Case and (glass) screen protector. The phone itself is in perfect condition. The screen protector has scratches. No protection plan or anything like that…

I use a case. On my previous two phones, I used a screen protector, but nothing happened. So I didn’t use one for this. And unfortunately it has a crack on the side now.

I paid $200 for an iPhone SE about 5 years ago, then put the phatest case I could find and a tempered glass screen protector on it. It’s practically in mint condition besides 3 battery replacements, and I can use it one handed!

Pixel 5 with no case, matte screen protector mainly for low friction even on damp fingers, no protection plan (saves money), pristine condition (I don’t drop my phone). The only damage it ever gets is poor battery life so I usually get it swapped after a few years. This one I’ve only had for a year so far but I had the Pixel 2 for 5 years before that and it went through a couple battery replacements. It was still in pristine condition when I had to switch to the 5 because even a fresh install of lineage was giving me “system ui stopped responding” and other buggy junk constantly :(

1. I use a drop-protection case, but no glass-protector. Not really necesarry for me.

2. I have had my phone for close to three years and gone through three or four cases, but it is still in pretty good condition. No scratches or microscrated on the body or screen and no dents.

I always have a case, but no screen protector, the case extrudes enough from the front to protect the screen most of the time.

I used to have a screen protector, but because it adds extra width it went outside the edge of the case and it broke. And honestly I prefer microscratches over trapped dust particles. The only reason I’d put a screen protector on my phone now would be to replenish the oleophobic coating, and I’d do it, it’s just that idk which brand I could trust to actually have a good one included.

I have a Fairphone 3+ with tempered glass and a rubber case. I have a popsocket on the rubbercase which helps prevent any potential drops. No cracks or scratches. In fact, bar a bit of dust it looks almost like the day I got it over 2 years ago.

I highly recommend investing in prolonging your current phone and getting some form of case.

I typically don’t use a case or a screen protector. I don’t like the bulk a case adds, and no one will ever convince me that screen protectors aren’t the biggest placebo-born racket of the digital age. And until very recently I had never gotten the extended warranty or protection plan on a device in my life.

I don’t drop my phone. I never put it in a pocket with anything else. If it’s not in my hand or my pocket, it’s face up in the very center of an end table — never the coffee table, because it might get kicked there when someone puts their feet up. If I leave the room, so does my phone.

I had gone fourteen years without a single incident. I replace my phone when I feel like I’m ready, never because I have to.

Until last month, when my Pixel 6 Pro fell out of my pocket when I knelt down to tie my shoe. I was wearing sweat pants (for the first and now probably last time in my adult life, for the record), and it just… slid out. Couldn’t have fallen more than six to eight inches. But it landed on the corner, on a cement sidewalk, and the back just shattered. The screen itself was still pristine (because again, screen protectors are literally pointless), but over the following days I noticed the touchscreen was less responsive due to internal damage from the drop. I was devastated.

I now have the Pixel 7 Pro. It’s in a bog standard $35 clear plastic case and I bought the $9/month protection plan this time… but we’ll see how long either of them last.

I have an exuberant 3 year old, my phone has taken a couple of flights off the second floor balcony. Otterbox and screen protector, no scratches!

Nope, none of that. Pristine condition. Never needed any of it for any of my smartphones.

Case but no screen protector for me.

I always use the same cheap black TPU Spigen cases with raised edges to protect the screen from drops on my phones, sometimes Android sometimes iPhone. No screen protector, no plan, no scratches. I have had mobile phones since the Nokia 2110 and never cracked a screen or had dents. There’s been a scratch a few times but most often not.

Case only

Basic silicone case, no screen protector, no damage. Have dropped it enough times over the 9 months I’ve owned it that I’m rather impressed by the complete lack of damage.

I stopped using a case a few years ago since they always felt too bulky.

I just started going without a screen protector a few weeks ago too since I hardly drop my phone and when I have, a screen protector wouldn’t have saved me from the small damage it inflicted.

Aside from a little paint scratched off from a corner (phone flew out of my pocket when I jumped while wearing some baggy shorts a few months ago), it’s been going great. 👍

No protection plan or extended warranty or anything of that sort.