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Old 09-05-2009, 02:31 AM
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Question Glass up or down?

ok, so i've been looking at a lot of reviews on youtube and what not on different types of cases for the iphone. and i'm seeing a trend in which i guess i never really thought of. it seems a lot of people, when placing their iphone on a table or hard surface, place it glass down. now, i've never done this as i dont want to break or scratch the glass, but does anyone else do this? my thinking was that i would rather damage the phone case than the actual glass. what does everyone else think?
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Old 09-05-2009, 05:06 AM
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I've never place it face down. Freaks me out; I too don't want to scratch it.
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Old 09-05-2009, 09:04 AM
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If it's a flat clean surface i will place it glass down, but only because my case is designed in such a way that it makes a 1-2mm "lip" around the whole thing so the glass is relatively far from the surface. If the surface wasn't clean or flat i probably wouldn't put my phone on it.
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Old 09-05-2009, 09:29 AM
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It's funny you raise the issue, cause this is something I think about a lot. All the smartphones I've ever owned, I made sure to place glass down. I didn't want something to spill or fall on the face of the device, and there was always a fairly large bezel, so it wasn't much of an issue.

When I go to bed at night I find I've been going back and forth between up and down with my iPhone. I don't want one of my cats to do that kneading thing on the glass in the middle of the night, but I want to be able to see it when it goes off. (Conflicted!)

Beyond that, I try hard to not put it down at all.
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Old 09-05-2009, 09:46 AM
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For me it is always glass up.
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Old 09-05-2009, 11:08 AM
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Laces out = Glass Up :-)
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Old 09-05-2009, 05:27 PM
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Glass up for me.

Edit: I don't use a case
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Old 09-05-2009, 07:27 PM
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I'm with Alli.. I NEVER put it DOWN it's always in my hand GLASS UP. IPHONE JUNKIE...My wife's JEALOUS
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Old 09-05-2009, 07:28 PM
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My fingers are on my IPhone more than on her.
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Old 09-05-2009, 07:35 PM
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I always place mine glass down.
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