Covering your nice phone

[SonofWWIIDI]

Otter box for my iPhone 4. But it's not as nice as the one I had on my 3 (now my iPod). The rubber outer case is essentially falling apart! Gonna have to get a new one soon (case, not phone. I'll wait until they come out with a slightly bigger screen).

[castgold]

Otterbox Defender for my Galaxy S4. It doesn't slide in/out of my pockets very easily, but after losing a phone to the Dana Point marina while jumping off a boat to tie it to a slip, I've grown to like the rubberiness.

[hey8you]

This.

I had my iPhone 4 for over 3 years, and it lived in an Otterbox Defender with front & back screen protectors from Zagg. I traded it in at Gamestop the other day, and when I took it to the store that was the first time since summer of 2010 that the phone had been bare. I got enough extra in trade-in credit to pay for the case and screen protectors MORE than twice over, compared to the average condition of iPhone 4 trade-ins. The guy actually asked if I had ever even used the phone before.

My 5S has the same setup - Defender + Zagg. Well worth the money.

Same thing happened to me. Traded in a iPhone 3 and a iPhone 4 to Gamestop. Both phones were in Otterboxes since day one. Both phones looked like they were brand new and never used. He was surprised how good both phones looked.

My current phone(Samsung Galaxy 3) is in a Otterbox commuter.

[SactoDoug]

I have a Ballistic case on my Galaxy S3. It has been on the phone since I bought it.

I have momentary lapses of klutziness and drop things on occasion. My case has saved my phone several times over the past year. I can't imagine owning a phone without a case on it, especially not any of the Samsung phones that have screens that shatter if dropped from pocket height.

[the86d]

I have never broken a screen, but have dropped a few and added a scratch to my new Nextel i870 screen back when there were the bee's-knees of MP3 player phones.

Since starting with Nextels with awesome secure-hold PLASTIC belt-clips, I have never kept a phone in my pocket, and will find belt-clips for whatever Android I have. I don't do pouches, as those tend to make people not have a secure-grip of their phone when removing it from belt, just like a pocket.

I have had the Motorola Droid, Droid2, Epic 4g, Sidekick 4g, and Relay 4g and have found plastic belt-clips and covers to match for everything that you could get in a combo-deal with a case-cover. I tried a screen-protector once, and because it was so inefficient on a touch-screen I never did it again.

Plastic belt-clips FTW, and they are cheap, so you can generally buy them in lots of 2-3 at a time for like $12-$18 (2-3 complete case-covers and belt-clips) off of eBay.

[the86d]

(Now that I posted that, I probably will crack a screen...)

[pitbull30]

Otterbox. I like the bulk feel to it and the surface makes a good grip. I've dropped my phone a couple times and if it wasn't for that case it would probably be broken.

If the rubber wears down or rips you can get cheap replacements off ebay and they work and feel exactly like the original.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Silicon-Replacement-Rubber-skin-for-Otterbox-Defender-iPhone-4-4S-New-/161124851841?pt=US_Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&var=&hash=item2583ca2081

[Altahick]

my naked i phone would slide right out of my pocket if i sat down on something low like a curb or a park bench, especially wearing shorts. it only took a couple of times of me realizing it was not in my pocket and finding it right where i was sitting before i got an otter box. i dropped it a ton of times with the otter box it was always fine. i even dropped it into a full sink and it was fine

[ROrr]

Life proof case all the way. My iPhone 5 has ended up spending the night in the bottom on a pool with no problems. The only draw back is the screen works off heat so typing underwater doesn't work so well.