A Pinephone case that'll actually prevent the screen from cracking

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I had a long standing rule, I never would buy any phone unless an OtterBox Defender was made for it. I made an exception for the PinePhone, because I knew chances were slim for finding such a thing (and I wanted very badly to support GNU/Linux phones).

I have been very careful with it, but one day it slipped out of my hand onto the ground and shattered. It was just maybe like a 3 foot drop. Touches still register, and I can pretty much still see the screen, but disappointing nonetheless. I can certainly empathize with OP, I thought I had it bad, but he is on his third one! It doesn't help (IMO) that the back of the thing is slicker than snot.

Anyway I had the same ideas as above. If I had a 3d printer, I would start developing a very OtterBox-like 2 part case, as apparently you can even print quite a number of rubber-like substances nowadays.

Until someone starts doing that though, I think we need to find another model phone that is closest in size, ideally with camera and button holes in the same place. I think that's just a huge research project though. So maybe we should stick with popular and readily available phones as a short list at first. Like ones you can commonly get maybe at most shops?

I read about a couple phone models that were supposed to be close enough in size, but some had to be modified by cutting openings for either camera or button(s). I mean, if we have to I guess, but not ideal IMO.