No one is belittling anyone. The OP has said that it even had the "screen protector that came with the phone" on his nexus 4 when it fell, and we are letting him and you know it is NOT a screen protector, it is a piece of plastic. You can find them on a bunch of new things you buy. The plastic that covered the screen of your TV? It wasn't for protecting it against falls. Like you said it will protect the phone from minor scratches, but the OP thought that it should have also provided some protection from the fall, which it will not.
Btw the screen feels so much better without the plastic on it

and the front is gorilla glass so you won't have to worry about it scratching. If you wanna keep the plastic on the back on though, maybe that'd be a good idea because the back scratches very easily.
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