[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jhitesma:
Well the S4 broke my streak. I don't go through a lot of phones...in fact I've never had a warranty or insurance claim on one of mine. And I've never used a case. The last three phones I had I bought cases for them and hated them, never kept one on for longer than a week. I have used screen protectors on my past phones but didn't want to do the ZAGG again because I don't like the rubbery feel. Used it for the first year and a half or so on my last phone (incredible 2) before taking it off - and once I did was much happier and still never got any scratches on it.

When I picked mine up the salesperson was super high pressure on cases. Ridiculously so. If I wasn't against a case in the first place her strong arm sales pitch would have convinced me not to buy one from them anyway. Just crazy. She was even stopping other people who had got new phones and were on their way out to tell them they need cases - while helping me!

So yeah, I'm fairly careful with my phones and hate cases. But after a few days with the S4 I was starting to get worried. It's just SO big but at the same time so thin and light it just feels like it's going to flex in my pocket and break. My wife by coincidence upgraded to the S4 the same day I did (she was coming from a Galaxy nexus that suddenly stopped getting signal but they had no replacements so she got a free upgrade to the S4) she had been wanting a case for the gnex so when she got the S4 she immediately got an otterbox defender to go with it. Ugh, I could never live with that. It makes this thing huge, the buttons are hard to use through the rubber, and that screen cover...no thanks!

Sunday morning I wake up, and as I usually do put my phone on it's charger to top up while I make breakfast. Well, wouldn't you know it the charge cord slipped and pulled the phone with it. Not exactly free-fall since it was hanging from the cord...and it seemed to land on my shoe...but the top left corner must have hit the ground because sure enough the glass is shattered :(

My Inc2 used to take that plunge caseless 3-4 times a week and never had any issues. But the tiny plastic "bevel" on the S4 just doesn't protect like the wider bevel made from metal.

So new glass on order and I'm looking at minimal case options just to pad the outer edge. I hate rubbery cases though and the way they make it hard to pull the phone from my pocket, but I'm not convinced a thin hard shell would give enough protection to the edges. And this thing is already so freaking big I don't want to make it any bigger. Part of me is still upset VZW hasn't got the HTC One yet since that was what I really wanted this upgrade...but my inc2's USB port died (for the second time) and I didn't want to be phoneless for a few days waiting for a replacement so I went ahead and did the S4 even though I had sworn off Samsung a few years ago.

Loving the S4 overall...but the tiny plastic joke of a bezel around the screen is my one big beef since it broke my streak of going caseless and not breaking a phone (while watching friends who did use cases break screens left and right around me) and is forcing me to finally give in and get a case :(

Still think the pushy sales woman jinxed me.....