Electronics

[qualityshopper]

Like you, glb613, if I had an iPhone, I would definitely buy both items, but this phone is really cheap. Of course, I still want to protect it. So, am going ahead and buying a good case for it. Haven't decided yet about the screen protector, but I may end up getting that as well.

[Moonchilde]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

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@Moonchilde wrote:

If you get a $25 phone, or a $50 phone, you might not care if you drop and break it. But if you get a phone of that price you'll pretty much be limited to whatever case that fits it in the AT&T store - the same way that Tracfones all come with a case because Tracfone had them made as no one else would bother. So a case would/should be cheap.

If you drop your phone "wrong" without a case on it, your screen will likely crack. Then - you use it with a shattered screen or buy a new phone. I would definitely get a screen protector, and not just for drops - screens can scratch, too.

It's all down to how much you spend on the phone and how willing you'll be to buy another one if it breaks.

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Good points!  I had just spend hundreds of dollars on my new phone and I couldn't wait to get it covered.    But I did wait a little, as the covers they offered at my provider were greatly overpriced so, while I waited for the phone (it was shipped overnight so that was good), I ordered a case from Amazon.    Like $21 for a heavy-duty case with a non-glass  screen cover, which I like very much.

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Hi @chickenbutt!

With my iPhones, I've purchased a case to leave the store with, because for that amount of $$...! Later on - usually within a few months, I've found my "perfect" case and bought another. I just think of it as part of what I spend for the new phone. I also have them put on a screen protector in the store, as I would surely screw that up ;-) I barely get by with putting on DecalGirl skins.

IF I buy an S8 in the next six months or so I'll try to have a case already. If I buy a Pixel 2, I'll have to take what I can get until they make more cases. 

[chickenbutt]

Heya, Moonchilde!  

When I ordered it, I had no idea how slick it would be and how vulnerable I would feel, holding it!    Glad I got the case from Amazon so it came the next day.   I was used to a little tank of a flip phone and it wasn't slippery, plus if I dropped it I didn't have to worry about it getting hurt.

Since I ordered my phone online from my carrier, I didn't have it in hand until the next day but I figured I could wait another day for the case.  Boy, one time in that period I had to leave the house and I was practically scared to death it would slip out of my hand!  Whew! Nothing happened.  I was always rather klutzy but now I'm getting to where I am just a total fumbler.

I do like my Samsung Galaxy S7, though.  I had one little hiccup with it a week or two ago but all seems fine.  One thing I read in the instructions that I feel like must matter is that it said to unplug it when it's charged up.  A guy on another board was saying how he left his smartphone plugged in all the time (not used much I guess) and one day he noticed that it was getting kinda bulgy, from the battery I guess.  YIKES!

[kcladyz]

. Samsung is a good brand to choose from.  Get plenty of memory minimum of 32gb I never used security on my cell.  I do recomend a case. Afew times I thought I would never need one untill I dropped it on concrete