Got my new iPhone 6 Space Grey 64g last Friday and as always carried it caseless and have always tried to be extra careful although have dropped the 4 and 5 series and only got minor scratches never broke a screen. Today accidentally dropped my new 6 while trying to answer a call and got two minor dents but broke the screen because it hit on the bottom left corner. I had a tempered glass screen protector on it and protector survived phone screen did not. Don't usually get the insurance through Verizon but last Friday I did. My options are as follows: Asurion insurance deductible is 199 and they send new phone which will be free of any dents and I send this one back to them. Apple said they would send me a box overnight and I could send the phone to them and they would replace screen for 109 which they said was a reduction to normal pricing of 149 and send back to me overnight so it would be about 3 to 5 day process. That is no problem since I still have my 5s but then would have a new phone with couple of dents so probably go the Asurion route although it would be more. Phone still works and can read screen so if there is a delay in them getting me a phone not a big deal. This phone is thinner, bigger and slicker than the 4 or 5 series and easy to drop but will I use a case? The answer is no because I still don't want to hide the beauty of the phone. I'll just be way more careful because this is probably best phone ever had including all my iPhones and Androids I have had in the past but don't thing the 6 is as sturdy as the 4 or 5 series. Hope this post will help those that read it and hope you are not in the same position.
With all this talk of cases... Who's running or planning to run caseless?
Since my 2007 iPhone "1", I've basically run case-less on all my iPhones most of the time. I try them from time to time but end up taking them off because they annoy me after a while and it ruins the slim and streamlined design of the iPhone. I always pocket my phone and cases get "stuck" when trying to grab it out quickly to answer.
Got my 6 today and have no plans for a case. It's too sexy and wonderful to hold as-designed.
Who's with me?
I rock caseless only in my home where I know it's safe. Can't do it when I go out
I actually agree with you although my OCD means I struggle to join you and obsessively inspect my iPhone for damage and clean away fingerprints.
Theoretically Apple goto all that trouble to make the lightest thinnest iPhone they can and we go and slap a big old case on it that pretty much wipes out every design feature!
It would be like buying a new Ferrari and putting one of those car bra things on it I used to see on some cars years ago to protect the front grill and bonnet from stone chips!
Same here
I do, I carry insurance from Sprint, it is mostly like Apple care and they replace broken phones. I just enjoy the feel and look of the phone too much to have a case covering it. It has cost me before in the long run, getting less money for trade ins, but it is worth it. I don't even like screen protectors on my phones.
So, the phones been out for 2 weeks. Anyone still rolling caseless?