I've never dropped my phone. But my wife has dropped hers many times.
After the 2nd screen repair the phone has never worked properly, and the face ID stuff stopped working. All in all repairers couldn't do anything about it. That's why I think it's worth putting a cover on it.
I also hide my ID in mine (between cover and phone) so that I do not have to wear a wallet...
And my kids occasionally handle my phone, I don't want to hold my breath every time I see them walking with my phone in hand.
Not sure who you went to, but the mall repair guys do a terrible job of telling you that the repairs never leave your phone the same.
Truetone for example, 100% of the time will start working, that one is for sure on top of the random things that’ll break, sometimes the phone also gets way heavier.
I learned that lesson the hard way which sucks - my iPhone 12’s internet speed was great, but after I had to upgrade it because of the screen, the 13s was shit and Apple never did anything about it - story for another time I guess.
How is this a reason "After the 2nd screen repair the phone has never worked properly, and the face ID stuff stopped working. All in all repairers couldn't do anything about it" for putting a cover on it.. its already broken. It won't get anymore better. Or, you feel ashamed and cover it with the cover so no one can see?
Ah OK that makes sense, we have a similar requirement in the UK.
A difference would be if you don't have your licence, insurance, etc. on you at the time you were stopped you can be issued with a "producer" document which requires you to produce your documents at a local police station within seven days.
Put a case on it with a lip around the edge. The JETech TPU clear ones are good. I dropped my 13 Pro down a mountain in central asia and it went ping pong ping pong like Homer Simpson falling off a cliff for about 20 seconds. There wasn't a scratch on it! I've dropped it face down a hundred times at least. Still looks like the day I bought it!
Also take it to Apple to get repaired, not some independent repairer that sticks crap parts on it. If that's too expensive buy AppleCare! At least you'll get a phone back that actually works.
After the 2nd screen repair the phone has never worked properly, and the face ID stuff stopped working. All in all repairers couldn't do anything about it. That's why I think it's worth putting a cover on it.
I also hide my ID in mine (between cover and phone) so that I do not have to wear a wallet...
And my kids occasionally handle my phone, I don't want to hold my breath every time I see them walking with my phone in hand.