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[cobra302]

ok, so i've been looking at a lot of reviews on youtube and what not on different types of cases for the iphone. and i'm seeing a trend in which i guess i never really thought of. it seems a lot of people, when placing their iphone on a table or hard surface, place it glass down. now, i've never done this as i dont want to break or scratch the glass, but does anyone else do this? my thinking was that i would rather damage the phone case than the actual glass. what does everyone else think?

[llofte]

I've never place it face down. Freaks me out; I too don't want to scratch it.

[NotCrazy]

If it's a flat clean surface i will place it glass down, but only because my case is designed in such a way that it makes a 1-2mm "lip" around the whole thing so the glass is relatively far from the surface. If the surface wasn't clean or flat i probably wouldn't put my phone on it.

[Alli]

It's funny you raise the issue, cause this is something I think about a lot. All the smartphones I've ever owned, I made sure to place glass down. I didn't want something to spill or fall on the face of the device, and there was always a fairly large bezel, so it wasn't much of an issue.

When I go to bed at night I find I've been going back and forth between up and down with my iPhone. I don't want one of my cats to do that kneading thing on the glass in the middle of the night, but I want to be able to see it when it goes off. (Conflicted!)

Beyond that, I try hard to not put it down at all.

[mth785]

For me it is always glass up.

[alex.shimp]

Laces out = Glass Up :-)

[forever29]

Glass up for me.

Edit: I don't use a case

[IGoSlo]

I'm with Alli.. I NEVER put it DOWN it's always in my hand GLASS UP. IPHONE JUNKIE...My wife's JEALOUS

[IGoSlo]

My fingers are on my IPhone more than on her.

[Tramain]

I always place mine glass down.