It's militaristic, it's alienating, it's fetishistic, it's hostile, it insidiously portrays class and ethnic conflict as an everyday battle worth fighting, and it panders to the worst in Americans who already endorse the myriad excesses and injustices of an ever-growing quasi-private law and order machine that has ruined the lives of millions.

But awesome job on the scrollbars, yo.

It's not about preserving it in mint condition, it's about preserving it in usable condition.

I can't speak for others but my case has saved my phone from a smashed screen on several occasions.

EDIT: Should possibly also add that I have small children (1 and 3 - that's their ages rather than their names) who use it and I'm damned if I'm giving it to them without a case on...

It seems like the people who say the "new" one is thinner, lighter, more elegant, etc, all have cases on their phones.

So in essence, the case sets your phone back a generation or two.