In one of David Pogues latest columns he writes about something that I have been thinking about lately:

I've always been just a little baffled at the whole concept of app-phone cases. I mean, people go out of their way to buy these thin, gorgeous iPhones and Android phones, and then wrap them in 3/4 inches of ugly black rubber!

A month ago I wrote:

Why do we continuously carry our iPhones in cases that make them look like cheap plastic or rubber toys? A device with a design this good shouldn't be carried in a cheap rubber bumper but should be protected by something that accentuates its design. Or at least allows you to easily use naked.

I recommended at the time the The Little Black Book iPhone Case as a possible alternative if you use your phone more for apps than calls like I do. Sleeves are aplenty as well and hybrids like Hardgraft's fold wallet for iPhone are a favourite of mine.

But there is this underlying fear:

I know, I know: all I need to do is drop and break my phone once, and my attitude will change completely. But for now, I still carry my phone around naked all the time, and there's not a scratch on it. (To be clear: only the phone is naked all the time.)

I haven't found an answer yet and while I wait for a case from Hardgraft I can't see my phone for the ugly black rubber and plastic case that surrounds it.

Does anyone use the iPhone sans case?