Casey Liss

Yep, I kept referring to the thing that Apple puts on them to transfer the capacitiveness of your touch as a quartz thing, but it's not. It's sapphire. Many people wanted to correct me on that. I am happy to be corrected. I just want someone to make a case with a sapphire. Or, like, it doesn't even have to be sapphire. It can be that plastic thing with the metal things through it.

I don't know, something that's not a big hole and... Another week has gone by, another week filled with Instagram ads for iPhone cases, and another week without me finding anything exciting or good.

I don't know, something that's not a big hole and... Another week has gone by, another week filled with Instagram ads for iPhone cases, and another week without me finding anything exciting or good.

Like I said, is it the one with the copper dots or is it a sapphire thing?

Like I said, is it the one with the copper dots or is it a sapphire thing?

Yeah, the case situation is grim, but many, many people want to suggest cases. And I've gotten the main reason I want to read these out is to stop people from suggesting. Oh, wow. Maybe someone else will find them useful. So here's the first one. This has been suggested for years, not just this year, but every year we talk about cases.

Yeah, the case situation is grim, but many, many people want to suggest cases. And I've gotten the main reason I want to read these out is to stop people from suggesting. Oh, wow. Maybe someone else will find them useful. So here's the first one. This has been suggested for years, not just this year, but every year we talk about cases.

There is a contingent of people who really, really like this case. And maybe, you know, one of the people who's listening, they might like this case, too. But the fact that they keep recommending it to me, it boggles my mind because it is like the opposite of everything they want out of a case. They're like, oh, you want an open bottom? Well, how about this? I'll put a link in the show notes.

There is a contingent of people who really, really like this case. And maybe, you know, one of the people who's listening, they might like this case, too. But the fact that they keep recommending it to me, it boggles my mind because it is like the opposite of everything they want out of a case. They're like, oh, you want an open bottom? Well, how about this? I'll put a link in the show notes.

This is the Arc Pulse case. I'm not sure if different brands have similar designs in past years. And I would say case is a generous term for this.

This is the Arc Pulse case. I'm not sure if different brands have similar designs in past years. And I would say case is a generous term for this.

Yeah, the way I would describe it is it's like Princess Leia's metal bikini from Return of the Jedi, but for your phone.

Yeah, the way I would describe it is it's like Princess Leia's metal bikini from Return of the Jedi, but for your phone.

that's exactly what this is it is a very uncomfortable looking piece of metal that just sort of covers the corners of your phone it goes like around the camera mesa and it covers the top and bottom corners of the phone and you know has an open bottom and that's it they're like this is great because really you just need the corners to be protected because that's the main part that's going to hit the ground if you drop it or whatever which i'll just pause right there and say that's mostly true

that's exactly what this is it is a very uncomfortable looking piece of metal that just sort of covers the corners of your phone it goes like around the camera mesa and it covers the top and bottom corners of the phone and you know has an open bottom and that's it they're like this is great because really you just need the corners to be protected because that's the main part that's going to hit the ground if you drop it or whatever which i'll just pause right there and say that's mostly true

But it is very, very possible to drop your phone onto something like, say, a set of cement stairs or something where you will hit the sides, and maybe your screen doesn't break, but you're going to scar up the sides. So right away, I'm not even accepting the premise that the corners are the only thing you need to protect. But why would I like this?

But it is very, very possible to drop your phone onto something like, say, a set of cement stairs or something where you will hit the sides, and maybe your screen doesn't break, but you're going to scar up the sides. So right away, I'm not even accepting the premise that the corners are the only thing you need to protect. But why would I like this?

I want a leather case for the grippiness of the leather, and I want it to cover everything, including all the buttons and including the camera button with a, you know, a pass-through thingy of some kind there. So this is...

I want a leather case for the grippiness of the leather, and I want it to cover everything, including all the buttons and including the camera button with a, you know, a pass-through thingy of some kind there. So this is...

absolutely nothing like anything that i want out of a case and yet people keep recommending it to me so a please stop and b if you want a case like this i have never seen one because it is a very rare very interesting form of case we will put a link in the show notes and you can try it out because it basically gives you the feel of a naked phone with substantial protection for the corners