Bending phones, pocket explosions, butt-dialing: it’s time for the old belt-holster to make a comeback
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Whether you prefer a thin profile, or something extra tough, a case & holster combo is ready for you.
Seriously, I never picked up on the whole deal of keeping my phone in my pocket, even back in the day when I had an old school Motorola. Of course, back then the phones couldn’t fit in your pockets anyway so there was no point.
The 1520 gets a break because it is not always on me, so it resides on my desk, or in my backpack if I'm out-and-about. The Find 5 was my primary device for a bit, but having to keep it in my pocket had me so disjointed that I put my SIM back into the Galaxy S4 that I also had at the time. Today, the rest of my current collection which I may have my primary SIM play musical chairs with, be it an LG G3, Lumia 930, HTC One (M8), or Nexus 5 (the list does go on), are all adorned with a case, and some type of snap-in (like a Seidio) or slide-on (like a PureGear) holster combination.

Now that our smartphones are basically an all-in-one device, with less of a need for two phones, accessorizing your belt like this is a thing of the past, thankfully
A lot of folks still like to buy their devices on-contract, and that gives them an artificial sense of how much these devices actually cost on a retail level. The carriers are pushing their equipment financing options hard and fast, and rightly so. Take a moment to think about what our devices are. To quote Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, these devices have put the “internet in our pants.” Well, it’s time to take the internet out of our pants, and get that handy tool on our hip. No more digging around pockets, keys and coins jamming into the phone body or screen, it’s a win-win all-around.
Now we have the overblown, but ever-so-easy-to-make-fun-of, “#bendgate” with the new iPhone 6 Plus, the fact that people still butt-dial 911 about 3 times every second, and there is a steady stream of stories about devices bursting into flames, or exploding while roasting in someone’s pocket. I don’t get it, even with all the tough materials, doesn’t anyone worry about damaging their "precious," cracking the the screen and cutting things up?
There’s also the size issue (I suppose there was no way I was going to get around mentioning that), indeed a source for good jokes, but these things are just too big for our britches don’t you think? What is the appeal? "Is that a phone in your pocket?" Oh, but for the days when just about every phone came with a box chock full of accessories, like an extra battery, charging stand, car charger, and a belt-holster.
Maybe it’s old fashioned, but you know what will happen to me if one of my phones decides to go nuts and explode? Nothing. The explosion has room to expand away from me, not be contained in a pocket to inflict damage upon me. What if I bump into something? No worries, it’s still in a case.

The Seidio case-holster combos tend to cost a little more, but they are a great design
There are case-holster combos for every budget too. Whether you look on Amazon.com, go to a carrier store, or look up the manufacturer itself, you will find dozens of options in colors, styles, and form factors for just about every device you can imagine.

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