iphone 5? case or no case?

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Hi all.
I am planning to buy an iPhone 5 tomorrow. It is going to be black. I would just like to know if it really is as prone to scratches as they say it is.
If that is an issue then which case would you suggest. (<1k)
I have faced the problem of cases themselves scratching the phone in due course of time. Hence i am still confused.
I take very good care of my gadgets. So, do you think that a front and back screenguard would suffice?

^getting a screen guard & back cover for a premium device is always recommended.

Case is a must, modern smartphones are flimsy.

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Only scratch-gard is required for front display.Aluminium back and the rim helps in heat dissipation,so don't cover it with any case,

Keeping it bare makes long-life!

Get a leather pouch/cover instead of a hard plastic case for above mentioned reason. Scratches to the back is something you can't avoid, case or no case...

Cases are required for phone protection it helps a lot to save your phone when it falls down

ugh. no case, no scratch guard.

Anorion said:
ugh. no case, no scratch guard.

This, but that's because it's an iPhone 5. Been three weeks I'm using it and honestly there is NO need of a case, not at all. The build quality is awesome and putting a case on this aesthetically brilliant unit is something like sticking a front bumper in your Ferrari. And you said you take good care of things.
But yes, the backside is soft, so try to avoid moving/sliding the device when it is placed at a hard surface. And don't put keys in the same pocket where you carry your iPhone.
Hell I haven't put a case even on my shatter prone Note 2!

ithehappy said:
This, but that's because it's an iPhone 5. Been three weeks I'm using it and honestly there is NO need of a case, not at all. The build quality is awesome and putting a case on this aesthetically brilliant unit is something like sticking a front bumper in your Ferrari.
Hell I haven't put a case even on my shatter prone Note 2!

You have an iphone and a note II? :shock:

Actually it's mom's, but you know

But why are you shocked?

ithehappy said:
Actually it's mom's, but you know
But why are you shocked?

I mean, I never see people using both, either we have android lovers or iphone lovers, not both

tkin said:
I mean, I never see people using both, either we have android lovers or iphone lovers, not both

Oh. I'm an Apple lover and Android hater actually. But, due to iOS's pathetic restrictions I am kinda forced to use Android.
Actually I'm in middle, I hate lags, I hate restrictions, just had to bear one, and I chose lag

ithehappy said:
Oh. I'm an Apple lover and Android hater actually. But, due to iOS's pathetic restrictions I am kinda forced to use Android.
Actually I'm in middle, I hate lags, I hate restrictions, just had to bear one, and I chose lag

Note II lags?? News to me.

tkin said:
Note II lags?? News to me.

Yes, in times normally, sometimes horribly.
Quite honestly, if you see someone is saying Note 2 runs like butter or there is no lag at all, is simply lying or a Fandroid fanboy.

ithehappy said:
Yes, in times normally, sometimes horribly.
Quite honestly, if you see someone is saying Note 2 runs like butter or there is no lag at all, is simply lying or a Fandroid fanboy.

Whoa, and it has Jelly Bean, my L9 doesn't lag, not that I'd ever seen so, browsed using 6 tabs, played 1080 video, read ebooks, ran office apps, never seen a lag or out of memory, are you sure your set's alright?

Lol, I'm quite sure. I don't know which set is L9 though.
The simplest example of lag could be found by scrolling through contacts list, SMS list, My files list etc. It will stutter like hell.
But yeah, the term lag differs from person to person, to me even a little stuttering is lag (I'm not saying Note 2 stutters a little), especially when the unit is backed up by a Quad Core CPU and 2 GB RAM, and to some it's not lag.
You know some people can play below 30 fps and can say that there's no lag, which is beyond me

Anyway, we are OT. OP will be angry.

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Lol no... OP wont be angry......thanks for the replies everyone. I will research and watch some vids and hopefully do the right thing.
Being a former fandroid and playing with an apple 3gs,windows phone , then samsung note and now back to apple.... "LAG" is the only reason why i chose iphone 5 over s3 or note 2.
I mean i have a nexus 7 and even this thing lags. I mean not always, but enough to annoy you .then there are app crashes and stuff.
L9 is an amazing phone, good to hear that it works smooth.
But i believe android still has a long way to go before it can match the fluidity of ios.
I would love to go back to android someday, if it stops stuttering and stammering. =)
I think i should get a case... This iphone looks delicate.

dpkml said:
Lol no... OP wont be angry......thanks for the replies everyone. I will research and watch some vids and hopefully do the right thing.
Being a former fandroid and playing with an apple 3gs,windows phone , then samsung note and now back to apple.... "LAG" is the only reason why i chose iphone 5 over s3 or note 2.
I mean i have a nexus 7 and even this thing lags. I mean not always, but enough to annoy you .then there are app crashes and stuff.
L9 is an amazing phone, good to hear that it works smooth.
But i believe android still has a long way to go before it can match the fluidity of ios.
I would love to go back to android someday, if it stops stuttering and stammering. =)
I think i should get a case... This iphone looks delicate.

Or at least get a pouch or a belt holder or something, so its easier and safe to carry around, specially when you sleep, I keep my phone beside my pillow when I sleep for the alarm, and half the time it either lands on the floor or at a completely remote part of bed, a case or a pouch is must for these times

PS: I think I need to demo an iphone 5 for a day or so, just to see what this smooth experience is all about.

dpkml said:
Lol no... OP wont be angry......thanks for the replies everyone. I will research and watch some vids and hopefully do the right thing.
Being a former fandroid and playing with an apple 3gs,windows phone , then samsung note and now back to apple.... "LAG" is the only reason why i chose iphone 5 over s3 or note 2.
I mean i have a nexus 7 and even this thing lags. I mean not always, but enough to annoy you .then there are app crashes and stuff.
L9 is an amazing phone, good to hear that it works smooth.
But i believe android still has a long way to go before it can match the fluidity of ios.
I would love to go back to android someday, if it stops stuttering and stammering. =)
I think i should get a case... This iphone looks delicate.

I bold out the 100% true part.
And if you are ultimately going for a case then please buy a good one, a cheap one will be so bad. Considered Case Mate? Awesome quality the provide.

tkin said:
Or at least get a pouch or a belt holder or something, so its easier and safe to carry around, specially when you sleep, I keep my phone beside my pillow when I sleep for the alarm, and half the time it either lands on the floor or at a completely remote part of bed, a case or a pouch is must for these times

PS: I think I need to demo an iphone 5 for a day or so, just to see what this smooth experience is all about.

You sleep with your phone under pillow when it's ON? What about EMF?
And yes, you can borrow someone's iP, don't need a day honestly, you can see the difference in some hours. Not only iOS, even WP is hell smooth.

ithehappy said:
I bold out the 100% true part.
And if you are ultimately going for a case then please buy a good one, a cheap one will be so bad. Considered Case Mate? Awesome quality the provide.

You sleep with your phone under pillow when it's ON? What about EMF?
And yes, you can borrow someone's iP, don't need a day honestly, you can see the difference in some hours. Not only iOS, even WP is hell smooth.

L9 has quite low SAR, plus its not everyday, only when I need to use the alarm, was thinking about getting a loud alarm clock.

Why do people here recommend a screen guard for ip5. Its mostly scratch resistant unless you plan to rub it intentionally with keys and coins. Of all the phones i have seen only iphone has the true glass feeling when you touch the touch screen. All other screens feels more like plastic than actual glass.

R2K said:
Why do people here recommend a screen guard for ip5. Its mostly scratch resistant unless you plan to rub it intentionally with keys and coins. Of all the phones i have seen only iphone has the true glass feeling when you touch the touch screen. All other screens feels more like plastic than actual glass.

If you carry it in your pocket even gorilla glass will get scratched eventually, rubbing against keys, change etc.

these devices are meant to be used naked.
anything added makes it heavier, less slim, not to mention ugly
it's not so hard, keep coins and keys in one pocket, phone in another. all regular use, and it is just fine, sleep with it under pillow, forget its in your back pocket, drop it on the floor while lobbing onto bed... all ok without case
just spend the money on some quality apps, should get like 15 for the price of even a cheap case

Anorion said:
these devices are meant to be used naked.
anything added makes it heavier, less slim, not to mention ugly
it's not so hard, keep coins and keys in one pocket, phone in another. all regular use, and it is just fine, sleep with it under pillow, forget its in your back pocket, drop it on the floor while lobbing onto bed... all ok without case
just spend the money on some quality apps, should get like 15 for the price of even a cheap case

Whoa?

iphone 5 dropped from 2 storeys... the glass shatters, not the screen beneath, it's still usable... skip to 2:06

no problem with droid smoothness in the newer models. even sola is smooth... too smooth, like really there is butter on the screen. controls are positively slippery. the screen triggers actions sometimes even when your finger has not touched the screen, even though it is not in glove mode.
note II does not have a smoothness prolem, but it does tend to glitch out in different weird ways, apps get triggered on incoming messages and calls, goes into voice command mode every time it is docked, searches for voice input randomly during talking... list goes on
the "smoothness" of ios here may just be the lack of options. No multi-paning, no multi-tasking, no widgets. no 3 permanent buttons for back, home and menu, and another button for unlock, it's all just one belly button. no clutter, and you can do one thing at a time very well, and keep starting up new apps continuously without bothering to task manage and swipe down running apps to destroy em.