# Do you keep your cell phone in a case/cover, or just naked? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924 "2007-11-18T14:10:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/41 "2007-11-19T15:33:31Z")
My cell is naked. It’s a flip phone, so my chances of calling anyone by accident are pretty small, and I’m too lazy and cheap to get a decorative or protective case. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/42 "2007-11-19T15:45:47Z")
Mine’s a nekkid i870. It lives in my purse or on it’s charger. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/43 "2007-11-19T16:22:23Z")
My Razr is naked. It fits in my shirt pocket just fine. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/44 "2007-11-19T17:24:43Z")
Either/or. I have a case that clips onto my waistband or jeans pocket that I wear sometimes, if I want the phone _right there_. Sometimes it’s naked in my pocket or purse. It’s a flip phone, so it doesn’t really matter. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/45 "2007-11-19T18:28:18Z")
Naked. I hate phone condoms and iPod cozies. All they do is make the device bigger and bulkier. And I really hate belt holsters - they either make you look like Batman or a hopeless geek - especially on guys (women seem to have better sense) that walk around with a phone and a pager and a Crackberry and an iPod all dangling off their waist. My phone is a RAZR that’s pretty well armored to begin with. It’s taken a trip through the laundry - if it survived the fluff and fold, it will put up with anything else. My iPod is similarly naked, save for a piece of clear plastic cut down from a Palm “screen protector” on the display. If I peel that off, the display is pristine, but the rest of the iPod is almost theft-proof ugly with scrapes and scratches. Adding to the relative theftproofing is that it’s over three years old. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/46 "2007-11-19T18:49:41Z")
I kept my old RAZR naked as it defeated the purpose of being thin if it had a cover. I do miss how well that fit into my pocket… Now I have the iPhone with a case and when I put it in my front pocket, I’ll put my wallet in the other and walk around with big Torgo thighs. ---
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/47 "2007-11-19T18:56:18Z")
Well my Treo 650 has a cover because otherwise I pocket (or purse) dialed my husband all the time. My Q has a cover but I took it off because it bugs me plus sometimes I have to do a hard reboot and take the battery out. That’s already a PITA and to have to slide the neoprene cover off first is awful. So the Q is nekkid. Why yes, I do like my gadgets. But I can stop any time. Ok maybe not, have you SEEN the Palm Centro??? ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/48 "2007-11-19T19:02:44Z")
Nekkid. And it likes it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/49 "2007-11-19T20:04:30Z")
I have a Motorola Razr that lives in a horizontal pouch on my belt. Things in my pocket just get too beat-up. My GF’s pretty-pink Razr usually lives naked in her purse. ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/50 "2007-11-19T20:22:04Z")
My iphone lives in a $10 leather compact camera case in my purse. It fits perfectly. When I use it it is naked, but I am considering buying a skin for it, as it’s a bit wide and slippery for my smallish hand. ---
**Author:** ![KC\_Bravelens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb8c5e/32.png) [@KC\_Bravelens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KC_Bravelens)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/51 "2007-11-19T20:35:10Z")
bog-standard cheap nokia. No cover. i keep it in bags or pockets. It doesn’t appear to be too disturb by its treatment. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/52 "2007-11-20T02:15:11Z")
I have Motorola’s cheapest candybar style phone. I use a belt clip-on holster. I don’t care if it isn’t fashionable. It’s the screen that I’m concerned about–I don’t want it to get scratched. Plus I have enough stuff in my pockets already. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924/53 "2007-11-20T04:45:13Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] I have a snap on case onmy RAZR too, but mine looks like a $100 bill because I’m kind of a dork. The little screen on the front is in the middle of Ben’s face, so I spent an hour or so rotating and trimming a pic to use as my wallpaper so he looks better. I’m actually a total dork. [/QUOTE] I have a black snap-on cover for my RAZR and also a gray. The black one used to be clear and the gray one used to be chrome-like. Yes I’m re-painting my covers, I figure what-the-hay I have leftover spray-paint and 400-grit wet/dry sandpaper. It works good. Yes Im a dork also but Im a _recycling_ dork 😉 [Martha] “It’s a good thing” [/Martha] -TM [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-cell-phone-in-a-case-cover-or-just-naked/426924.md?page=2)