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tismydroid I think it's sort of gimmicky
How much protection does this case provide? I've seen several comments that it doesn't provide much protection in a drop. Mostly my interest is that it covers the screen (thereby blocking emergency calling while I'm walking) without adding a lot of bulk to the phone. I'm also looking at a Snakehive wallet case, which looks much more protective but adds more bulk.
I do drop my phone out of my pocket from time to time, and my OtterBox Symmetry case has done a great job so far.
It looks like turning the fingerprint reader off when AOD is on helps. As does turning off the double tap to wake. There seems to be no way to get the screen to power up without tapping the power button, but that's a pain, too. So a thin cover might be good, but I'd rather have the other half be robust.