Making the Case

I'm very, ummmm, careful about my iPhone. Not only because I've been able to sell each of them for a (reasonably) tidy sum when the time came for a new model to be released, but because I just don't want it to have any scratches. At least, not any scratches I'd have to be confronted with on a regular basis.

I settled on a case I liked — a flip case, so the screen would covered when I wasn't using it — shortly after I bought my first iPhone. I'm a true creature of habit, and as such, I've somehow managed to keep using this case for almost three years, through three different iPhone models, despite slight changes in size. (The second and third iPhone designs were slightly thinner at the edge, but thicker in the body, as many of us become at this age.)

But with a completely new design (much more thin, slightly more narrow), now I have to find — and become accustomed to using — a completely new case. (If you're a true creature of habit, you'll know just how difficult that can be.) Flip cases for the iPhone don't seem to have ever really caught on, so rather than wait in hope, I've decided on a case made by hand, of bamboo. Most cases are made of silicone, or hard plastic, but I like the warmth, and the organic quality of the wood. (I'll even have an option to have it custom-engraved, too, though I haven't decided if I will.)

But it will be three or four weeks — possibly longer! — before I'll have the case. That's an eternity in opportunities-to-scratch-my-iPhone days. For the time being, I'm using a simple canvas slipcase that offers only minimal protection, but it seems to fit well. (I'll probably keep using it, even with the case, to protect the screen while it's in my pocket.) And I'm being very, very careful.