I think I drop it at least once a week. Never dropped it outdoors (yet)

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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    A theory:

    If you have a naturally strong curvature to your fingers when your hand is relaxed, you rarely drop your phone.

    If you dont, you drop it all the time.

    There is no in between.

    If you are a member of the latter group, try a pop socket.

    My partner and I discovered this difference, and it has been validated many times in our friend group, at least. And a pop socket solved it for her.

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    7 days ago

    I think I have dropped a phone either two or three times in the last fifteen years. But I still use a good case.

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    Almost never, maybe once a year if that.

    But I do consistently drop brand new phones within the first 3 months of owning it. Usually on concrete. Not intentionally of course… yet for some reason it’s happened to me every single time.

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    Y’all are crazy. Very responsible. I drop my phone every single day. Often outside onto the concrete. I break my screen protectors all the time. I’ve only ever messed up an actual screen once (stupid like wrap around screen so the case was not sufficient). I buy extremely cheap cases and screen protectors, and they always work.

    I’m clumsy, but also I guess thoughtless. I’m constantly bending over to pick up my kid and it just tumbles out of my pockets. Idk. The screen protectors last between one week and 6 months. Usually a couple of months, but then the cracks/chips are so little I just take ages to replace it, so I’m only buying one like twice a year. You can get 3 for under 10 bucks so it’s basically worth the cost to not have to be precious about your phone all the time.

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    Once every 2-3 years maybe. Very rarely. I’ve never had a cracked screen (also not using any case or protectors).

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      7 days ago

      Exactly this. I don’t understand the crack screen people but to each their own :p

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    Daily, often numerous times a day. I like to juggle it when I walk, playing send me to heaven.

    Almost four years now, no cracks.

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    A significant drop, maybe once every year or two. The first time I cracked the screen I resolved to always use those protective cover thingies, and they seem to work since I’ve never cracked the screen since.

    I don’t understand why so many people are saying they drop them so frequently. These are expensive pieces of hardware and it’s not hard to hold them securely.

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      8 days ago

      Idk maybe I watch too much LinusTechDropTips and it became contageous.

      Or maybe its because I have anxiety and I cant hold objects still.