I can't believe you're serious. Since the iPhone X, a screen replacement has been such a significant percentage of the cost it's not worth it. And if you damage the back glass, Apple will just replace the phone. Before the X, I was a bare phone user. After that, there is no way I would leave my phone exposed. The only way I could justify that danger would be if I could swallow a $1500 expense every other week. Why? Fully glass phones slide off of everything. I'm sure there are HNers who can do that but I can't.
The entire paradigm is broken by design if you have to buy it and slap it into a case. With first party engineering, they could make a phone that doesn't need a case..it would be bulkier, maybe less pretty, but better than any third party case could ever be, and a better result than buying the pretty phone and slapping a big ugly case on it, because they put their resources into designing the product properly for its intended end use instead of leaving the end user to crappy hacks to cover up inadequate design.
Personally, I just won't go there. If it's too expensive not to put a case on, it's too expensive for me to own.
What are you talking about? It's not free, there is a deductible. And it's not anytime you want. It's a maximum of 2 incidences per year. So you pay $200 a year plus $30 for cracking your screen. Or $150 for loss or theft.
I'm guessing you could get a third party screen repair for less than $230.
Oh, Apple stores will waive the deductible if you ask. They don't even try to charge it if your device was originally sold in the EU.
I've replaced two iphones in the past month, didn't pay a deductible for either.
If you break your phone more than twice a year, a regular phone case probably isn't going to cut it.
>I'm guessing you could get a third party screen repair for less than $230.
Yes, but not 4 third party screen repairs and definitely not even one replacement phone. I've had two total losses in my 2 year applecare period, once the phone was damaged on both sides by a police baton and once by a falling dumbbell. A normal phone case wouldn't have been enough in either of these situations.
For 2 years of applecare, the price would be double. Still, if you frequently break it twice a year, then I guess apple care is your best bet. But I don't usually use a case at all and I guess I'm just not that rough on them.
