on the practical side of things. i been using my galaxy 1 without protection for nearly 2 years. no problem. not a single scratch. i have a cover though

now i have s3. but i have 2 versions of casing - one with cover and one without. but no screen protection. sometimes during light outings i fix the non cover casing. so far so good. not a single scratch. the main culprit is sand. stay away from sand and u should be pretty fine.

This post has been edited by ramz: Nov 27 2012, 01:41 PM

not a good idea. broken gorilla glass is more common than scratch gorilla glass. casing is to prevent impact. u should worry about dropping your phone more than scratching your phone