I just stumbled upon (but not through StumbleUpon :P) an article from the Cult of Mac about how writer Tim Cox doesn’t want to keep his iPhone in a case. He basically states that none of us should be using cases because they take away from the iPhone experience as Jobs intended. I’m not against […]
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Why shouldn’t I put my iPhone in a case?

Sep 6th 2009 by

naked iPhone

I just stumbled upon (but not through StumbleUpon :P) an article from the Cult of Mac about how writer Tim Cox doesn’t want to keep his iPhone in a case. He basically states that none of us should be using cases because they take away from the iPhone experience as Jobs intended. I’m not against the “naked” iPhone, but I can’t help but think that the article is missing one basic reason for dressing the device up in the first place: customization.

What works for Cupertino might not be 100% perfect for me, and that is why I really like playing around with cases. Depending on whether the case is plastic or leather, features a flip or a strap, the iPhone can even feel like a whole different device because of the way that cases change the form factor. The Cult of Mac article even talks about screen protectors being unnecessary, and while I do agree with that, I’d say they’re also about adding texture to the screen that we spent 100% of our iPhone time interacting with.

How about you folks? Anybody here against putting anything on the iPhone?

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