For the love of God! Always use a case! I figured hey what could happen without a case when I'm charging the phone overnight? Well it took a 3ft fall onto a tile floor directly on the corner. The case would've protected it. Better safe than sorry, take it from me, it is so painful to have this happen. Luckily I just dropped it off for repairs, it is about 270 dollars to have it fixed, not so lucky...