@realcaseyrollins because a case easily doubles or triples the size and are ugly as hell. If your going to use a case why even bother with a nice looking phone at all.
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The same reason somebody likes to be naked at home. it's comfortable. but they should wear clothes when they are outside.
Well yea but two things..
1) If your careful it wont be damaged, at least not often or easily...
but more importantly 2) if it gets a scratch sure it may make it not look as nice, but so does a case. So I'd rather have a phone that looks sexy for a few months or years then looks ugly than getting a case and garunteeing it looks ugly from day one :)
Unless you drop it in the water your phone is probably fine. With that said im not sure many cases would protect you if dropped in water either.
Actually no, hairline cracks arent likely to have much of an effect on resistance. Surfacetension of water wouldnt allow it to geth through a single crack. Large cracks or chips though certainly I would agree.
In over a decade I dont think i ever had that large of a crack on my phone though. I've never used a case and the worse I've ever had happen was a few scrapes here and there, only once did i get a crack but it was hairline and minor.
@freemo @Sphinx These are fair points. But any damage will compromise water resistance, which I care about.