my 16 Plus, I’m trying a Latercase carbon fiber piece - available from them directly or via Amazon:
Latercase: Impossibly thin phone cases.™
The world's thinnest phone case, made using premium aramid fibers. Thinner than a penny. Lighter than a pencil. 5x stronger than steel. Coated with a durable, grippy matte finish that's addictive to touch. Designed in Toronto, trusted by 100K+ tech enthusiasts around the world.
latercase.com
Nice concept! What about MagSafe on these, a shame to have a separate magnetic ring on the outside and mess up the clean design?Even though I don’t tend to drop my phones, I have always put a screen protector and case on my iPhones. The thickness of the cases has varied - as thin as an Apple FineWoven case, a leather case, a silicon case and clear, high-impact plastic. Otterboxes are fantastic for protection but are a bit much much now that I’m no longer commuting into New York City everyday.
With my 16 Plus, I’m trying a Latercase carbon fiber piece - available from them directly or via Amazon:
Latercase: Impossibly thin phone cases.™
The world's thinnest phone case, made using premium aramid fibers. Thinner than a penny. Lighter than a pencil. 5x stronger than steel. Coated with a durable, grippy matte finish that's addictive to touch. Designed in Toronto, trusted by 100K+ tech enthusiasts around the world.
Yeah, I’m not sure. I personally don’t use MagSafe but Latercase offers an adaptor:
MagLock Ring
Made using 100% ferromagnetic iron, Latercase MagLock Rings pair perfectly with your MagSafe ecosystem, enabling a strong connection without affecting wireless charging. They're simple to install on the back of your case, universally compatible with all Latercase phone cases, and available in...
latercase.com