>resilient to drops

I would be content if they'd stop making phones slippier than a wet bar of soap. My Pixel 8a is ridiculous, I don't know how they do it. If you have dry hands, it's nearly impossible to hold on to.

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saltcured 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, I added a boring case on day 1 and would have trouble describing the feel of the bare device right now.

Found one on Amazon so I dodge Google's exorbitant plastic markup, and it is a relatively minimalist wrap that smooths out the camera bump and makes it more grippy in hand, in pockets, and on flat surfaces.

The behavior of those slippery phones in pockets is almost the bigger gripe to me. Like they are a new class of motion amplifier, trying to rotate and squirt their way out at the slightest twitch.

	▲	jghn an hour ago \| parent [-]
		This made me realize I have an inconsistency I never noticed. I would never use a case with a phone of any sort. I don't like the extra bulk, and the friction they add is annoying. Meanwhile I never use a tablet or kindle device without a cover.

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PcChip 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

like the apple tv remote.. plus those are so sensitive too

	▲	ssl-3 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Google Chromecast remote is bad, too. The curvature on the back of those is such that it's harder to rotate into a position so the thumb can hit the right button than a flat surface would be. It also means that resting it on the arm of a recliner produces about the same result as just dropping it into the void to begin with: It's going to wind up there either way.