I admit that this is like a sort of crusade for me. On the one hand, there are companies that make splendid smartphones and on the other, a majority of people cover them with a filthy case to hide all their aesthetics.
I understand why you use a holster, don’t doubt it. You fear dropping it. You fear it will crash to the ground. You are worried about repair costs. In fact, you don’t have confidence in yourself!
Is there a real risk in exposing the beauty of your smartphone to the outside world?
Yet every time Tim Cook and his cohorts introduce a new iPhone, they never wrap it in cotton wool. Or, at least, not in plastic. So is there a real risk in exposing the beauty of your smartphone to the outside world?
The Apple company itself has hinted that it would like you to do this. So here I’m going to show you what happens to your iPhone if you throw caution to the wind and decide to live a little.
I bought my blue iPhone 12 three years ago. I never put it in a case. In fact, I’ve never put any of my smartphones in a case.
When it comes to using the smartphone or storing it, I either put it next to me when I work or, when I go out, I slip it into my pocket. Never in the back pocket, always in a side pocket. I usually hold my phone in my right hand, so I put it in my right pocket, not worrying about which direction it might be facing.
Yes, I dropped it more than once. No, it never broke, but wear and tear appeared over time. But in incomprehensible places.
So here is what it looks like after three years of perfect operation.
It strips at the top
The biggest signs of degradation are on the back of the smartphone. You can theorize about the reasons for this phenomenon. I do not have the faintest idea.
Maybe I always put the smartphone in my pocket with the top side down, but even that wouldn’t exactly explain why it’s this top side, at the back and not the front, that has lost a lot of luster.
It’s not like I keep rocks in my pocket. It’s also not like I’m throwing my phone so that it lands on the top first.
The paint has been eaten away. Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNET
What about the sides?
The sides also suffered a bit, but not equally. The left side (with the screen facing me) struggled, in vain, to maintain its pristine shine. The right side barely has a scratch.
It’s worn out, right? Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNET
I (sometimes) wondered why this difference between the sides. Is there something I am doing that exacerbates a bias? I don’t have a clear idea, but maybe I have an unconscious habit that causes the left side of my smartphone to suffer much more than the right side.
A strangely smooth right side. Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNET
And the bottom then? Not much!
One could imagine that the bottom of the iPhone suffered similar degradation as the top. But this is not the case ! It is in relatively good condition. It’s not like I’m choosing which side is affected over another.
The mystery surrounding the consequences of using an iPhone without a protective case therefore continues. With, who knows, how many shades to come?
There aren’t many scratches on this part. Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNET
You too can do it!
I don’t think I’ve treated my iPhone any worse than anyone else. I neither pampered him nor treated him with particular indulgence.
Basically, I always find the cases so unattractive that I persist, letting fate take its toll on my smartphone as it sees fit. Anyway, aren’t we supposed to celebrate our scars rather than hide them?
I may not have persuaded you to free your smartphone from its captivity. Perhaps you are even convinced that you would never consider removing your phone from its case, on any special occasion.
But I’m here to help you, in my own way. Sometimes it’s worth exposing your flaws and letting people see you (and your devices) in their ordinary state.
Source: “ZDNet.com”