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I have a Moto G4 with no protection. I've dropped it a few times on broken/jagged concrete over the past year. I've also fallen sleep on a chair, dropped it and kicked it on waking up. It slid across the tiled floor screen-down until it got wedged under a door. It's got a few scratches on the screen, but you can't see them while it's on. The only minor annoyance is feeling a scratch as my nail slides over the screen, but that's about it.

Well, also a piece of the volume buttons (which is plastic) broke an fell off, but it's such a small piece, it doesn't really affect its use.

Important to note is that the G4 uses Gorilla Glass for its screen, so that's really why I dared to put no protection.

It may also be that part of the reason it's held up so well is that I've many times been able to break its fall with my foot.

It's been very comfortable, and has held far better than I expected considering all the abuse I given it. I have no regrets.

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